Teri O'Brien  

I doubt that the bitter clinging readers of my scribbling need any explanation for that headline, but for those of any sophisticated, inclusive, diversity-loving liberals have wandered over here, let me give you the 411. You need look no further than alleged journalist/Obama fanboy Jeff Zeleny, who has the distinction last night of asking Barack Obama “what enchants you?” Are you kidding me?!  Maybe the New York Times should hire Perez Hilton, who clearly knows how to ask tougher questions that reporters at their soon-to-be non-existent waste of trees. Somewhere Carrie Prejean is sitting in openmouthed shock, wondering why she didn’t get that question, similar to my openmouthed shock as I heard Barack Hussein take credit for “closing” Gitmo. Never mind that there are still approximately 250 Islamic maniacs, fantasizing about their next attack. Even the man-god himself has no idea where to send them or what to do with them. I’m sure that he had his druthers he’d send them to the headquarters of Fox News, but as he lamented last night, also during that “enchantment” question, he doesn’t have an easy button that he can just push to make things happen.

Some people might have expected to hear one of these determined truth seekers  ask President Lightweight about his laughable assertion that he found out about Monday’s NYC Air Force One flyover when the rest of us did. If you are one of these cynics who don’t realize that the earth has shifted under you, I say no question was asked because no question was required. When  Kim Jung Il reported that he shot 11 holes in one during his first round of golf, were any questions required? The Dear Leader (or do you prefer, in deference to TOTUS, Dear Reader?) does not lie. He didn’t have to repeat the lie. There were no questions about that disgustingly boneheaded move.

So when he said “I don't want to run auto companies, I don't want to run banks . . . . I've got more than enough to do," and "I want to dispute this notion that we enjoy meddling in the private sector," that’s a fact. No matter that he fired GM’s CEO, Rick Wagoner.  Never mind that his administration refuses to accept repayment of TARP money that many banks are dying to repay. He also said he doesn’t want to grow government, as he goes on a lunatic spending spree that would make a teenage NBA bonus baby blush. If you’re twenty years old, you will pay $114,000 in extra taxes just to pay the interest on the $9 trillion dollar debt that the Celebutard-in-Chief is running up. I’m sure you and your children yet unborn will think that’s a small price to pay to have a president who is so gosh darn cool.

He also said he wanted an end to “political games,” on the same day he held a press event with Arlen “Opportunism is My Middle Name” Specter and Joey Hairplugs. Keep repeating: The Dear Leader doesn’t lie.

The Husband found it notable that he actually praised machinery put in place by President Bush’s administration to deal with emergencies, while mentioning his part in it, of course. Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod must have done a focus group in which they were informed that this “I inherited it” mantra is wearing thin, particularly when some might characterize it as--dare I say it?--a lie. No wait, it can’t be. The Dear Leader doesn’t lie.

The most interesting two answers were the ones about the Freedom of Choice act and waterboarding.

In same press conference in which he said “I will do whatever is required to keep the American people safe” he responded to ABC’s Jake Tapper by declaring that “waterboarding is torture,” albeit after an excruciatingly long tapdance. He cited Winston Churchill on the corrosive effect on a society of torture. Does this mean he wants that bust back, you know that one that he returned to the British in the first of a series of embarrassing insults to our most enduring ally? He also assured us that we shouldn’t worry that his policies could result in another 911 because. can get the same information in ways that are “consistent with our values.” He demonstrated an almost George W. Bush like absence of nuance when he told us that is absolutely certain of that. Of course, we’ll never know, will we? Even as we stand in the smoking rubble listening to liberals explain that Barack Obama, who is president, is not responsible, but George W. Bush, who personally recruited all the terrorists in the first place, is.

Meanwhile on abortion, he told us that while his position on the issue has been consistent (infanticide is ok with him), he had to have disappointed feminists by saying that the Freedom of Choice Act was not a high priority. Would that he have the same nuanced position on dealing with our enemy; that is, opposing enhanced interrogation in principle, but not making changing the policy any sort of high priority because he understands that his number one responsibility really is to keep us safe. I know that’s a lot to ask of a lightweight, self-absorbed former community organizer with a radical agenda and dyed-in-the-wool anti-American beliefs, but I can dream.

Oh and he told us twice: be sure to wash your hands.