Maureen Dowd writhes[sic] in the NYT: "Obama smashed through all the barriers and dysfunction in his life to become a self-made, self-narrating president."
Well, I'll grant the 'dysfunction in his life.' 'Self-made'? not likely. 'self-narrating'? How is that a positive attribute?
Dowd notes, "Stories abound of big donors who stopped giving as much or working as hard because Obama never reached out, either with a Clinton-esque warm bath of attention or Romney-esque weekend love fests and Israeli-style jaunts; of celebrities who gave concerts for his campaigns and never received thank-you notes or even his full attention during the performance; of public servants upset because they knocked themselves out at the president’s request and never got a pat on the back; of V.I.P.’s disappointed to get pictures of themselves with the president with the customary signature withheld; of politicians disaffected by the president’s penchant for not letting members of Congress or local pols stand on stage with him when he’s speaking in their state (they often watch from the audience and sometimes have to lobby just to get a shout-out); of power brokers, local and national, who felt that the president insulted them by never seeking their advice or asking them to come to the White House or ride along in the limo for a schmooze."
Dowd surmises, "Obama wants to be a policy maker, not a glad-handing pol."
Or it could be that he's just a stuck-up A-hole.
Well, I'll grant the 'dysfunction in his life.' 'Self-made'? not likely. 'self-narrating'? How is that a positive attribute?
Dowd notes, "Stories abound of big donors who stopped giving as much or working as hard because Obama never reached out, either with a Clinton-esque warm bath of attention or Romney-esque weekend love fests and Israeli-style jaunts; of celebrities who gave concerts for his campaigns and never received thank-you notes or even his full attention during the performance; of public servants upset because they knocked themselves out at the president’s request and never got a pat on the back; of V.I.P.’s disappointed to get pictures of themselves with the president with the customary signature withheld; of politicians disaffected by the president’s penchant for not letting members of Congress or local pols stand on stage with him when he’s speaking in their state (they often watch from the audience and sometimes have to lobby just to get a shout-out); of power brokers, local and national, who felt that the president insulted them by never seeking their advice or asking them to come to the White House or ride along in the limo for a schmooze."
Dowd surmises, "Obama wants to be a policy maker, not a glad-handing pol."
Or it could be that he's just a stuck-up A-hole.
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