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http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/01/picture_emerging_of_obama_as_a.html

As I read Game Change , a recurring motif is how often Barack Obama would be bored or annoyed by either his Senatorial duties or the rigors of campaigning. He is not infrequently "fatigued" or "tired" or "peevish." If we had known of these qualities we might better have appreciated his readiness for the office.

He has been AWOL quite often on the issues of the day (his penchant for playing golf is a problem) as others toil away to do the heavy lifting (Reid, Pelosi). He was slow to respond to the Christmas Day terror attack, as well. They just weren't fun as say, trips down Broadway or to Copenhagen or some speeches before crowds.

He also grew exasperated that Hillary would continue her campaign as long as she did-how dare she? "Obama was frustrated. By the end of his winning streak, the thrill of victory had lost a modicum of its luster for him. He complained to his aides about the sameness of the succession of mega-rallies, about a certain staleness creeping in" (page 229). He complained that , "these people never die" (meaning the Clintons).

"His irritation was leavened by a grudging respect for Hillary's tenacity" (page 229). Irritation - how dare they not fall into line. When Hillary started winning contests, "Obama was having no fun at all. He was consumed by visions of doom"(page 248). The book is laced with this dichotomy: he was blissful and happy when the crowds were rapturous towards him (even that was subject to the laws of diminishing returns but was dejected and irritated when the slog continued, just as he found work as a Senator drudgery.

Well it is commendable that certain boundaries were established - unclear and unstated as they may have been. But it certainly did not extend to refusing to use the race card against Hillary Clinton and later McCain. The book reveals several examples of how Obama and his campaign played the race card (distorting Bill Clinton's words, referring to McCain supporters who may not vote for a man to be President who doesn't look like other presidents on dollar bills, working with black media to stoke the issue, using surrogates such as Jesse Jackson, Jr., to prolong the controversy-see page 198).

Running throughout the book is the pass that major media continually gave Barack Obama. All these instances of his conduct and revelations of his feeling bored, fatigued, irritated, annoyed were readily available real time in 2008. Instead the media fell into line and refused to report. Even now we see the same bias in play: why have none of these revelations about Barack Obama been covered by any of the many reviews of this best-selling book?

As people read this book - and it is compulsively readable - they should ask themselves the same question: why does Barack Obama always get a pass from the media -- always?

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I seriously think when real historians write about the 2008 primary, they will refer to it as the "American Idol" election...all about media-endorsement and not a whit about substance.

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Yeah, didn't we say that, he expected Hillary supporters to just do an about-turn and line up. He did not even make a direct appeal to us.

VH, for sure, it was an American Idol contest of elections.. or worse, a comedy contest from one side and a serious debate from the other.

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This book I am personally boycotting because it is pure trash.  Its not verified and it paints everyone bad. I am not surprised by this characterizations.  It seems that Elizabeth Edwards gets bashed good in this book.  I guess that is a good thing.  Everyone thinks she is so nice.  She is a mean vicous jelous woman and I will never forgive her for what she said about Hillary.

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"He is not infrequently "fatigued" or "tired" or "peevish." If we had known of these qualities we might better have appreciated his readiness for the office. "

Yes, we all certainly did know that. Anyone who wanted to actually find out about the candidate knew that. I remember MO's ridiculous and insulting comment during the campaign. The gist of it was that Barack was tired. He just didn't anticipate that Hillary would keep running for so long. The implication was that the nom was BO's (of course she did, no doubt, know the extent to which the DNC had gone to steal it), and that Hillary should just throw in the towel, and let BO get some rest. Then, there were the times, after he received the stolen nom when he was scheduled to make personal appearances campaigning for down ticket Dems. On several of these occasions, he just appeared via satellite, or didn't show at all, as I recall.

BO never was a serious public servant. It was pretty obvious to anyone who would take the time to do a little research.

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freespirit wrote:

"He is not infrequently "fatigued" or "tired" or "peevish." If we had known of these qualities we might better have appreciated his readiness for the office. "

Yes, we all certainly did know that. Anyone who wanted to actually find out about the candidate knew that. I remember MO's ridiculous and insulting comment during the campaign. The gist of it was that Barack was tired. He just didn't anticipate that Hillary would keep running for so long. The implication was that the nom was BO's (of course she did, no doubt, know the extent to which the DNC had gone to steal it), and that Hillary should just throw in the towel, and let BO get some rest. Then, there were the times, after he received the stolen nom when he was scheduled to make personal appearances campaigning for down ticket Dems. On several of these occasions, he just appeared via satellite, or didn't show at all, as I recall.

BO never was a serious public servant. It was pretty obvious to anyone who would take the time to do a little research.



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Thanks, Alex.  biggrin I've been feeling the PUMA spirit more and more, lately.  lol


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The article clearly shows who had the entitlement mentality. All along people said Hillary assumed she would be the pick; well I saw it very differently. She was meeting and touching as many hands as possible, talking with and listening to their issues while on the campaign trail,.. and of course that's how it is supposed to be. The primaries are their time to listen to the constituency and the stakeholders.

Obama may have chosen the biggest horn, the loudest voice, the largest stadiums and the biggest podiums to speak from. But he was NOT engaged with the people on the campaign trail. He was engaged with the teleprompter. ALL the signs of the detached person were there for all to see -- but MSM did the people in. People got bamboozled by the teleprompter-candidate and the MSM.

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