Obamas farewell address is just words: hes not going anywhere/caption
On January 10th Mr. Obama will make his farewell address" in Chicago. Like January 20thwhen Donald Trump will become the 45th President of the United StatesObamas exit stage left cannot come soon enough. Of course one can safely assume Mr. Obama will not stray far from the spotlight. After all he and his no hope" missus have chosen to dwell in D.C. Indeed the geography of current events is telling on many levels. For starters their lavish mansion is a stones throw from a mosque. So given his Indonesian childhood Mr. Obama can daily hear the sound thats prettiest to him: the Islamic call to prayer. Meanwhile simultaneously remaining a vocaland visiblecritic of Mr. Trump. An unwelcome thorn in the new presidents side.
For aloof Obama he (and similarly coddled Michelle) exists in a Great Gatsby fantasy of the carelessly rich and famous. Like playboy Gatsby golfer Obama has repeatedly ignored glaring facts and distasteful realities. Why should he accept the true meaning of a Trump presidency now? Its far easier to pretend this crushing political repudiation is anything else but that. And who would blame him? Cocooned for eight years in the beltway bubble this pen and phone emperor" is used to having things his way. He was foolishly elected twicedespite the worst record of any U.S. president in the modern era. (No doubt future historians will shake their heads in universal disbelief at his reelection and his inexplicable personal popularity today.)
So what to Obama that his party the Democrats is a smoking ruin? So is the country he has grossly mismanaged! Unfortunately experience has taught insulated Obama that results and consequences dont matter. Therefore he knows: everyone will always give him a pass. In our age the superficial symbolism of skin has been a bewitching potion. In retrospect the well-meaning but wrongheaded embrace of this anti-American ideologue very nearly cost America its soul. A fascist in politics is the same as a scorpion in nature: both sting their host to death. Hence the two-faced Obama phenomenon is explained.
The ultimate absurdity is Obamas triumphant" return to the nations shameful murder capital. (Thats 2008 and 2012-16: five of the last eight years of his presidency). This third largest American cityappropriately nicknamed Chiraqremains a war zone (including 762 homicides last year). What other domestic locale has suffered more under his inept ministrations? On average hes only made one policy" trip per year. Most visits like this final one are for a political speech. Otherwise he avoids the subject of Chicago entirely. Isnt Barack Obama most personally responsible for the deplorable state of his home city? Ground zero of glaring problems he did nothing as president to solve?
Witness Obamas longstanding pattern: an empty self-aggrandizing victory lap against a backdrop of obvious disaster. This circumstance encapsulates Obamas utter lack of character (as defined by MLK). Likewise Chicagos dilapidated state remains a lasting testament to his blatant failure as president. Fate like history will make its unflattering judgment. Therefore all of his lies and face-saving words will come to naught. Likewise his farewell" platitudes and baseless claims of success are meaningless.
Yet unlike every former president before him Mr. Obama isnt really going anywhere. Does anyone seriously believe citizen Obama will go quietly into night? Not this rule breaking law disregarding soon-to-be ex-president. Solely for pettiness and spite hes tweaked an adversary (read: Russia) and an ally (read: Israel) on his way out the door. So much for honoring the presidential tradition of a smooth transition of power! To come full circle this latest underhandedness reminds one of Obamas bait-and-switch campaign pledge of hope and change". Good riddance to this snake oil salesman.
Not that this phony is wise enough to shut his trap and skulk away. He wont. How does one know this? Well Mr. Obama is both a deluded egotist and a faithful subscriber to anti-American pipe dreams. And beyond Inauguration Day hell rapidly discover that all future things cant be transformed" to his unquenchable authoritarian desire.
David L. Hunter is an Associate Editor at Capitol Hill Outsider. Hes on Twitter and blogs at davidlhunter.blogspot.com. He is published in The Washington Post The Washington Times FrontPage Mag and extensively in Patriot Post Canada Free Press and American Thinker.