Posted by
Andrews on Saturday, November 21, 2009 8:58:09 PM
Normally when I am vacationing I bother to announce it in advance.
Unfortunately I was feeling poorly last night, so I forgot to put up an
announcement that I would be away this weekend. Fortunately, I took along a laptop (so my son could play his favorite pirate game before
bed) and either the hotel has unadvertised wifi or someone in Luray has
poorly secured their network. Whatever the reason, it means I can put
up this brief post explaining that roaming around caverns and visiting
Dinosaur Land will keep me form posting until tomorrow evening.
There was something I wanted to add, as a comment I received today
raised an interesting point about which I want to write soon. You see,
I have been thinking about Obama, and I realized that those who try to
cover up his errors, inflate his achievements and generally flatter him
and plead his case do him quite a bit of harm. I mentioned before that
by not asking him hard questions, the press served Demcorats ill by not
properly vetting their choices, and by not getting Obama used to real
questions, left him ill prepared should some journalist ever find the
nerve to ask them. But there is more than that. For example, Obama's
legal experience is basically that of a law school graduate. Yes, he
has voted in congress, but considering how few bills he has even
cosponsored, combined with his many votes of "present", in reality
Obama has very little practical legal experience. But, he has been
cited many times as a constitutional scholar due to his lecturer
position. That sort of flattering position does him no favors, as, when
he makes a boneheaded mistake, it seems even worse due to the fact that
he is supposedly an expert.
It is a topic I want to examine soon in greater detail. The more I
think about it, the more I come to believe the "Obama immune system"
does him more harm than good. Unlike the "Clinton immune system" in the
media, which basically adopted the position "yes, he's jerk, but he
has good ideas", the Obama boosters try to tell us he is perfection
incarnate. And in so doing they make his every mistake and every flaw
seem even larger. It is ironic, as the right is often upset by how
obsequious the media is, for all that I have been quite upset about it,
but, in the long run, the sycophantic media may end up his worst enemy.
It is something to consider, in any case. And I hope to do so tomorrow,
when I get home. Or maybe early next week. So, please check back
frequently.
NOTE: For some reason this was first posted on "
Nation of Whiners" rather than "
Random Notes". I have no idea how I made that mistake, but I have now copied it to the proper blog.