President Obama the scold
By CAROL E. LEE, Politico
Obama has turned into the lecturer in chief
For a president who ran on uplifting themes like change and hope, Barack Obama spends an awful lot of time scolding Americans about how he hopes they’ll change.
He has advised parents to “replace that video game with a book and make sure that homework gets done.” He has urged members of Congress not to read blogs or watch 24-hour cable news. And he’s challenged lobbyists, lawmakers, bankers, journalists, insurance companies and other heads of state to do a better job.
He’s prodded people to get off the couch, eat healthier and exercise more. He’s even suggested Americans buy stocks, U.S.-made cars and energy-efficient light bulbs, while cautioning them not to max out their credit cards.
At times, having Obama in the Oval Office is like having a really powerful Dr. Phil around.
But lately, Obama’s tsk-tsking has gotten him into some trouble. At the very moment he’s trying to recover his declining popularity and revive his party heading into the November elections, even some Democrats worry that he risks coming off not as the inspirational figure who galvanized the electorate in 2008 but as the embodiment of a dour Democrat that turns off some voters.
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Tags: Barack Obama, Dr. Phil, Lecturer in Chief, Scolds
February 8th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
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February 8th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
Just wait until Nov he is going to be a lame duck sitting there with all these good house and senate replacements staring him in his face he cannot do any thing then but lose more sleep and cry more
Also when he is impeached that will be wonderful
February 8th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
Maybe Obama should shut up, sit down and listen to the American people he might learn how to lead, naw he is to sel centered to listen to anyone.
February 9th, 2010 at 12:51 pm
What a hypocrite and LIAR. He should point his finger at himself for all the wrong doing he has done to America.
If we don't IMPEACH "OOO" soon, what is this country going to look like? This man, this impostor has to be impeached in 2010.
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/
February 9th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
This is what you get from a 'demigod,' one who never did intend to serve the best interests of our country.
He acts 'beyond being King,' for he knows it all and we are just too stupid!