Poor Obama: He Can't Stand the Heat

by Teh Nutroots | Oh boo hoo hoo, Barack Obama "has hit [the] boiling point" and  is struggling to contain "his anger and frustration" over the way people keep challenging his "character and judgment," according to his wife.  Poor thing:  now that he's finally getting some long-delayed media scrutiny, it's really making him hot under the collar. 

Maybe he should get out of the kitchen.  Go ahead, Obama, drop out of the campaign if it's upsetting you so much!  Because if this is hurting your little feelings, think about how you'll feel if you get to be president and have to make a choice that requires you either to antagonize that progressive base of yours or that conservative and independent one?  You can't please both, pal.

Is there any clearer proof that Hillary is far more prepared to do the difficult business of governing after George W. Bush?

"Her husband was thinking 'I can't let my ego, my anger, my frustration get in the way of the ultimate goal,' she [Michelle Obama] said. 'Barack has been characterised as many things that have nothing to do with who he is.'" (Telegraph)

Yeah, cry me a river, Ms. Obama.  Get back to me once Mr. "Change" has become well and truly used to it.  That's politics, my friend.  Getting that halo knocked askew is part of the deal. 

FYI, you can tell a Brit wrote the following because an American would never, ever say this:

  "A senior Democrat strategist privy to Obama's campaign said: 'He's sick of the battle against Clinton. He wants to get stuck into McCain. His people have had to remind him that this thing isn't over yet and he needs to focus and put her away.'"  (Telegraph; emphasis added) 

Hee hee.  "He wants to get stuck into McCain."   Doubtful.   First of all, Americans don't use the phrase 'get stuck into' in the sense in which Brits do.  Second, if we DID, we wouldn't say, "He wants to get stuck into McCain"---Jesus --- but "He wants to get stuck into the campaign against McCain." 

And "he needs to...put her away"?  That sounds almost as bad as what Olbermann said he wanted done to Hillary.  So either this is a misquote or else the "senior Democratic strategist privy to Obama's campaign" is a Brit with a very poor grasp of American idiom. 

Perhaps the Torygraph's editors are too elated over the Tories' rout of Labour in the recent Brit election to be attentive to a little slip-up in the middle of a quote.   Or maybe Obama really does have a strategist who doesn't understand American idioms.  Who the hell knows anymore?

Here's Don Surber at The Daily Mail:

If Obama is as his wife says he is — impatient and angry — then he is far younger than his 46 years would indicate. And that presents a problem for the nation. Youth has many things to offer. Sound judgment and patience are not among them.

The piece quoted one of his people: “He’s sick of the battle against Clinton. He wants to get stuck into McCain. His people have had to remind him that this thing isn’t over yet and he needs to focus and put her away.”

How you campaign shows how you may govern.

Part of the problem may be this quote: Mrs. Obama said: “We were taught that you don’t rip your opponents to pieces, you don’t leave them on the roadside.”

Nice guys are nice. But they suck at waging war. President Bush 41 stopped short of Baghdad in the Gulf War.

She may not have iron britches yet, but Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton sure is campaigning like she does.

Hells yeah.  As to this ---  "Mrs. Obama said: “We were taught that you don’t rip your opponents to pieces, you don’t leave them on the roadside'" --- I really can't improve on the response of conservative blogger Tom Maguire:

No, you just disqualify all their petitions so you can run unopposed.  (JustOneMinute)

Obama's wonderful, marvelous, perfectly run campaign --- a campaign which people perfectly effing seriously argued back in its Disneyesque beginnings (when little Bambis were prancing round his feet and eating out of his hands and little doves and yellow butterflies hovering within the warmth of his golden aura, proved he was better able to run the nation) ---  is now a train wreck.

As Maguire further says (strange bedfellows etc):  "Geez, this whole notion of "contested"" must seem tedious and unnecessary." (JustOneMinute)   Maguire is referring to Obama's 1996 run, during which he knocked out several Democratic opponents by challenging signature petitions.

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Comments

[T-Steel]

Explain this to me; why is being "frustrated" and "angry" means you can't take the heat? Apparently he can take the heat because he is sticking it out. He is human and unless your a cold killer or heartless bastard, your going to feel. I've heard Senator Clinton say that she's frustrated but she keeps moving along. Just like Senator Obama is doing.

Look, I'm not here to steer people to a particular candidate. I see two mentally strong candidates in Clinton and Obama. They both have to be due to the historic nature of their campaigns.

And a train wreck campaign would mean Obama should lose the remaining contests. He won't lose them all. He will win some and lose some. Enough!

[Purple]

I agree with T-Steel above: I don't think you're being entirely fair. What did you say when Clinton broke down? Both candidates are frustrated and tired. When Clinton's voice cracked that one time, did you call for her to drop out of the race then?

[D. Cupples]

T-Steele,

How've you been?!!!!

I don't think Teh Nutroots is actually calling for Obama to drop out. Knowing him as I do, I think he was sarcastically saying, "Hey, grow a tougher skin, it's only going to get worse if you get the nomination."

How could anyone urge Obama to drop out when he's ahead?

As for Hillary, she didn't "break down." She (and Bill) have noticed (as we all have) that many MSM outlets favored Obama for months in the sense that they highlighted his positives and Hillary's negatives, while refusing to highlight Obama's negatives.

But Hillary kept on (as Obama has). And Hillary keeps pointing out that the weird negativity is just part of the process of running for the highest elected office in the land. Water and the duck's back.

Purple,

Nutroots is not actually calling for Obama to drop out. He's just found a snarky way to say, "Hey, toughen up, like Hillary has had to do."

The important thing, of course, is that whoever wins the nomination, we should make sure that McCain doesn't get in: his new love for Bush's corporate tax cuts is reason enough for me.

Frankly, I think the only chance either Dem has to beat McCain is a joint ticket (whoever is on top). I know that Pelosi disagrees, but she hasn't yet proffered a solid or logical reason for feeling that way. She's just playing the vague pundit.

Lastly, I think that both Obama and Hillary are pros: I suspect that they still like each other personally (Hillary & Bill did support Obama's U.S. Senate run), and I suspect that O and H know that the current theatrics are not personal.

I could be wrong, of course, but that's my take.

[LaTanaya White]

Poor Obama and his "boys". Still blameing Bush for Obama's inablitiy to be responsible for all the crap that is happening out there. Poor Obama.... maybe he should go back to Chicago and hang out with Ayers.