TACKY IS AS TACKY DOES – AT 10:57 P.M. ET:  The Obaman crusade sold us a lemon two years ago.  Part of the sales pitch was that Barack and Michelle would bring class back to the White House, replacing that little hick, George W. Bush, and that insufferable librarian wife with the funny Texas accent.  Where did that woman go to school?  Probably the same place Sarah Palin went.  Oh, why do we let them dine with us?

My, my, what two years can do.  Now we see Michelle on a vulgar romp through the upper crustiness of Spain, and ordering a custom-made coat from her newest London designer.

And the president?  A New York Post editorial says it well: 

How's this for hubris: President Obama extolling his "new strategy" in Iraq -- even though it never would have succeeded had his original vision prevailed?

The president struck a triumphal tone this week about the Iraq mission coming to an end -- but shunned the word "success." He spoke of "ending" the war, but took pains to avoid context.

Sen. John McCain rightly called the address "small-minded" and "bizarre."

Indeed, Obama couldn't bring himself to give a shred of credit to the man who most deserves it: George W. Bush.

Bush's surge -- and Gen. David Petraeus' on-the-ground leadership -- created the conditions for Iraqis to take full control of their country, allowing Obama last year to introduce his "new strategy."

And...

Obama's lack of graciousness even barred him from noting that his speech occurred 20 years to the day after the invasion of Kuwait. He couldn't offer even a small nod to the first President George Bush, who led the liberation of Kuwait.

Finally...

He scorned the strategy that produced the outcome he's now celebrating with a straight face. And he won't say one kind word about his predecessor, no matter how warranted.

If any president has shown less class than Obama, it's hard to say who.

COMMENT:   Correct.  President George W. Bush,  often ridiculed and laughed at by self-appointed "sophisticates," shows more class in the way he conducts himself than Barack Obama and all those around him ever could. 

Barack Obama has a silver tongue.  We wish some of the silver dust had been spread around to whatever section of the brain handles decency.

August 7, 2010