Took a long break - I thought there would be a few things a week to comment on as the President hurtled towards mediocrity and Carter-esque malaise.  I didn’t think it would be 5-10 things a day and I am fundamentally lazy.

Picking up where I left off I find the president no more evolved or nuanced than before:

The most deferential president in history bows to city mayor

Moving on:  First it was ‘Tallee-bahn’, now it’s ‘corpse-man’.  Dan Quayle is still being pilloried for misspelling potato but this gets no mention in the MSM?

Remember all the chuckling and derision about the pictures of Bush holding hands with the Saudi king?  Never mind that other presidents have done it, it was proof positive that Bush was the king’s oil-needing lackey.  So what does this picture establish?

Heads of state don’t bow to other heads of state.  Amateur hour!

The MSM has seen fit to drop this story down the memory hole, so for most people this event never happened. It’s just that easy to control the narrative.

This is beyond ridiculous - the Health and Human Services nominee has ‘corrected’ her taxes and paid over $7000 owed. No word on any penalty for years of incorrect filings, like a normal person would have to pay.

So which is it, liberal politicians have no regard for the tax laws they impose on others, or the tax system is so complicated not even well-educated top politicians  - the governor of Kansas in this case - can figure it out?

The President’s pronunciation of “Taliban” as “tallee-bahn” is a peculiar affectation, much like Madonna’s odd mix of American and British pronunciation.  Just as annoying, too.

The media were all aflutter a few years back about the ‘correct’ pronunciation of Qatar and insisted on using “Gutter”.  Even the foreign minister of Qatar uses the anglicized version when speaking in English.

Next time someone pulls this pronunciation business, ask them what the capital of France is.  Paris, they’ll say.  No, you reply, it’s “Par-ee”. Then you can roll your eyes and either mutter “idiot” as you walk away, or just stare while you relish the uncomfortable silence that ensues.

Another key election issue is kicked down the road a ways.

The president as used car salesman:

“Let me say it as plainly as I can: If you buy a car from Chrysler or General Motors, you will be able to get your car serviced and repaired, just like always.”

All that was missing was the sharkskin suit, giant pinky ring and slicked-back ‘do.

“Your warranty will be safe,” Obama promised. “In fact, it will be safer than it’s ever been!

“Because, starting today, the United States government will stand behind your warranty.”

Sold!

But wait.

This is the same federal government that can’t even switch America to digital TV?

A good piece by Gene Healy in the DC Examiner.  He makes the good point that this is not confined to the left and their leaders, but given the media stranglehold there are ten times the examples.  A sickening exerpt:

Last summer, San Francisco Chronicle columnist Mark Morford wrote that “Many spiritually advanced people I know … identify Obama as a Lightworker, that rare kind of attuned being who … can actually help usher in a new way of being on the planet.”

The Politico recently ran a 900-word article entitled “The Power of Obama’s Hand,” reverentially describing how the president “uses touch to control and console simultaneously,” laying hands on supporters and opponents alike.

And in February, author Judith Warner used her New York Times blog to confess that “The other night I dreamt of Barack Obama. He was taking a shower right when I needed to get into the bathroom to shave my legs.”

It is a given now that when Obama presents you with a choice between two alternatives, at least one of them is a total fabrication.  Here’s a by-now typical example:

Writing in the Chicago Tribune last week, President Obama fell back on one of his favorite rhetorical tics: “But I also know,” he wrote, “that we need not choose between a chaotic and unforgiving capitalism and an oppressive government-run economy. That is a false choice that will not serve our people or any people.”

Really? For the moment, it’s a “false choice” mainly in the sense that he’s not offering it: “a chaotic and unforgiving capitalism” is not on the menu, which leaves “an oppressive government-run economy” as pretty much the only game in town.

The MSM is not only continuing to carry water for Team Obama, they are doubling down on stupid by trying to trash the success that Bush had fighting Al Qaeda.  They follow the standard practice of a misleading headline that contradicts the article itself.

Rasmussen reports a sea change in how the public views the Obama presidency.  And at 58% his popularity is good but not messianic.  About where Bush 43 was at this point, if not a point or two lower.