Conservatives are all up in arms because of a remark President Obama, leader of the free world, made at an NBA fundraiser last night. It seems he is getting all uppity again and his lack of modesty is annoying the hell out of them. The article title was 'President Obama Actually Said This'. He acknowledged understanding that there might be someone in the room more interesting than him, but he damn well didn't like it!
“It is very rare I come to an event where I’m like the fifth or sixth most interesting person. Usually the folks want to take a picture with me, sit next to me, talk to me. That has not been the case at this event and I completely understand.”
Yeah. He's the President, and he knows it.
Apparently, the Investors Business Daily knows just what is in the President's head.
Obama was in New York City again last night (yes, money). It seems he wants four more years of attention; never mind the doing nothing. So, he must appear to mingle and recognize and shine his large smile on donor faces.
Barack Obama has become accustomed to being the center of attention. For many like him, that's one of the biggest appeals of politics, the television exposure it attracts and the power that seems to come with that instant recognition and fame. "As Advertised on TV"
When you walk into a room now where pre-screened people have paid sometimes $40,000 just to be in your earthly presence, people stand, heads turns, lips whisper and hands clap. That's a heady experience, even if you weren't raised by grandparents because your birth parents chose to be absent. A modest upbringing, it seems, does not guarantee modesty.
And in this paragraph, they are forced to admit that NBA stars have accomplished something in order to diminish the accomplishments of President Obama.
It's one thing to play off the fame of Sarah J. Parker and Anna Don't-Be-Late. In Obama's world, they're merely useful. But it's quite another to be in the presence of Michael Jordan and other NBA brethren, who've accomplished real things in their life's work that Obama could only dream of.
Yes, it's killing them that this man is the President of the United States. Not the least of the good things about Obama being elected is knowing how people
at the Investor's Business Daily can't stand it every single day. As they said in the article, quoting Mel Brooks - 'it's good to be king'. Yep. Deal with it.