> Newsweek > Is Now History > > The liberal Newsweek Magazine is going out of business but not > before it attacks the President. Wonderful story! > This is quite an article, even more so when you consider that > NEWSWEEK finally had the guts to admit it. WOW! > Newsweek COVER!!! It is their last cover before they fold. Also > read the article at the end. AMAZING!!! > Finally, Matt Patterson and Newsweek speak out about Obama. This > is timely and tough. As many of you know, Newsweek has a reputation for > being extremely liberal The fact that their editor saw fit to print the > following article about Obama and the one that appears in the latest > Newsweek, makes this a truly amazing event, and a news story in and of > itself. At last, the truth about our President and his agenda are starting > to trickle through the protective wall built around him by the liberal > media... > > By Matt Patterson > (Newsweek Columnist - Opinion Writer) > > Years from now, historians may regard the 2008 election of > Barack Obama as an inscrutable and phenomenon, the result of a baffling > breed of mass hysteria akin perhaps to the witch craze of the Middle Ages. > How, they will wonder, did a man so devoid of professional accomplishment > beguile so many into thinking he could manage the worlds largest economy, > direct the worlds most powerful military, execute the worlds most > consequential job? > Imagine a future historian examining Obamas pre-presidential > life: ushered into and through the Ivy League, despite unremarkable grades > and test scores along the way; a cushy non-job as a community organizer; > a brief career as a state legislator devoid of legislative achievement (and > in fact nearly devoid of his attention, less often did he vote present); > and finally an unaccomplished single term in the United States Senate, the > entirety of which was devoted to his presidential ambitions. > He left no academic legacy in academia, authored no signature > legislation as a legislator. And then there is the matter of his troubling > associations: the white-hating, America-loathing preacher who for decades > served as Obamas spiritual mentor; a real-life, actual terrorist who > served as Obamas colleague and political sponsor. It is easy to imagine a > future historian looking at it all and asking: how on Earth was such a man > elected president? There is no evidence that he ever attended or worked for > any university or that he ever sat for the Illinois bar. We have no > documentation for any of his claims. He may well be the greatest hoax in > history. > Not content to wait for history, the incomparable Norman > Podhoretz addressed the question recently in the Wall Street Journal: To be > sure, no white candidate who had close associations with an outspoken hater > of America like Jeremiah Wright and an unrepentant terrorist like Bill > Ayers, would have lasted a single day. But because Mr. Obama was black, and > therefore entitled in the eyes of liberal Dom to have hung out with > protesters against various American injustices, even if they were a bit > extreme, he was given a pass. > Let that sink in: Obama was given a pass - held to a lower > standard because of the color of his skin. > > Podhoretz continues: And in any case, what did such ancient > history matter when he was also so articulate and elegant and (as he > himself had said) non-threatening, all of which gave him a fighting > chance to become the first black president and thereby to lay the curse of > racism to rest? Podhoretz puts his finger, I think, on the animating pulse > of the Obama phenomenon - affirmative action. Not in the legal sense, of > course. But certainly in the motivating sentiment behind all affirmative > action laws and regulations, which are designed primarily to make white > people, and especially white liberals, feel good about themselves. > Unfortunately, minorities often suffer so that whites can pat themselves on > the back. > Liberals routinely admit minorities to schools for which they > are not qualified, yet take no responsibility for the inevitable poor > performance and high drop-out rates which follow. Liberals dont care if > these minority students fail; liberals arent around to witness the > emotional devastation and deflated self-esteem resulting from the racist > policy that is affirmative action. Yes, racist. Holding someone to a > separate standard merely because of the color of his skin - thats > affirmative action in a nutshell, and if that isnt racism, then nothing > is. > And that is what America did to Obama. True, Obama himself was > never troubled by his lack of achievements, but why would he be? As many > have noted, Obama was told he was good enough for Columbia despite > undistinguished grades at Occidental; he was told he was good enough for > the US Senate despite a mediocre record in Illinois ; he was told he was > good enough to be president despite no record at all in the Senate. All his > life, every step of the way, Obama was told he was good enough for the next > step, in spite of ample evidence to the contrary. > What could this breed if not the sort of empty narcissism on > display every time Obama speaks? In 2008, many who agreed that he lacked > executive qualifications nonetheless raved about Obamas oratory skills, > intellect, and cool character. Those people - conservatives included - > ought now to be deeply embarrassed. The man thinks and speaks in the > hoariest of clichés, and thats when he has his Teleprompters in front of > him; when the prompter is absent he can barely think or speak at all Not > one original idea has ever issued from his mouth - its all warmed-over > Marxism of the kind that has failed over and over again for 100 years. (An > example is his 2012 campaign speeches which are almost word for word his > 2008 speeches) And what about his character? Obama is constantly blaming > anything and everything else for his troubles. Bush did it; it was bad > luck; I inherited this mess. Remember, he wanted the job, campaigned for > the task. It is embarrassing to see a president so willing to advertise his > own powerless-ness, so comfortable with his own incompetence. (The other > day he actually came out and said no one could have done anything to get > our economy and country back on track). But really, what were we to expect? > The man has never been responsible for anything, so how do we expect him to > act responsibly? In short: our president is a small-minded man, with > neither the temperament nor the intellect to handle his job. When you > understand that, and only when you understand that, will the current > erosion of liberty and prosperity make sense. It could not have gone > otherwise with such an impostor in the Oval Office.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 10:37:40 +0000
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