The Bama’s on Broadway

If size doesn’t matter, a rumor perpetrated by the anatomically challenged, small things can have large implications.

The Obama’s stimulated the economy last night by attending a Broadway show after dining in the Village. It is in the nature of presidential perks and perhaps not worth mentioning.

I’m confident the commentating class would have been equally understanding if george and laura engaged in a comparable bit of subsidized self-indulgence under comparable circumstances (the collapse of the auto industry, unemployment, debt, massive entitlement spending, a burgeoning bureaucracy and probable if not pending stagflation …)

Not being a practiced bean counter I can only guess at the evening’s cost. I suspect transportation, parking for planes, helicopters and limos, security and all the concomitant niceties and (tax excluded benefits) that accrue to the leader of the free world would suffice to keep several or several dozen people in their soon to be foreclosed homes (an equally inappropriate expenditure of other people’s money).

President Obama being nothing if not politically astute surely realized there maybe something wrong with this picture but obviously thought himself and his bride deserving.

A curious calculation for a self portrayed common man. Perhaps the egalitarian is truly an elitist with an overactive sense of entitlement.

Awaiting Clarification

It’s become a commonplace and something of a cottage industry explaining Senator Obama to the rest of us. No doubt the down side of being intellectually superior, the Senator doesn’t realize we can’t always fill in the blanks or understand his unexplicated shorthand.

As for the “gaffe’s”, they don’t quite rise to the level of fictionalized flashbacks (vivid recollections of non-events) but they do suggest a slipshod approach to the truth.

A lesser candidate (lacking academic pedigree and moral stature) might be deemed less than credible. However, it’s simply implausible to argue in the Senator’s case, that he lacks a thoughtful and thoroughly informed position on serious issues. As for the profusion of perceived inconsistencies and reflexive contradictions they’re merely the ongoing refinements of an ever evolving and endlessly nuanced policy portfolio.

Is it not curious that a man whose position and prospects rest solely on his consummate powers of persuasion, seems to require daily clarification.

An Open Letter

Senator Obama:

Dear Sir,

Please regard this letter as formal notification that, as of this date and time, I’m rescinding the benefit of the doubt, of which you’ve been beneficiary since the inception of your campaign.

The gentle force of your personality and the redemptive power of your life story are wearing thin, your certainty (often bordering on intolerance) could easily be confused with a pompous conceit, those frequently amended and nuanced utterances are now utterly unconvincing, and your inexperience, of which you’ve made little, suggest you’ve learned even less.

Though ambition, arrogance and attitude may be necessary, they are not sufficient qualification for the presidency of the United States.

Respectfully,

amajorityofone