Obama's Backdrops
Hot Air's Ed Morrissey comments on Charles Krauthammer's article, The Audacity of Vanity. Krauthammer's point: Obama has done nothing to deserve that backdrop for his campaign. Krauthammer writes, "It's as if a German pol took a campaign trip to America and demanded the Statue of Liberty as a venue for a campaign speech", and is on the money.
Morrissey adds Obama's now famous quote, "So it’s not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations." And calls this "the elitist opinion that God only exists for people when the State fails".
The two pieces above are a great lesson in the arrogance that is Obama. Obama’s existence is defined by backdrops. Like that photo you take at an amusement park with fantastic things going on in the painted background. Interchangeable to suit his mood, yet when he steps away, he’s nothing.