This'n'That; April 29th[WAobama]

obama Acting Like "A Junior High Girl"
Here's some quotes from the "Clown Prince."  When he can't win his point with facts [he has yet to score the first 'win' on the facts], he acts
"the whiney ass,"  calling his adversaries names:

• Mitch McConnell is in bed with Wall Street “movers and shakers” — and is fronting “cynical and deceptive” arguments on their behalf.
• John Boehner is a health care Chicken Little to be mocked for predicting Armageddon if the Democrats’ reform bill passed.
• Sarah Palin can be ignored on arms control because she’s “not exactly an expert on nuclear issues.”
• And Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh are just a “troublesome” twosome spreading “vitriol.”

    With his approval numbers flat-lining near the 50 percent mark in recent months — and Democrats trailing Republicans by double digits among independents in recent surveys — the president and his congressional allies could use a boost among both core Democratic constituencies and folks who feel no particular allegiance to either party.

   “The presidency is the highest office of the land, and when he differs, he should differ on policy [and] on principle,” said Ari Fleischer, who was the White House press secretary under President George W. Bush. “He’s entitled to fight and defend himself, but not in ad hominem personal style. It’s unseemly for a president to do that.”  Republicans also depict Obama’s approach as a sign of weakness born of a loss of traction on the issues.

   Generally, Obama has been deft in his derision of political foes. For example, the House minority leader’s prediction that the health care law would begin Armageddon gave Obama a chance to note the absence of asteroids and earthquakes in the wake of its enactment.   But sometimes his barbs can be a tad acidic — as they were when ABC’s George Stephanopoulos asked Obama to respond to Palin’s critique of his plan to reduce the nation’s nuclear arsenal.

“I really have no response,” Obama said. “Because last I checked, Sarah Palin’s not much of an expert on nuclear issues. ... [I]f the secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff are comfortable with it, I’m probably going to take my advice from them and not from Sarah Palin.”

   Rather than backing down in the face of Obama’s criticism, Texas GOP Sen. John Cornyn accused the president of “demeaning himself and his office.”
Fleischer, again says that President Bush preferred not to engage opponents directly.  “President Bush instructed me never to go after anybody by name or an individual, to keep it broad,” Fleischer said.
Til Nex'Time....