Obama Self Destructing Over Libya
M. Catherine Evans
AmericanThinker.com
Barack Obama barely had time to enjoy his Egypt
moment before mad dog Muammar Gaddafi threatened to
kill innocent protesters in his own country.
Clearly, the Libyan debacle hit the fan before Obama
had time to test which way the wind was blowing.
Politico is reporting that a new poll shows the
President's approval rating dropped by 4 points
since the beginning of March.
The downward shift may in part be the result of
dissatisfaction over U.S involvement in Libya, with
47 percent of those surveyed saying they oppose it.
Unlike Egypt, Obama had no time to change guises or
to fine tune his delivery. There was no "new
beginning for Muslims and America" Tripoli speech
like the one he gave in Cairo two years before the
overthrow of Hosni Mubarak.
Nine days after the Libyan uprising the president
issued a flat, canned condemnation of the violence
with no mention of Gaddafi. His misfiring caused
conservatives and liberals to question his Ft. Hood
style lack of enthusiasm. On February 23 Nile
Gardiner told Fox News that Obama was acting
"spineless, weak-kneed" and "like a deer in the
headlights." That was enough to fire up the
community organizer. Obama does not act from
conviction, loyalty or a belief system; he reacts to
others' reactions.
Besides Gardiner's jabs, there was France's Sarkozy
and Germany's Merkel immediately calling for a
no-fly zone while Barack was making sure the skies
over Brazil were clear for his arrival. Not to be
outdone, the commander-in-chief quickly parroted the
critics who demanded that Gaddafi must go.
This fake king is in constant flux. As a result, the
American people have become subject to his endless
efforts to modify, alter and hide from reality. The
media hyped speeches like the one on race after the
Jeremiah Wright G-Damn America scandal or the recent
Together We Thrive Tucson tribute, and now the
Libyan Jabberwocky prattle keep Obama hiding in
plain sight.
Trouble is, this strategy is wearing thin. On
Monday, ABC News wouldn't pre-empt Dancing With the
Stars for the leader of the free world. He had to
settle for an earlier time slot. When the
Obama-loving networks don't want to schedule another
make-believe speech, you know there's trouble ahead.
Obama's whack-a-mole behavior may help him survive
from one blunder to the next, but sooner or later
the world stage becomes much too broad for his ego-syntonic
hypervigilance.
Tossing grandma under the bus or throwing back a few
brewskies to make amends for calling out an entire
police department may cut it in Chicago, but
miscalculating a military action in Gaddafi's Libya?
Well, you've got to be kidding. No wonder he
summoned his nearest and dearest, Samantha, Susan
and Hillary. The triumvirate acted quickly to
reinforce the cracking façade.
Meanwhile, Obama continues to give delusional
speeches crediting himself for organizing a
humanitarian military coalition to fight a ruthless
dictator, selectively ignoring the fact that he was
samba dancing in Brazil while the crisis unfolded.
Obama's just an existential disaster. His repertoire
of false selves has even Jon Stewart pummeling him
on the Libyan maelstrom. Now the White House reveals
that it's sending CIA operatives to aid the rebels
all in the hopes of making the One look
presidential. This March madness of playing Libya by
ear and picking brackets will soon be over and then
it's April, the cruelest month.
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