by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.,Human Events
Obama White House releases dozens of Kennedy photos with Prez.
According to the Gallup Poll,the Prophet Obama’s job approval is now at its lowest since his coronation. It began at 70 percent. Now it is at 51 percent. Equally glum,his disapproval rating has climbed from 11 percent to 42 percent. So what about his golf game up there at Martha’s Vineyard? From all I have been able to ascertain,it is mediocre. In other words,Mr. Obama,you are no Dan Quayle. Former Vice President Quayle was a really superb golfer. Moreover,he ran a competent staff. Naturally,it was smaller than Mr. Obama’s,but it was run competently.
My belief,based on reports in the news and from my private network of seasoned agents and provocateurs,is that this White House is a carousel of incompetence. How else do we explain the ravening push on all fronts —health care,the environment,fiscal reform,intelligence reform and a foreign policy of humility and apology? Unsurprisingly,on every front,the president is in trouble. Remember chief of staff Rahm Emanuel’s callous enjoiner "you never want a serious crisis to go to waste"? This White House is a serious crisis.
According to sources with whom I confer,the Obama White House is the most tightly controlled White House in years,with the president,Emanuel and David Axelrod micromanaging practically everything. They constitute what is called "the Politburo,"and the news story waiting to be written is that their control is as stultifying as was Jimmy Carter’s control of his White House. Stupendous failure is in the cards.