Obama is a shoe shine boy. Certainly not above helping an old friend down the stairs.
On Aug 1, 1:52 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > KIT, > > Officer Crowley looks like he's about 75 pounds heavier, a foot > taller and much younger and robust that Prof. Gates. Wonder what it > was about the formidable and scary-looking Prof. that the officer felt > he needed to slap the cuffs on him and haul him off to jail? Guess > Prof. Gates is just lucky he didn't get Tazed and Maced also. :-) > President Obama is THE PRESIDENT for God's sake, not a doorman. Of > course he walked out first. > > On Jul 31, 10:02 pm, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks D. B., for sharing this article! I too, found it most enlightening, > > and I took the liberty of posting it in the group, just in case some of our > > more "Left Of Center" members who might not be so inclined to take a > > gander...From the American Thinker: > > > =============== > > > July 31, 2009 Obama's revealing body language (updated and expanded)) > > >http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/07/obamas_revealing_body_lan... > > *Thomas Lifson > > *This > > picture<http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/07/obamas_revealing_body_lan...>truly > > is worth at least a thousand words. > > > I am stunned that the official White House Blog published this picture and > > that it is in the public domain. The body language is most revealing. > > > Sergeant Crowley, the sole class act in this trio, helps the handicapped > > Professor Gates down the stairs, while Barack Obama, heedless of the > > infirmities of his > > friend<http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/07/obamas_revealing_body_lan...>and > > fellow victim of self-defined racial profiling, strides ahead on his > > own. So who is compassionate? And who is so self-involved and arrogant that > > he is oblivious? > > > In my own dealings with the wealthy and powerful, I have always found that > > the way to quickly capture the moral essence of a person is to watch how > > they treat those who are less powerful. Do they understand that the others > > are also human beings with feelings? Especially when they think nobody is > > looking. > > > Hat tip: Rick Richman > > > Update from Thomas Lifson: > > > I think this photo constitutes another major Obama blunder. > > > As some AT commentators point out, this picture becomes a metaphor for > > ObamaCare. The elderly are left in the back, with only the kindness of the > > Crowleys of the world, the stand up guys, to depend on. The government has > > other priorities. > > > One of the major subtexts of the health > > care<http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/07/obamas_revealing_body_lan...>debate > > involves the public's fear of indifferent, powerful bureaucrats > > ruling their lives. It is one thing to wait in line at the DMV to find out > > which other line you should wait in, in order to begin the process of > > waiting for multiple bureaucrats to go through the motions of processing > > your request. I have spent entire afternoons going through this process. > > > But when we get to health care, waiting often means enduring pain and > > dysfunction longer than necessary, sometimes a worsening of the condition, > > and sometimes death. > > > That's why I think this image will have genuine resonance. It captures > > something that older Americans in particular can relate to. The President > > presses ahead with a program that will tell them to take painkillers instead > > of getting that artificial hip. > > > At every stage of the entire Gates affair, Obama has provided a revealing > > tell. The "acted stupidly" blunder revealed that he automatically blames the > > police and thinks they really are stupid to begin with. It didn't trigger a > > single alarm bell in his mind as he figured out what to say. > > > Then, the non-apology apology revealed an arrogant man who cannot do what > > honest people do: admit it when they make a mistake. > > > Now at stage three, the beer photo op looked OK. It didn't turn into a > > disaster. > > > But then in a small moment that nobody in the White House had the brains to > > understand, Obama goes and send a body language message like this. > > > I think he is going to get deeper and deeper into trouble. He is no longer > > repeating the familiar scripts dreamed up for the campaign. He was a master > > performer. > > > But when he goes improv, as a president must do, he lets his true character > > show. This helps widen the level of doubt that Obama is the same guy a > > majority voted for. Those doubts can only grow. > > > Andrew McCarthy has assembled an overwhelming case that Obama has lied about > > who he is. I predict that more and more Americans will become open to the > > argument that they have been had by a sophisticated and ruthless effort to > > foist a phony on America. > > > Update from Clarice Feldman > > > A nice comparison of the character of the two most recent presidents. George > > Bush with Senator Robert Byrd: > > > bush%20with%20Byrd.jpg > > 45KViewDownload > > > afterbeers_PS-0436.jpg > > 116KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
