By Mike Scinto
As seen in
The Civitas Media Newspapers Group
If
it had been written as a Saturday Night Live skit it would be funny.
Unfortunately there’s nothing comedic about the real events as they continue to
unfold for President Barack Hussein Obama and the American people.
As
word reached America about Iraq collapsing at the hands of Sunni militants and
city after city falling in the march to Baghdad, where was our
Commander-in-chief? Was he in the war room with the Joint Chiefs Staff? Was he
consulting with Congressional leaders on our next moves? Was he on the phone
with world leaders contemplating a strategy as the nation where so many
Americans spilled their blood and so many billions were spent in a war to
liberate the country was falling to insurgents? No, at that particular moment
he was walking to a nearby coffee shop in Washington commenting to some school
children about the colors of their M&Ms, using the moment as a photo op
with some of those kids then scurrying back to catch Air Force One to fly to
Palm Springs for a four day golf outing.
To
be sure, Mr. Obama did instruct his staff to come up with some solutions to
this crisis unfolding more every minute; with instructions not to interrupt his
game unless absolutely necessary. As the leader of the strongest nation in the
world was teeing up on #15, Iraqi soldiers, military leaders and civilians were
being beheaded, their bodies stacked in the streets and militants taking
control of virtually every part of Iraq. I suppose if he were interrupted
during a shot he could take a mulligan.
I’ve
honestly tried not to politicize my comments on this President giving him some
benefit of the doubt that his inexperience was guiding, or misguiding his
actions. But I’ve come to the realization that he doesn’t get it, doesn’t care
to get it and if anything he takes on doesn’t glorify him, why bother.
Just
when I think he can’t do anything else unthinkable, he writes a new chapter.
Comedy shows like Saturday Night Live and sitcoms usually fold up shop for one
reason; they run out of ideas for bizarre scripts. I guess if this presidency
were a comedy show it would never go off the air. The star of the show always
seems to outdo his previous “episode”. The only problem is that nobody’s
laughing any more.
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