THE OBAMA WE NOW KNOW – AT 11:44 A.M. ET:  One of the most disgraceful things about Barack Obama is his clear contempt for his own country.  There were plenty of warnings about this, even in 2008, but a reckless news media refused to notice.   Obama was their 1960s dream.  He was Barack, come to save us.

We don't hear much talk these days about Obama saving anything.  Indeed, even among liberals I know, I've seen a change. 

Obama's newest crusade is to bring Syrian refugees to America, despite concerns about the vetting process that may allow jihadists to slip in with them.  (I've heard no serious opposition to bringing women and children.  But an inordinate number of "refugees" seem to be men of fighting age.)  The AP, in a surprisingly blunt story, details Obama's current maneuvers, which fly in the face of public opinion:

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Brushing off refugee worries at home, President Barack Obama crouched alongside migrant children on Saturday and declared they are the opposite of terrorists wreaking havoc from Paris to Mali. Working to put a human face on the refugee crisis, he said, "They're just like our kids."

The refugees Obama encountered at a school for poor children in Malaysia were not from Syria, and unlike the flood of Syrians meeting steep resistance in the U.S., these migrants had already been cleared to resettle in America. Still, Obama said their faces could have been those of kids from Syria, Iraq and other war-torn regions whose pursuit of a life free from violence led them far from their native homes.

"They were indistinguishable from any child in America," Obama said. "The notion that somehow we would be fearful of them — that our politics would somehow lead us to turn our sights away from their plight — is not representative of the best of who we are."

How utterly cynical, how profoundly dishonest.  It isn't the children Americans are worried about.  Is there no end to this man's contemptible behavior?

More than mere musings, Obama's comments were intended as a direct rebuke to those demanding a halt to Syrian and Iraqi refugees entering the U.S. in the light of the Islamic State's attacks in Paris. Obama said the U.S. had shown it can welcome refugees while ensuring security. "There's no contradiction," he said.

But the FBI director says we don't have the resources to do proper vetting.  How about that, Barack?

Many Americans seem to disagree. Democrats in large numbers have abandoned their president and his opposition to stiffer screening measures; forty-seven of them voted against Obama on Thursday. Having secured a veto-proof majority in the House, supporters are now hoping for a repeat in the Senate, while Obama works to shift the conversation to milder visa waiver changes that wouldn't affect Syrian refugees.

COMMENT:  I truly worry about Obama's last year in office.  The damage this man can do!  The worst fears about him may prove to be correct.

And what happens if there's a major terrorist attack in the United States?  Who will Obama blame?  Certainly not himself.  I can just see him standing there, trying to minimize the event by comparing it to deaths in auto accidents or gun accidents. 

I wish removing a president were easier.  Obama is a risk to this country and its people.

November 21, 2015