Recently, The World got its first glimpse of the “real Obama”, and likewise, Obama got his first glimpse of the “real world”. This significant event took place in Stockholm, of all places. Three arrogant Chicagoans who seem to think the world revolves around them stepped up on the world stage and made complete fools of themselves. Barack, Michelle, and Oprah seem to expect the world to at least curtsy if not execute a complete kneeling bow as they made their regal wishes known to the International Olympic Committee. The committee, listened politely to the eloquent autobiographical statements, then promptly moved Chicago from whatever position it had formerly occupied into last place, making a statement of their own.
I am sure that Mr. Obama was shocked to discover that he is president only of the USA and not the world. Not yet anyway. (That is unfair. I believe the preferred title is “Hegemon”.)
The pundits are having a field day with this fresh humiliation. I have included links to several editorials and articles below along with a small sample for your enjoyment:
PUBLIC HUMBLING OF PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD OBAMA - By Judith A. Klinghoffer
Barack Obama thought the world adored him. He thought he was elected the president of the world. In Copenhagen, the IOC set him straight. Will he finally become the president of the United States? If so, the exercise may have been beneficial……I googled Obama, “president of the world” I got 64,500,000 results.
WHAT WAS OBAMA THINKING? – By Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.
It is clear that, in the aftermath of the IOC’s decision to eliminate America’s Windy City in the first round of voting and to select instead Rio de Janeiro, this rejection was not only a stunning personal failure for “The One,” (a title Obama’s admirers seem to have embraced as much as his critics). It amounts to a repudiation of the United States, contributing – whether intentionally in this instance or not – to the sort of “diminishing of our country” that I have previously described as one of three elements of the “Obama Doctrine.” (The other two are “undermining of our allies” and “emboldening of our enemies.”)
Opy and Michelle’s Olympics Reunion – By Patrick Hurley
I knew Chicago was in trouble when Michelle Obama announced to the world they were going to, take no prisoners” in her mission to capture the Games. When Oprah teamed up with her I thought, “Dear Lord, how is the world going to react to these TWO?”
McArthur promised the Philippines, “I shall return!” And, he did. Joe Namath promised, “We’re gonna win this game. I guarantee it.” And, he did. Babe Ruth called his home run shot in the 1932 World Series and Thelma and Louise promised to go out in a blaze of glory and, they did.
Now, we have Wile E. Coyote I and II wasting our money to fly to Copenhagen to sip wine and strut their stuff as they believed their own press that they were, “all that” and capable of doing something they were woefully ill equipped to do.
The Second City Becomes Fourth City – By Debra J. Saunders
The Drudge Report cribbed this headline after the news that Chicago placed fourth out of four cities in the running: “The Ego Has Landed: World Rejects Obama.” Sure, that verdict is hyperbolic, but Drudge hit on the self-conceit that preceded this fiasco.
You just know that if George W. Bush had lobbied in person to win the Games for a Texas city and lost, his critics would have been unapologetic in their joy over his failure to deliver. They’d be bashing his intelligence, his motives and probably Texas. Of course, it was easy to kick Bush because so many people did it.
After eight years of watching some on the left root for defeat in Iraq and snicker at every international slight against Bush, I must admit it is rather special that the left has discovered patriotism — to such an extent that there now is a duty to root for Chicago to host the Games.
An Olympic Ego Trip – By George Will
It was gallant of the president to say to the Olympic committee that Michelle is “a pretty big selling point for the city.” Gallant, but obviously untrue. And — this is where we pass from the merely silly to the ominous — suppose the president was being not gallant but sincere. Perhaps the premise of the otherwise inexplicable trip to Denmark was that there is no difficulty, foreign or domestic, that cannot be melted by the sunshine of the Obama persona. But in the contest between the world and any president’s charm, bet on the world.
Presidents often come to be characterized by particular adjectives: “honest” Abe Lincoln, “Grover the Good” Cleveland, “energetic” Theodore Roosevelt, “idealistic” Woodrow Wilson, “Silent Cal” Coolidge, “confident” FDR, “likable” Ike Eisenhower. Less happily, there were “Tricky Dick” Nixon and “Slick Willie” Clinton. Unhappy will be a president whose defining adjective is “vain.”
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