So I'm sitting here working, and I have today's "Presidential News Conference" on. Some important questions came up...
David Gregory from NBC asked about Israel's recent air strike on a Syrian nuclear site.
...the President had no comment.
A CBS reporter asked about current relations with North Korea, and the state of their weapons program.
...the President had no comment.
Another reported asked about a recent meeting between Mahmud Ahmadinejad and Vladimir Putin, and about any possible alliances that may be made around the Caspian sea region of the world.
...the President had no comment
One reporter from the New York Times asked him to give his own report card on himself on being "reaching across the aisle," after he's slammed the Democrats in congress for not getting bills passed, despite issuing veto threats left and right.
...the President said "I do blame the Congress for not getting bills passed." In other words: Not my fault!
I'm sitting here watching the leader of our country, being asked important questions by our press--and let's not forget what a great privilege it is that our press has the power to speak freely, and keep our leaders in check without worry of persecution--and I see a man with a smirk on his face, who seems proud of himself for not getting caught answering a question.
Honestly, I'm really failing to understand the respect that some people still hold for this man. I respect his office, and I am not even saying that I could do any better. But how can we trust in leadership that refuses to be held accountable on questions that he doesn't like the answer to?
Or is it just that he doesn't know the answers? Has he learned from the past that he's not a smart man? Maybe he'd rather look stupid and not answer a question, than look really stupid and tell us what he really think?
I once heard an interview with Andy Rooney, where he said something along the lines of:
Shouldn't it be the goal of our country to have our President be one of the smartest people in our nation? If so, we have failed miserably.
I am honestly not trying to just slam the man for the sake of it. But I'm sitting here watching him speak, and it honestly makes my skin crawl. He grins just about every time he avoids a question. That little smug grin seems to be the Presidential equivalent of "nah-nah-na-boo-boo!"
Despite the criticism from many of my friends and family, I am still very proud that I did not cast my vote for this man.
