I refer to him as The One based on the hyper-inflated image of him that was crafted (or rather over-crafted) by the media during the campaign. (The “Lightworker” meme’ being a case in point.) From the day he stepped onto the stage, his supporters in the MSM and elsewhere have been hammering home the message that he is “transformative”; they were the ones who first defined him as a secular messiah, not his opponents.

Now that he’s actually in charge, they’re finding out the same thing he is- namely, that governing is a much harder row to hoe than getting elected.

My principle objections to him are first of all, his policies, which are classic (and classically wrong-headed) “progressive” cant, and the extremely unprincipled behavior he and his followers exhibited during the campaign, and which he continues to exhibit today.

When I see a sitting President of the United States do to a CEO what he just did to Wagoner, I question his commitment to the law of the land.

When I see the behavior his followers exhibited (in my home state) to Joseph Wurzlebacher, I question their commitment to common sense and courtesy.

When I see the way he is handling our foreign policy, especially re Islamism, I question his familiarity with reality.

All Presidents should study their predecessors, and try to avoid their mistakes while adopting at least some of their useful attributes. In Afghanistan, Obama seems to be determined to make the same errors Nixon made in Vietnam. If the result is different, I will be very surprised, and the first to admit I was wrong, but I don’t think I will have to.

Domestically, he seems determined to repeat the mistakes of Nixon, Johnson, Carter, Hoover and FDR. While he and I may disagree philosophically on points of economic theory, repeating policies which didn’t work over the last three-quarters of a century, no matter how much money is thrown at trying to make them work, is not “philosophy”; it’s just being dumb.

Obama seems determined to pattern himself on Presidents who, with the possible exception of FDR, are considered failures by most unbiased historians. This is less evidence of “evil” on his part, than of simple arrogance- the belief that he’s somehow so much smarter, wiser, etc., that he will be able to make it work, when they couldn’t. If the rest of us shut up, do as we’re told, have “faith” (in him)- and keep handing over our paychecks on demand.

In short, I think The One is foolish, arrogant, egotistical, and has an exaggerated opinion of both his own brilliance and his power to “change” things. I’m sure that he will, in fact, cause change.

I just don’t believe that the results will be what he believes they will- or even be what he wants. Or that when he finally sees what he has wrought, that his ego will survive the experience.

cheers

eon