Thread: Too Much Obama: already managed to wear out his welcome

President Barack Obama has already managed to wear out his welcome
Too Much Obama

By Alan Caruba
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Even after his first four years in office, the voters still preferred George W. Bush to the effete John Kerry. By the end of the second four years, during which our attention was focused on the war in Iraq, Americans were just plain tired of George W. Bush.

Those not suffering from Bush Derangement Syndrome had simply succumbed to the fact that eight years of the same person in the White House, no matter who it was, had worn out his welcome. That’s the genius of the Founding Fathers who established a four-year term and the lesson which led to the 22nd Amendment in 1951 that limited all presidents to two terms only.

The sudden financial crisis just before Bush left office exacerbated the feeling because Americans were told that it would take $700 billion to get us out of the mess. Never mind that Bush had warned against the huge exposure that Freddie Mac and Fanny Mae represented, it was a death blow to the lackluster campaign of John McCain.

It is significant, therefore, that six months into the first year of his term, President Barack Obama has already managed to wear out his welcome. It’s too much Obama. It’s a television commercial played over and over again until the only recourse is to pick up the remote control and hit the mute button.

On Wednesday evening, the President will hold another prime time press conference. He has become the incessant pitchman of Obamacare and the ratings are likely to reveal that almost any other program playing opposite him will garner better ratings.

Americans are increasingly wary of bills in excess of a thousand pages that members of Congress do not read before passing. They have reason to be. The deficit and the debt are predicted to reach astronomical levels unseen in the entire history of the nation. They will be nation-killers if the brakes are not applied, revisions made, and repeals undertaken.

As a longtime practitioner of the arts of public relations it is no surprise to me that the profession is taking notice of the Too-Much-Obama Syndrome. The Ragan Daily News Feed, directed to PR folk, called attention to the July 22 edition of The Daily Beast in which former newsman Sam Donaldson addressed “Obama’s Misguided Media Blitz.â€

As of July 22nd Obama had 1278 days to go in his term. He is visible aging.

Yes he is. I saw a little of his interviedw with Katie Koran last night and he was almost totally gray (again).

I wish someone would put a cork in him. Im so tired of his incessant blabbing and power grabs!

Originally Posted by SicNTiredInSoCal

As of July 22nd Obama had 1278 days to go in his term. He is visible aging.

Yes he is. I saw a little of his interviwed with Katie Koran last night and he was almost totally gray (again).

I wish someone would put a cork in him. Im so tired of his incessant blabbing and power grabs!

He said he was going to stop coloring his hair.
I could tell when he did it was REALLY black. I like it salt and pepper.
It's him I don't like...