Not so much 'will he, won't he?' as 'does he, doesn't he?'

Thanks to Drudge who pointed me to a fascinating piece of speculation by Tony Harnden, the American correspondent of The Daily Telegraph, in which he wonders out loud (such lese majeste!) whether Obama actually wants a second term as president.  Apparently, the unfortunately named David Plouffe, His campaign manager in 2008, said then that Obama was "not concerned with his re-election".  When one thinks about it, virtually all of Obama's actions since becoming president appear to confirm it.  As Harnden points out, the President's intervention in the 'Ground Zero mosque' controversy was pointless as well as ineffective - in fact worse than ineffective, it was positively damaging to the point where even Democrat pols up for re-election shun his presence.

Harnden supposes that Obama simply doesn't care because His gaze is fixed on higher things - more of which later.  I, on the other hand, reckon it's because He's as thick as a sack of spanners!  And I mean 'thick' in the truly stupendously stupid, thick, arrogant way of Left-wing intellectuals the world over.  Think: - any French intellectual you care to name, throw in either, or both, of the Miliband brothers, add, with relish, George Monbiot and stir vigorously with Gordon Brown, and you will get the flavour of what I am hinting at.  To provide you with a little taste of this glutinously thick stew, here is what this particular well-heeled, East coast, 'liberal intellectual' told the voters of Milwaukee the other day: "Don't give in to fear [and I bet at this point his head swung from left to right to catch his auto-cue], let's reach for hope".  God, how that man despises American voters!  Let us hope they take their revenge although He will only take any rebuff as further proof of their lack of taste and discernment.

Harnden thinks that Obama, having decided that the American century is over before it began, has His eyes on becoming how He described Himself in Berlin, that is, "a citizen of the world".  If I was the nonentity in charge of running that mafia cabal in 'Noo Yawk', surely the biggest gangster 'family' in the world, I would fear for my future after 2012.

Comments

[JK]

I seem to recall your mentioning our great state of Montana recently but for the life of me I can't recall the appropriate post. But speaking of fascinating articles:

http://www.baxterbulletin.com/article/20100823/UPDATES01/100823006/Odd+News++Pig+wrestling+canceled+after+porkers+elude+capture+

[David Duff]

Good grief, 'JK', we pass a free-range piggery on our way towards London (nearly opposite Stonehenge, as it happens) which is about 1/2 a mile square and we think that is enormous, but 10 miles of piggery,that really is something. Glad I don't live downwind!

[JK]

Much pig rasslin' in the UK? Seems like limiting pig farms to a half square mile could make for an entertaining alternative on that ToookSports thingy you never watch. Heck David, a thought just occurred to me - of course I'd want a share of your royalties - you could go "whole hawg" and suggest to 'em they combine bikini clad women mud rasslers with pigs. Then the company could expand it's viewership to the American South.

[hank]

David

It is probally just as well, you missed my contribution to the comments.