Obama: 'Maybe I Should Just Pack Up And Go Home'

[bonnie]

Maybe he should pick up his toys and go home like a pouty child

Obama: 'Maybe I Should Just Pack Up And Go Home'

WASHINGTON -- The sunny, confident President Barack Obama who was the master of all that he surveyed at the White House Correspondents' Dinner last Saturday night was nowhere in sight at the podium in the White House press room Tuesday morning. In his place was a glum character, whose gloomy demeanor matched the lack of legislative motion he was discussing -- and the many obstacles (from Republicans to Russians) he complained were in his way.

After listening to a recitation of his political predicament, the president said, “If you put it that way, maybe I should just pack up and go home.” It was a joke, of course, but no one laughed and, judging from his attitude, it almost seemed as though he wished he could.

Only when asked about Jason Collins did the president become animated and eager to respond. Obama praised the NBA center for his decision to come out of the closet about his sexual orientation and said that the American people should be proud of the growing acceptance of gays and lesbians.

In terms of energy and forward lean, Tuesday morning's performance was about as static as the Obama presidency has ever been.

His administration is not the first to fall into a Slough of Despond early in the second term. It’s all but inevitable. Still, the session was notable primarily for the complexity and intractability of the issues Obama is now facing.

Syria is an unholy mess, a proud and ancient country being ground to pieces in a bloody conflict between a ruthless dictator and rebels whose ideas may well be no more tolerant or democratic.

On the Boston bombings, it is now clear that somebody dropped the ball on the Tsarnaevs, and the only question is who. It might well have been the Russians, which means that Obama has to get closer to Vladimir Putin than he wants. It also means that U.S. and Russian security officials must overcome decades of Cold War distrust.

As for Congress, it’s not the president's job to make them behave and cooperate. “That’s their job,” he said. He objected (again) to the sequestration, but didn’t sound like he had much confidence that he could reach a “broader, larger deal” on taxes and spending with the GOP.

Just as Obama has long wanted to end the sequester, so too has he wanted to close the prison at Guantanamo, but he expressed frustration that politics were preventing that, too. And the American people’s short attention span has been no help. “Out of sight, out of mind,” he observed.

Health care reform has been substantially implemented, the president said. The remaining pieces -- the exchanges to extend insurance to the uninsured, and new subsidies for the near poor -- cover only a “narrow” slice of Americans. To finish those, Obama said, his administration would have to overcome trouble-making Republicans in Congress and recalcitrant GOP governors and state legislators in states such as Texas and Florida.

On health care and other issues, he said, the country needs to focus on the long term, not the minute-by-minute scuffling in the wheelhouse.

President Obama seemed more bored and resigned than frustrated and angry -- and far from a happy warrior.

But, hey, it’s a rainy day in April and all the movie stars have gone home.

[OzarkWoman]

Why is it that progressives are such cry babies and whiny people?

[Guest]

Maybe he should pick up his toys and go home like a pouty child

I just wish he would go somewhere!

[Ted Oplinger]

Obama said this in a somewhat serious tone....and much of America agreed and prayed, "Pretty please?"

Blessings,

[LifeHiscost]

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Obama praised the NBA center for his decision to come out of the closet about his sexual orientation and said that the American people should be proud of the growing acceptance of gays and lesbians.

Wonder how gay (no pundit intended) he'll feel when he has his last opportunity to enter a government where that will never be an issue?

God cares!

[lazarus]

I just wish he would go somewhere!

In a few years you'll get your wish but it could be Hilary next up against Rand Paul. Great stuff. Maybe even Chris Christie will weigh in. Fantastic!!!!

In fact the fun starts in earnest next year. I'm salivating at the prospect of a new party.

[Ted Oplinger]

Originally Posted By: RLH

I just wish he would go somewhere!

In a few years you'll get your wish but it could be Hilary next up against Rand Paul. Great stuff. Maybe even Chris Christie will weigh in. Fantastic!!!!

In fact the fun starts in earnest next year. I'm salivating at the prospect of a new party.

Chris Christie will jump ship to the Democrat Party within the next year or two. He is much more comfortable there.

If conservatives to break off to form a fourth party (the Libertarian Party is already the third party), the GOP dies as a national party. The Establishment may try to hang on to the South as a regional party (if only to spite conservatives), but as a national force, the GOP will be toast.

As the conservative party consolidates and shows the squishies the door, it will become a serious conservative representative body - and a national powerhouse.

There is far more support for conservatives than is generally estimated; yet, in the meantime, conservatives will have to build a party from then ground up, and appear to have become "extinct", to the delight of the Left.

When the GOP dies, though, the Left won't be delighted for very long.

Later,

[LifeHiscost]

Has it ever occurred to any one , considering the fact that the constitution is paid little heed to when decisions for legislative action are considered, Obama may be in for a 3rd or even 4th term by executive order depending on how crucial the events might be at election time?

God cares!

[phkrause]

LHC, this is the same garbage that was mentioned when the election was coming up in '12! I didn't buy it than, I don't buy it now. Just my opinion.

[lazarus]

LHC, this is the same garbage that was mentioned when the election was coming up in '12! I didn't buy it than, I don't buy it now. Just my opinion.

Yes, this is weird fear mongering and always comes to naught.

[LifeHiscost]

Originally Posted By: pkrause

LHC, this is the same garbage that was mentioned when the election was coming up in '12! I didn't buy it than, I don't buy it now. Just my opinion.

Yes, this is weird fear mongering and always comes to naught.

And if you both are right I'll be pleased to say so without any prompting. On the other hand, if you're not right, where will you be?

"Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation.” For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water, through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water. But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up.

Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat! But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless, and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men and fall from your own steadfastness, but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen." 2 Peter 3:3-18 NASB

God cares!

[lazarus]

And if you both are right I'll be pleased to say so without any prompting. On the other hand, if you're not right, where will you be?

Same place you are, here, on this planet, if God grants us life. Where will you be?

BTW what does that text have to do with the crazy notion that Obama is planning for a 3rd & 4th term. I remember that same conspiracy theorist saying that Obama was planning to suspend the election. There was the other one where martial law was to be declared in 2008 and then again there was the one where he was to be the last US president.

Fortunately, prophesy does not blow with every wind of our personal political persuasion.

[LifeHiscost]

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Fortunately, prophesy does not blow with every wind of our personal political persuasion

And if you're of a mind to believe that God is both Sovereign and Love, it must be easy to see He steps aside for a bit while man uses his freewill to work in league with the prince of darkness, until God cuts it short in righteousness.

"And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light."2 Corinthians 11:14 KJV

"In the same way, when you see all these things, you can know his return is very near, right at the door."

Matthew 24:33 NLT

"He controls the course of world events; he removes kings and sets up other kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the scholars."Daniel 2:21 NLT

"For He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, Because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”"Romans 9:28 NKJV

"But the meek shall inherit the earth, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace."

Psalm 37:11 NKJV

And that last verse gives me some concern.

God cares!