And it is getting tiresome:
…Some major presidential speeches deserve to be remembered, quoted and celebrated. Some deserve to be forgotten. A few deserve to be remembered and criticized, because they dishonor the history of presidential rhetoric.
Obama’s rhetorical method in international contexts — given supreme expression at the United Nations this week — is a moral dialectic. The thesis: pre-Obama America is a nation of many flaws and failures. The antithesis: The world responds with understandable but misguided prejudice. The synthesis: Me. Me, at all costs; me, in spite of all terrors; me, however long and hard the road may be. How great a world we all should see, if only all were more like…me.
Truth be told, most people who seek the office of the Presidency have a healthy ego. Outside of the genuinely humble – who would accept the burden in meek acceptance of God’s will in their lives – most people have to be a bit arrogant to assume that out of 300 million people, they are the best man for the job. So, to have a President who is rather stuck on himself is not unusual – but Obama’s self absorption is rather astounding.
It was on display when he moved his DNC acceptance speech to a stadium, complete with a Greek style stage set. It was further in evidence at the absurd set up for his victory speech on election day – we’ve got a man in the White House who really thinks he’s special…and the risk is that he won’t listen to contrary advice. Obama needs to take himself down a peg or two and realize that while getting elected President is a great achievement, most people who have done so turned out to be mediocrities….and some abject failures. Only a half dozen really mastered the job – and there’s zero indication that Obama is going to be one of the greats.
Arrogance matched to incompetence is a grave risk – especially to a Great Power. It is to be hoped that Obama will learn a bit of the humility a Christian is supposed to have.
UPDATE: President Pantywaist? Seems that the concept of foreign love for Obama has its limits.
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