BIG TALKER - AT 10:25 A.M. ET:  President Obama is always in a talking mode, but he was over the top this week.  His speech to the UN General Assembly was mostly about himself and his utter wonderfulness.  Truly a gift to a wanting world.

Now he's at it again.  Although there have been no real accomplishments in foreign policy, the president's latest radio address claims that there's been foreign progress all over the place, maybe too much for mere mortals to absorb.  From The Politico:

“My administration,” he said “has renewed American leadership, and pursued a new era of engagement” that has produced tangible results including “an historic agreement to reform the global finance system,” and having “reformed our international economic architecture … established American leadership in the global pursuit of the clean energy,” and “advanced the cause of peace and security.”

Wow.  And he did this without putting on weight.

He also used the address to tout the meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, though the two leaders offered what the AP memorably called “no other apparent progress beyond a promise to talk about more talks.”

When the usually-in-the-tank AP raises questions about Obama, you know the man is in some trouble.  Obama has trouble understanding the difference between promises, pledges, talking, and results.  Results rank low.

Obama also touted what he called “We also took unprecedented steps to secure loose nuclear materials; to stop the spread of nuclear weapons; and to seek a world without them.”

This is childish.  There is no possibility of a world without some nuclear weapons as long as the ability exists to make them.  We can reduce, but not eliminate.  He's playing us for fools...and not for the first time.

"These are the urgent threats of our time. And the United States is committed to a new chapter of international cooperation to meet them. This new chapter will not be written in one week or even one year. But we have begun. And for the American people and the people of the world, it will mean greater security and prosperity for years to come."

COMMENT:  Oh please.  This man's lack of graciousness is appalling.  He does not acknowledge any contribution by any of his predecessors.  He's doing it all himself.  He is truly The One, and anointed.

We get tired of this after awhile.  George Bush was far from a perfect president, but our relationship with India, the world's largest democracy, grew much stronger on his watch: so did our relationship with Eastern Europe, a relationship that Obama has damaged; so did our relations with Africa, where roads are named for Bush because of his AIDS program; so did our relationship with Japan.  And our country was not attacked again.

The trouble is, Obama doesn't care much about any of those things.  He cares about apologizing.

Now he's up against it with Iran.  Okay, Anointed One, start proving yourself, and don't make another "Mr. Wonderful" speech until you can show results.

September 26, 2009