Friday, April 8, 2011

Is Obama's Leadership Style Too Laid Back?

Yesterday, one of the headlines in the mainstream media was "Obama faces crisis in usual calm manner." - Something like that, anyway.

During his run for Presidency, many people said he was popular because he reminded them of Spock (or probably Tuvok) a logical Vulcan who didn't get flustered.

Let us not forget that Spock - and Tuvok - were only second-in-command, to a Captain who did get emotional, and did get things done.
RUSH: How many of Obama's czars are gonna be sent home as nonessential employees if there's a shutdown? How many of the White House limo drivers will be considered nonessential? How many people who clean for the Obamas, who buy their clothes, who wash their clothes, who make their sandwiches, who tend the organic garden will be considered nonessential and sent home? Will Obama forgo his salary? Will he stop flying around in Air Force One? Will he stop the concerts and the golf and the basketball if the government's shutdown? Hell, no! None of this is gonna impact him at all.

Let me ask this. Given Obama's lax approach to all of this, farming it all out -- at the negotiations, he sits there, "I expect an answer in the morning!" while he goes off to meet with the Reverend Sharpton and chow down on soul food. By the way, I saw a picture of that. I saw a picture of Obama chowing down on soul food and Sharpton is looking at him like he can't believe what he's seeing, like he's looking at someone from Darfur eating for the first time in a year.

Another Caroline Kennedy, yeah. Sharpton took Caroline Kennedy up there to Sylvia's, and Sharpton knows you don't eat when there's a camera around. You just don't put anything in your mouth and chew it. You just don't do it. But Obama was wolfing down whatever, and Sharpton was looking at him with eyes wide and could not believe what he was looking at. I saw the picture. I saw it. I saw it yesterday. Anyway, his attitude has been very lax, very laidback, except now when he's holding a couple of meetings to seem like he is the savior in all of this. "I expect an answer in the morning."

My assertion is that Obama's not even essential to any of this! Obama hasn't been involved in any of this. He's been sitting up there in the ivory tower issuing commands, demanding this and expecting that. We need to ask if he is considered an essential or nonessential employee of the federal government. Just by the virtue of the way he conducts himself. How many of the people on Moochelle's staff will be sent packing? She has a staff of 24, did you know that? Moochelle Obama has a staff of 24. I know a lot of you are probably offended. "What do you mean? You don't talk about the president that way, Rush. You don't ask questions about whether the president is essential or not." Well, how essential can he be, taking a vacation every two weeks? I guarantee you this. If you work someplace and they let you take a week or two vacation every four weeks or so, I guarantee you they wouldn't look at you as essential.


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