DOES THIS MEAN HE'S NOT DIVINE? - AT 7:39 A.M. ET:  The president has been comparing himself to others again, but the comparison this time is a step down from the Divinity: 

After being introduced at the DNC fundraiser at the Beverley Hills Hilton by famed producer Jeffrey Katzenberg, President Obama compared himself to FDR.

"I would put these first four months up against any prior administration since FDR," Obama said. "We didn't ask for the challenges that we face, but we don't shrink from them either."

Katzenberg had a theatrical way of describing the president in his introduction.

"If you look in the dictionary under 'grace under fire,' it will say Barack Obama," he said.

COMMENT:  Well, actually it's not in the dictionary, but how would a Hollywood producer know?  The phrase was used frequently to describe Jack Kennedy, but then it was "grace under pressure." 

Once again the president announces that he didn't ask for the challenges he faces.  What president ever did?  Did Lincoln say, "I'd really like a civil war, please, Lord"?  It's simply another variation of "blame Bush."  And I think the American people will start to tire of it.

He also says that he doesn't shrink from those challenges.  We'll see about that.  Key words are Korea, Iran, nuclear.

May 28, 2009