Obama has been able to advance this ignoble tradition for two reasons. One is obvious: the media let him. The second needs explanation. Like any gifted sleight-of-hand artist, Obama has had his audience focus on the wrong object. The pundits debated his ideology -- Marxist, socialist, progressive, pragmatist -- and even his religion -- Christian, Muslim, atheist -- but they rarely questioned his commitment. Yes, those ten-footers in Hawaii likely did mean more to Obama than gun control laws in Illinois. He proved so adept at breaking promises because he did not care deeply enough to keep them. What mattered more was that he be seen striking the right pose, finding the right groove, spinning the right narrative. And at the end of the day he still prefers doing holoholo time on America’s golf courses to governing. Read more: americanthinker/2014/10/when_checkers_ate_obamas_homework.html#ixzz3H4WvuoGz Follow us: @AmericanThinker on Twitter | AmericanThinker on Facebook
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 14:18:49 +0000
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