He Says He's Very Good At It

Never underestimate Obama -- he’s one smooth salesman. He’s deceiving the American people about his liberal revolution. His air of confidence is disturbing in its arrogance. For all of his failure to project optimism about the economy, he has tremendous confidence in one thing: his ability to ram his liberal agenda through Congress before the American people even know what hit them.

One of the most chilling quotes from Obama that I’ve ever read is this, reported by Fred Barnes recently:

When Barack Obama met with TV anchors at a White House luncheon last week, he assured them he likes being president. “And it turns out I’m very good at it,” he stated.

Let that sink in for a moment. Obama had been the president for 44 days and already he was saying he’s “very good at it.”

The stock market is falling every day and he’s “very good at it.” Today the Dow is set to close at 6594.44 and Obama's “very good at it.”

Confidence is one thing. Unashamed hubris is another.

Come to think of it, he’s very good at that too.

Farewell, President Bush

I sent my personal letter of appreciation to President Bush several weeks ago, but Eric over at Tygrrr Express penned an admiring letter of appreciation on the occasion of Bush's last day in office, appropriately Martin Luther King Day.

A few highlights worth noting:

"Dr. King was a much better speaker than you... Despite attempts by some who try to rewrite history for their own gain, I want to thank you for your many accomplishments, beginning with everything you have done to secure Dr. King's vision of a truly colorblind society.

"Nobody has hired as many black Americans to as many prominent positions as you have. You made Colin Powell your Secretary of State. You appointed Dr. Condoleeza Rice to be your next Secretary of State after a stint as your National Security Advisor. You hired Larry Thompson to be your Deputy Attorney General under John Ashcroft. Rod Paige was your Secretary of Education.

"These people were not hired because they were black. They were hired because they deserved the jobs based on merit. You did not make token appointments. You hired good people who happened to be black. That is colorblindness."

Read it all. And thanks, Eric.

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Several days ago, Fred Barnes at the Weekly Standard wrote ten things that Bush got right. It's well worth reading, if you haven't already.

And, if you missed Charles Krauthammer’s excellent column of January 16th, I highly recommend you read it here.

Thanks, Fred Barnes for reminding us what the left-wing myth-makers want us to forget. And Charles Krauthammer, I couldn't agree more with your perspective on Bush’s Imminent Rehab.

STUNNING: Another Bush supporter.

History, no doubt, will treat Bush far better than his contemporaries have done, for history has a way of seeing all things from a panorama where little is left of sacred secrets. President Bush has been crucified in the public square in spite of his decency, his goodness, his Christian faith -- that strong internal moral compass that guides him -- and, in spite of his remarkable success in winning two most difficult wars to protect this nation from those who would kill us.

All wars are hard; all wars involve mistakes and corrections. All wars, if they are to be won, come at a perilous cost. George W. Bush understood that and he did not shrink from it.

I cannot think of a more difficult job than being the 9/11 President, but that most terrible of jobs fell on Bush's watch and will forever rest on his shoulders.

George W. Bush had a charge to keep and he kept it. Thank you, President Bush, and may God bless you. My family and I will be forever grateful.