Mr. Obama: Can't You Act Like The President Of The U.S. Just Once?

With the world in chaos, POTUS is watching the Evening News to obtain facts. He will address the nation after the next commercial break...WH Press Secretary

It's been said people buy into the leader before they buy into the vision. Unfortunately, the leader of the Free Word---this President of the U.S.---has neither. In crisis after crisis, President Obama has embarrassingly failed on all counts.

If you recall, immediately following the attack on our consulate in Benghazi, Pres. Obama felt compelled to attend yet another one of many fundraisers in Las Vegas. He did this as the body of our ambassador was being defiled and four heroic Americans were left slumped over their machine guns on the roof of the CIA annex building after being hit by mortar rounds. To make matters even worse, the administration began to subsequently lie like a rug regarding the exact nature of the attacks.

Immediately after the Ft. Hood shooting in April of 2014, he attended fundraisers.

Last week, the president skipped a visit to the border---in the middle of a border crisis---to attend fundraisers.

And then we have the events that unfolded yesterday. An aircraft appears to have been shot down in the Ukraine by someone---still not clear by whom but circumstantial evidence points to Russian separatists. At approximately the same time, Israel sent some ground troops into Gaza. It was one of the biggest news days of the year. Certainly big enough to warrant the attention of the President of the United States.

And what did President Obama do? He referred to the downing of the plane for a whopping 38 seconds while on a photo op to Delaware at a bridge. That was followed-up at yet another photo-op at well-known burger joint. But the day didn't end there. He had enough time left on his schedule to attend  two more fundraisers.

To give you some idea of how a president should respond to a crisis, Ronald Reagan is one of the best examples. In response to the downing of Korea Air 007 in 1983, Reagan went on TV (keep in mind that social media did not exist then) and addressed the world. The following are some excerpts from a speech that took more than 10 minutes. Pay particular attention to Reagan's choice of words:

Obama + Joe Biden: Things Have Been So Tranquil There's Been No Change

This week VP Joe Biden spoke at a senior center in Iowa. Which explains why the seniors were like, "Is this hell?"...Fallon

These are times when most rational observers of the Obama administration have already arrived at the conclusion: These guys are not only incompetent, but they are delusional as well.

Last week, Pres. Obama actually said the global community is "tranquil" (the map above says otherwise). It didn't take long for Slo Joe Biden to follow suit with his own absurd notion. Yesterday he said Obama's promise of "change...didn't happen." 

For a moment, let's set aside the speculation that both statements have some type of political explanation. I don't know what it is yet. But let's review this proclamation of  global "tranquility" and no "change" as announced by the leaders of the free world:

•  We've are and have been witness to a global community that's imploding from the over 140,000 Syrian civilians who have died since their civil war began (after crossing Obama's infamous "red line") 
• to the Ukraine (now it appears someone might have downed that Malaysian aircraft) 
• to Libyan civil war to the myth of the Arab Spring especially in Egypt to Iran's plans
• to develop nuclear weapons and their supplying weapons to terrorists throughout the Middle East to N. Korea testing its own nuclear weapons
• to the release of Taliban terrorists 
• to the storm of missiles and rockets being exchanged by Hamas and Israel as Israel tries to defend itself and
• to the cleansing of Christian communities throughout the world by Islamists. 
• In addition, there are the current scandals and controversies involving the border crisis, the VA, the IRS, Benghazi, Fast and Furious,  NSA's mass surveillance, Judicial Appointments, Obamacare lies, Solyndra and other failed green energy initiatives costing American billions, bullying the press, a continued sluggish economy, lack of transparency and Constitutional violations as judge by our own Supreme Court. 

To be fair, while the Obama administration cannot be held totally responsible for what happens throughout the globe; they can and should be held accountable for most of the  domestic failures. To believe otherwise would be a willingness to suspend any critical thought (but---then again---Obama was re-elected). 

But we do know this: Tranquility and Hope left town about six years ago.

By Demeaning American Exceptionalism---John F. Kerry Proves Once Again He's A Pompous Ass

Even though its under threat by this administration, I will always believe in American Exceptionalism. It's just how I roll...My Tweet

If you're one of my many readers, you know how much I despise John F. Kerry. It's not difficult. The prick is low hanging fruit. That low hanging fruit was on display again yesterday when he spoke to a graduating class at Yale: "I get a little uptight when I hear politicians say how exceptional we are." One thing is certainly clear: they're not talking about him.

For those too young to remember, this is the guy who maligned an entire generation of Vietnam Veterans. He did it again in 2005 when he said our troops terrorize children and kids in Iraq in the dead of night. 

But Kerry is not alone. Many progressives feel the same way he does including Pres. Obama when it comes to American exceptionalism. These people made careers out of trying to have America perceived as a "mediocre" nation. Even in the face of the assault on American exceptionalism by the progressive political class, America will remain exceptional only if it continues to believe it's exceptional. And I believe most Americans continue to believe that. It's part of our national DNA stemming from our own Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights and the Constitution.

Our Founders were very perceptive. They were well aware of the impending and never-ending threats to our freedom and liberties. After all, they understood we were a nation of human beings who are not fallible. We make mistakes and often. In their wisdom, they created a system of checks and balances precisely for those reasons.

The Media's Sins of Omission

How Will The End Of Print Journalism Affect Old Loons Who Hoard Newspapers? The Onion

The media today has failed in their primary mission of reporting the truth and being a government watchdog. They really don't have much more work to do than that. Reports on the perimeter are just fluff meant to sell ads and appeal to the low information voters. 

One of the primary ways today's media skirts the truth is simply by not reporting on it. This is actually nothing new when it comes to protecting the progressive political class.  We saw this first hand when Newsweek decided to kill the Lewinsky story. It was subsequently broken on-line by Drudge.  When the IRS scandal first broke, it was Judicial Watch who released the news yet the largest alphabet networks spent a whopping zero time on that breaking news. Even regarding the border crisis, the mainstream media is largely failing to protest their lack of access to the detention centers now being used to give the illegal immigrant children shelter (by the way, has anyone in the media even asked how long these thousands of children will remain on our military bases?").

These are examples of the media's sins of omission. And there are many. Allow me to just highlight some from just the last several weeks:

• NBC recently avoided using the term "illegal" when referring to the current border crisis.
• At Least 53 Palestinians Killed, More Than 500 Injured In Gaza, Palestinian Officials Say...CNN headline. They did mention the rockets hitting Israel from Gaza but did not highlight that in their story.
• 46 Killed In Israeli Airstrikes On Gaza Since Monday...CNN on July 9. That same day and the day earlier, over 200 rockets fell on Israel from Gaza.
• Gaza Health Officials Say 15 Killed In Israeli Air Strike Near Mosque...AP on July 12. BBC News had almost the same headline that day.  On July 12, the IDF reported terrorist in Gaza fired over 689 rockets into Israel in the previous four days. That amounted to one rocket landing somewhere in Israel---the size of New Jersey---every 10 minutes.
• 8 People Killed Overnight On Gaza...BBC on July 11. On that day, 77 rockets hit Israel (some targeting Tel Aviv). Iron Dome intercepted 19 of those rockets.
• On July 10th, three new developments emerged regarding the IRS scandal, yet not one of the evening news casts even spent a moment on that breaking news.
• With the exception of Fox News, it's not been the main stream media reporting on the infectious and contagious diseases many illegal immigrant children are now carrying, it's largely been news outlets like The Blaze, Breitbart and a few others.
• Last May, it was not the main stream media who reported on the government releasing over 36,000 illegal immigrants with serious criminal backgrounds (e.g. murder, rape, etc), it was those mentioned above including Judicial Watch.
• When it came to Obamacare, the main stream media largely remained silent regarding all the lies associated with the law. It took them over 3 years to start reporting on many of those lies when they knew about them earlier.

The malfeasance in today's media is breathtaking. The good news is that more people are starting to catch on to their conspicuous bias, protecting the progressive political class and their sins of omission.

Sidebar:

NBC News poll showed Mr. Obama's numbers continue tanking, and they didn't even report that on their own evening news. 

And major media outlets kept perpetuating the "hands-up" myth of Ferguson. By omitting the truth, we are now experiencing a call to violence by punks and cowards.