By John W. Lillpop
As an intellectual and sophisticated man of advanced education, President Obama should know better than to believe the press clippings issued about him by biased leftist media in the name of news and analysis. An experienced political professional should also be able to accept criticism without unraveling to the point of utter distraction.
After all, we do live a democratic society where the president serves at the pleasure of the people. He is neither royalty nor deity, despite what armies of Obamanites and the media tell him.
Criticism and a robust opposition come with the gig, Mr. President! Being elected president does not confer unlimited power on anyone, regardless of how precocious and handsome.
As president, you are neither infallible nor beyond reproach.
Unfortunately, President Obama has apparently grown so accustomed to the slobbering adoration and hero worship doled out by the liberal media that he is unable to brook any sort of criticism whatsoever.
For example, after barely assuming the mantel of presidential power last January 20, Obama invited Republican members of Congress to the White House to get acquainted and to officially inaugurate commencement of the "post-partisan era," a concept conceived and implemented by The One Himself.
However, Obama struck a sour note by immediately advising conservatives that they should stop listening to Rush Limbaugh.
Excuse me? Why would a new president concern himself with the radio listening habits of the opposition party? What sort of monster ego must a president have to think that his views on a talk show host are important to his opponents?
Besides, how often do you suppose Obama has actually tuned in El Rushbo to hear the other side of the story on the major issues of the day?
Most likely, Obama takes the word of White House flunkies who get paid obscene salaries just for listening and tracking those with the audacity to disagree with The One.
Obama's unhealthy obsession with quashing conservative voices has grown into a scandalous exchange of verbal warfare between the White House and Glenn Beck and FOX News in general, said hostilities waged on a daily basis.
With the war in Afghanistan devolving into a quagmire not unlike Viet Nam, the national deficit exploding out of control, unemployment dashing the audacity of hope for millions of Americans, and tyrants in Iran, North Korea, and Russia conspiring to destroy America, why in the hell is the President of the United States so obsessed with what Glenn Beck has to say?
In case you missed it, Mr. President, nearly 60 million Americans voted for your opponent in the last election! That mandate that you claim to be fulfilling is but a distant memory, as only 43 percent of Americans would vote for you were the election held today.
Time to put on a stiff upper lip and get down to business, sir. As President Harry Truman once declared, "If you can't take the heat, get the hell out of the kitchen!"
Perhaps the heat is a tad too intense, sir?
May we remind you that the state of Illinois will elect a new representative to the U.S. Senate in 2010 and you would seem to be a good match for that gig!
