Headlines

These headlines are real ... they have all been discovered on Internet news sites. Guess which ones came from Politico?

Winter Revenge: Blizzard warnings, NYC, Boston

Chinese Communist officials harden rheohtoric on Islam ...

McCain on Trump-Russian probes: 'Lots of shoes to drop from this centupede'

Letterman ugly personality no laughing matter, former colleagues say

Top Democrat: [U.S. attorney] Bharara may have been fired for investigating Trump

Europe's relations with Turkey go from bad to worse

L.A. Gay Pride Parade to be replaced by anti-Trump march

Cummings to Trump: Tweet less, lead more

Women flock to plastic surgeons to copy Ivanka's looks ...

. Bus runs into crowd in Haiti, killing at least 34

1970s extremist 'Carlos the Jackel' faces trial in Paris

Price on Obamacare replacement: No one will be worse off financially

Sticks and Stones

Recently I have been using diminutives to describe President Obama …“puerile,”  “child President” and “toddler President.” This was mostly because of his infantile way of dealing with our many exploding world crises.  But recently our “leader of the free world” has been validating these appellatives by using language more fitting for kindergarten recess taunts. Yesterday he called Senator Paul Ryan’s proposed budget a “stinkburger” to the cheers of the assembled academia … see: Washington Post Story.

I guess that such a mocking tone has become popular with American slope-heads because of “The Daily Show” and Jon Stewart’s emotive imitation of a news anchorman.  Now President Obama, not to be outdone by this comedian, is also emulating such a hammish form of expression. I suppose that this is the way he best communicates with the base of the Democrat party … but it is unlikely that this elevates his stature among anyone who uses a napkin and eats with a fork.

I cringe when I hear the resident of our White House debase himself with such childish and boorish expressions. What is next? Is he going to call Rand Paul a “poo-poo head?”

Afterward: Jonah Goldberg has a similar take on this same talk by President Obama at the University of Michigan ... calling it a stand-up routine ... see: New York Post Op Ed. The word that comes to mind for me to describe this presidential schtick is "snide." And ruminating on this description reminds me of many other similar modern-day comedians: David Letterman, Bill Maher, Jerry Seinfeld, Jon Stewart (already mentioned), and now the suggested replacement for Letterman, Chelsea Handler (see: The Wrap Story) ... some crueler than others. I conclude that Obama may have discovered a new career for himself once he leaves the White House ...