{"id":20855,"date":"2013-10-29T17:53:20","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T21:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=20855"},"modified":"2013-10-29T17:53:20","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T21:53:20","slug":"the-empty-chair-in-the-oval-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=20855","title":{"rendered":"The Empty Chair In The Oval Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bret Stephens<\/a> posted an article at the Wall Street Journal<\/a> yesterday\u00a0 about the leadership style of President Obama<\/a>. The article is titled, “The Unbearable Lightness of Obama.” Mr. Stephens points out that the President says that he was briefed on NSA<\/a> eavesdropping in general, but never told the specifics of listening in on foreign leaders. In terms of ObamaCare<\/a> there was no person with the right technology experience involved in launching the website.<\/p>\n

Some other observations in the article:<\/p>\n

“Besides the Syrian government<\/a>‘s gains, there was mounting evidence that Mr. Assad’s troops had repeatedly used chemical weapons against civilians.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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“Even as the debate about arming the rebels took on a new urgency, Mr. Obama rarely voiced strong opinions during senior staff meetings. But current and former officials said his body language was telling: he often appeared impatient and disengaged while listening to the debate, sometimes scrolling through messages on his BlackBerry<\/a> or slouching and chewing gum.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

…”On Saturday, as the shutdown drama played out on Capitol Hill<\/a>, President Obama played golf at Fort Belvoir<\/a> in Virginia.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

…”In polo shirt, shorts and sandals, President Obama headed to the golf course Friday morning with a couple of old friends, then flew to Camp David<\/a> for a long weekend. Secretary of State John Kerry<\/a> was relaxing at his vacation home in Nantucket.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Aides said both men were updated as increasingly bloody clashes left dozens dead in Egypt, but from outward appearances they gave little sense that the Obama administration viewed the broader crisis in Cairo with great alarm.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please follow the link above to the article to see further examples. The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Call Mr. Obama’s style indifferent, aloof or irresponsible, but a president who governs like this reaps the whirlwind\u2014if not for himself, then for his country.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don’t think this is the kind of leadership America wants, but since the majority of Americans voted for this man, they got what they asked for.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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