Gaffe-a-rama

Gaffs

It seems that not only is our fearless leader not well versed in U.S. foreign policy, but his close advisers (the ones who fill his Teleprompter with lots of “let me be clear”s and “you folks”s) are also clueless.  President Obama’s bull-in-a-china shop approach to delicate diplomacy once again displays his naive misunderstanding of recent European history. On his current G7 sojourn, besides his two bone-head boners that I have already pointed out (see: Unfiltered), he has made two other major public gaffes that will force our State Department into explaining away the inexplicable.

Firstly he said that Georgia was not on a path toward NATO membership when it indeed has been petitioning for such protection since 2008. And secondly, our child-President indicated that Kosovo had held a public referendum to break away from Serbia under the aegis of the U.N. … not even close to being true.  For the details of these two additional gaffes see: Breitbart Story.

And these are just his public miscues, God knows how many more he has made in private? I wonder if yesterday he sotto voce told the Pope that he would like to meet his wife?

New World Order

It appears President and Michelle Obama have helped create a new conviviality among world leaders. See the G20 Results. Michelle Obama snookered up to Queen Elizabeth in a very forward but seemingly accepted manner. See Hug a Mug. And Barack Obama unexpectedly bowed to the king of Saudi Arabia. See Your Highness. But these gaffs aside, our President did help calm the waters between China and France over dealing with financial tax havens (see “G20 Results” reference). Even Dmitry Medvedev of Russia hailed Obama as “my new comrade” (at once, both a fraternal and frightening appellation.) But, giving Obama the benefit of the doubt, the G20 world economic summit seems to have been a winner for the good ole U.S.A.

Time will, of course, tell. But at least it appears that the world has endorsed our smiling savior as its new matinee idol. And I will acknowledge that this group embrace is a dollop of gravy on an otherwise dreary meal of economic gristle.

Good Riddance

George W. Bush is comfortably ensconced back in Texas … making Laura’s morning coffee and licking his wounds. And I say, “Good riddance!” Clearly, our worst President can no longer run up huge budget deficits which our children and grandchildren will have no hope of repaying. He no longer can escalate military offenses in far away lands where American sons and daughters will go the die or lose their limbs. He can no longer gaff his way through unscripted press conferences and photo ops. He can no longer try to reward all this nation's illegal aliens with citizenship and Social Security benefits. He can no longer nominate people to his administration who are tainted with malfeasance or unethical pasts. He can no longer sully America’s standing with our foreign friends and enemies alike with his naïve diplomatic judgments. He can no longer reward his supporters with larded-up government spending. He can no longer ruin our economy with his constant doom and gloom predictions. He can no longer wage his petty “war on terror.” He can no longer endorse steps to alleviate global warming. He can no longer keep Guantanamo open so that peace-loving Islamists are constantly tortured and kept in subhuman conditions. And he can no longer fiddle-fart around while Rome burns.

Thank God for the wisdom of the American electorate.