The Newsweek Magazine is going out of business but not > before it > attacks the President. Wonderful story! > Newsweek COVER Story!!! 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 disturbing 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. > > PS: Please send this article to all family and friends > throughout > America and ask them to read
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