WHAA..?  QUOTE OF THE DAY – OBAMA WOWS THE HOMEBOYS – AT 10:08 A.M. ET:  Look, I don't begrudge the president returning in triumph to his father's native country of Kenya, as he did last week.  After all, President Kennedy went to Ireland after taking office, and we cheered him.Irish-Americans were understandably proud. 

But our current president has a way of messing things up, and he came out with a quote in Kenya that even had the locals laughing.  This is what he said, while lecturing Kenyans on how they should behave: 

"Too often, here in Kenya -- as is true in other places -- corruption is tolerated because that’s how things have always been done.....There was a time in the United States where that was true, too. My hometown of Chicago was infamous for Al Capone and the Mob and organized crime corrupting law enforcement. But what happened was that over time people got fed up, and leaders stood up and they said, we're not going to play that game anymore..... Here in Kenya, it's time to change habits, and decisively break that cycle."

COMMENT:  Only Barack Obama would use Chicago as a symbol of governmental reform.  Well of course.  The Chicago machine produced...him.  And he's always been loyal.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel?  Perfection. 

And yes, Kenyans did laugh at his Chicago reference.  They know more than he thinks they do.

Obama lectured Kenyans on many things...their imperfect past, gay rights, and political corruption.  They must've loved it.  I mean, it isn't as if he's has actually succeeded, or anything like that.  And I really don't recall President Kennedy, on his trip to Ireland, saying, "Look, you really have to be more like me."

Only Obama.  Eighteen more months.

July 27, 2015