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Barack Obama Sucks at Presidenting

OK, I'm calling it: President Barack Obama has jumped the shark. Less than two months into his presidency, he became the first sitting president to appear on a late-night talk show. Coincidentally, he was also the first sitting president to dis the Special Olympics on a late-night talk show. What was his appearance on Leno supposed to promote? The stability of the American economy? In an ideal world, what would Obama have gained from a stumble-free appearance? He didn't use the historic moment as an opportunity to say anything new or particularly reassuring, and more than half the interview was taken up with "So how cool is Air Force 1?!" and "So Portuguese Water Dog, huh, that sounds like a lot of fun."

But even that wasn't as bad as his LonelyGirl15-style webcam chat with Iran. The president does not need his own YouTube channel and Facebook page. He has a fucking press corps assigned to follow him every day: we don't need him twittering, too.

Gawker does a great job picking apart Barack's appearance on 60 Minutes this weekend here: http://gawker.com/5180113/obama-wont-stop-cracking-up-for-60-minutes



Judd Gregg, who Obama tried to select as Commerce Secretary, has become one of the administration's loudest critics. Remember how Tom Daschle was supposed to finally get every American health care? Well he can't now because he sucks at paying taxes and Barack's team sucks at vetting.

Does Barack Obama have any idea how to do his job? Or even an idea of what his job should be? Or are we going to have four more years of smiling, artful speech-making, and dancing on Ellen?

We all knew he didn't have any executive experience prior to this, so maybe we should cut him a little slack. But honestly, when the biggest changes you've made as the "change" president are casual dress in the Oval Office, Michelle's sleeveless dresses and plans for a vegetable garden on the White House lawn, can we really be blamed for wanting something more substantial to come out of the White House? We haven't closed Guantanamo yet. Haven't reduced troops in Iraq or figured out a strategy for Afghanistan. Or come up with a plan for the economy other than more of W's "throw money at it" theory.

I don't know anything about Jimmy Carter or why Jimmy Carter gets such a bad rap, but in the sense that nice guys shouldn't be president: I think we've got ourselves another Jimmy Carter.