Overwhelmed? You've got to be sh*tting me

Imagine sitting in a board meeting of a once successful company, one focused on an abysmal income statement, and the chairman reveals he's overwhelmed.

Or it's half-time in the locker room of a football team with a storied past, one down by about 3 touchdowns, and the head coach looks at each of you players and states that he's overwhelmed.

Or you're the patriarch of a large and usually propsperous family farm, one that's coming out of a dreadful growing season, one where family members are looking to you for wisdom and you state that you're simply overwhelmed.

Now, for the frosting on this sad little cake, imagine if you were George W. Bush and you mentioned being overwhelmed at anytime during your 8 years... much less being so less than 6 weeks in:

Barack Obama's offhand approach to Gordon Brown's Washington visit last week came about because the president was facing exhaustion over America's economic crisis and is unable to focus on foreign affairs, the Sunday Telegraph has been told.

Sources close to the White House say Mr Obama and his staff have been "overwhelmed" by the economic meltdown and have voiced concerns that the new president is not getting enough rest.

British officials, meanwhile, admit that the White House and US State Department staff were utterly bemused by complaints that the Prime Minister should have been granted full-blown press conference and a formal dinner, as has been customary. They concede that Obama aides seemed unfamiliar with the expectations that surround a major visit by a British prime minister.

But Washington figures with access to Mr Obama's inner circle explained the slight by saying that those high up in the administration have had little time to deal with international matters, let alone the diplomatic niceties of the special relationship.

Allies of Mr Obama say his weary appearance in the Oval Office with Mr Brown illustrates the strain he is now under, and the president's surprise at the sheer volume of business that crosses his desk.

Well Barack... it's time to put your big girl panties on and deal bucko...  perhaps less partying on Wednesday nights, a little less time pumping up the pecs and a helluva lot less time picking fights with Rush Limbaugh.

What a freakin' joke this guy is.

A freakin' joke.

It's enough to make you want to punch the next Obamanut that crosses your path right square in his punk a** nose.

Lord, grant us patience.

H/T Larwyn and Hot Air.

Comments

[Tom Osborne]

Well, I tell you what, I could say this to people or I could write this here, as I will, and it will be utterly ignored, as if I were speaking to the deaf, blind and dumb, but whatever...I guess all this will sound just so quaint and irrelevant to the complicated modern era in which we find ourselves (modern era my ass...it only seems complicated because now what we have is an idiocracy).

What IS the actual job of the President of the United States? Obviously nobody, not in the press, not in the government, and not among the majority of the ignoramus voters, and especially not our present president (small cap), has the slightest clue.

The Constitution, that created this position enumerates the Executive powers in Article II (and let me explain that if the Constitution does NOT specifically list a power, then it is NOT GRANTED, but is reserved for the States, or for the People). I will summarize (the powers begin in Section 2):

Section 2:

1. "To be the Commander In Chief of the Army, Navy, and of the Militia of the several States." Notice, by the way, that this has to do with international issues and protection of the United States. The President does not have the right to ignore that duty. Also notice that, in contrast, what Obama wants do is DISARM the Militia (the militia is you and me, folks).

2 "He shall have the power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided that two thirds of the Senate present concur;"..."he shall appoint Ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls...[and] Judges of the Supreme Court." This means to me that, again, the President is to be concerned with foreign relationships, and is to be an intelligent delegator.

3. "The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate." Frankly, I've never heard of that one nor have I ever heard of it ever coming up. But again, the power is one of delegation and of appointing certain positions.

Section 3:

"He shall from time to time give to Congress information of the state of the Union and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient;...he may on extraordinary occasions convene both Houses;...he shall receive Ambassadors and other public ministers;...he shall take care that the laws be faithfully administered...." Notice that here it is CONGRESS that is making the laws, not the President, whose job is to make sure that the laws that Congress makes are administered. Other than that, the President is to be making nice with foreign dignitaries.

AND THAT'S ALL FOLKS! He is not supposed to be "The Leader of the Free World." He is not supposed to be a King, or a Dictator, or take it upon himself to control the entire U.S. economy (or destroy it, as the case may be). He not supposed to be sitting up all hours of the night going through budgets with a scalpel, nor is he to spend time listing 497,384 cherished or lame-brained causes to spend the money on, and for sure he is not supposed to turn the country's national debt into a figure that is 2/3 of the annual gross national product.

But he IS supposed to treat the visiting British Prime Minister with full respect and attention (whether he likes him or not).

The section I would like to see used is Section 4, the final section in Article II. It is the one that talks about removal from office via Impeachment and Conviction for Treason, Bribery, or other High Crimes and Misdemeanors. The nation hasn't used that one nearly enough, but since nobody knows any more what the President is even supposed to do, I guess they certainly can't be expected to figure out when he is bad enough to be gotten rid of.

[Jvette]

As for the power to make appointments during Senate recess, President Bush used this one to appoint John Bolten to the United Nations as he knew that the Senate would never confirm him. There were also some other judicial positions that Bush used this provision to get through judges that the Senate would not allow an up or down vote.

In the two years that the Dems had control of the Senate, they refused to go on recess so as to block Bush's use of this power. All they needed was one senator to gavel a session open and then within a few minutes gavel it closed. The rules state that the Senate must be on recess at least three business days.

The Constitution is no longer the guiding document of this country. Both side ignore it, both sides are ignorant of it and both sides are responsible for its demotion to a "feel good" document that is no longer relevant in these times.

God Help Us out of this mess.

[Locutisprime]

I think the "put on your big girl panties" sums it up pretty well.

Who knew that the job was so stressful and complicated?

What an idiot! And people had the audacity to challenge George bush's sincerity and commitment to the job.

[cominius]

Thanks for the great post. I have posted a link at the Virginian Federalist.

[Tom Osborne]

Thank you, Jvette, for your explanation regarding appointments during Senate recess--the taking advantage of and also the blocking of same. And I agree with what you said about what has happened concerning the demotion of the Constitution as far as the rest of the government is concerned. Benjamin Franklin's often-quoted answer about what kind of government the framers decided we'd have, "A Republic, if you can keep it" seems to show that we, the people, were, in fact, unable to keep it.

[JewishOdysseus]

And don't forget: You got that big job after a long, ruthless campaign in which repeatedly ridiculed the idea that your striking lack of credentials and experience wd in any way hinder your performance if chosen for the job.

Now you're "OVERWHELMED."

Yes, a f@cking joke and a 100% disgrace.

Solzhenitsyn wrote: Mankind only learns by suffering.

The American people are going to do a lot of learning in the next 3.8 years.

[renee]

Jewishodysseus, I'm afraid the Israeli people are going to be suffering along with us...can't believe Freeman's been nominated and doesn't require confirmation, only vetting, so I don't look for him to be removed...but then I shouldn't be so shocked...I shouldn't forget that video LA Times refused to release of Obama at the going away party for his friend Rashid Khalidi whilest he clapped for all the anti-Israeli guest speakers and made anti-Israeli comments in response. Should we be concerned that Rashid recently endorsed both Senator Mitchel and Freeman as good choices? Rashid recently spoke at Harvard and said he was an old aquaintance of Obama. That doesn't begin to tell the half of it!

[chuck aka xtnyoda]

Well... after the White House contemptuously returned the bust of Winston Churchill a few weeks ago it is difficult to see this second put down to England as anything other that what it is.

[renee]

So this week Obama gave the Prime Minister a 25 DVD collection of American movies while he was here for a two day visit in Washington. And what did the Prime Minister so thoughtfully pick out for Obama? He gave him a pen holder carved from an oak timber of the HMS Gannet, a navy vessel that had fought against the Muslims enslaving Obamas people off the coast of Africa and the commissioning paper for the HMS Resolute, the sister ship to the HMS Gannet, and what the twin oval office desks shared between the two countries is made from and the kicker, a first edition of Martin Gilbert's seven volume biography of Winston Churchill...maybe he thought Obama should read it after sending his bust back to England and which ever side of slavery Obama related to the most, the Muslims or the African Americans, he had his bases covered. Then there was Hilary's red button gift to Russia that was translated incorrectly as saying "overcharged" instead of "reset". Insulting to say the least.