I was struck the other day by how illiterate our new President is.
Maybe you've had the same feeling. You get the feeling when listening to interviews with athletes. Especially bad, those athletes who are "Seniors" at major universities, and are unable to construct complete sentences in response to the questions they are asked.
I have this cringe that occurs when I hear the President talk about the "stuff" he's dealing with. Really, when he's off the teleprompter, you realize that he doesn't have the language skills that would be reflective of his advantages; Harvard Law Review? O, rlly?
So enjoy your new President. Where are we going as a country? It doesn't matter, as long as we're all cool.
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Obama (and Biden) remind me of an old comedy bit of a guy impersonating a young Mike Tyson: "Mmmm, mmmm! These cookies are malicious!"
yeah, sure makes every American yearn for that bygone era of true American politcal eloquence-the Bush years
I have to agree wholeheartedly with Anonymous.
Not only is our President verbally challenged without his beloved teleprompter, and historically challenged (there are not 57 states, his great-uncle was not in the group that liberated Auschwitz, &c, &c), but he shows the world that he's an oaf: That infamous photo of him with his feet up on the desk.
And now I find out that it's not just any old desk, it's an old, historic desk.
The Resolute Desk
"Every president since Hayes — except Presidents Johnson, Nixon, and Ford — has used the Resolute desk, although some chose to use it in their private study in the Residence. The desk was made famous in part by a photograph of John Kennedy at work while his son, John Jr., peeked out the front through the kneehole panel."
The Oaf-in Chief.
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