<<<< Four gracious presidents and one bent on using any opportunity to tout his policies and his presidency. Obama was without grace, self serving and stayed in his presentation.
President Obama was
more formal than the other speakers and less confident than usual, as if he
knew he was surrounded by people who have something he doesn't. "No matter
how much you think you're ready to assume the office of the president, it's impossible
to understand the nature of the job until it's yours." This is a way of
seeming to laud others when you're lauding yourself. He veered into current
policy disputes, using Mr. Bush's failed comprehensive immigration reform to
buttress his own effort. That was manipulative, graceless and typical. -- Peggy
Noonan in the WSJ
Editor's notes: they gathered at the George Bush library, on Thursday; four retired presidents and B Obama. None are more to the Left than Jimmy Carter, yet, he chose to give George Bush his due credit without any self aggrandizing commentary. None are more self centered than Bill Clinton, but his comments were more than gracious; in fact, his comments were pleasant and, in terms of speaking, he was the star of the day. George W side-stepped any self-defense opportunities and gave the quote of the reunion:
Life is doing service
And then there was B Obama. His comments were stiff and without grace. Peggy Noonan's comments evidence the fact that I was not the only startled with the manifest immaturity of B Obama at this dedication. He chose to tout his own policies under the guise of giving Bush credit for his initial influences. Of course, we all know to what extent Obama has gone to demonize GW and that realization got in the way of me, at least, giving him any credit as he spoke. Feckless and immature are words used on this blog to define Obama; nothing happened yesterday, to change that opinion.
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