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| Who Is Barack Obama? |
| 2010-05-03 |
| Remnick makes effective use of interviews he did have with members of the President's oft-interviewed inner circle. He offers shrewd insights—theirs and, sometimes, his own. You feel you're getting close to understanding something important when you hear Valerie Jarrett, the President's confidante and adviser, say of him: “He knows exactly how smart he is…. He's been bored to death his whole life. He's just too talented to do what ordinary people do.' I guess that's why so many in his administration full of smart, talented people have problems with the IRS. |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #12 you can tell an ass by the sound of his voice |
| Posted by: 746 2010-05-03 23:15 |
| #11 Bambi is as smart as most intellectuals. He can quote Greek philosophers, knows most of Shakespeare, knows the "enlightenment" philosophy.... but when it comes to day to day tasks (i.e. common sense), he is as dumb as a bag of hammers. No. The gentleman is a pseudo-intellectual. He knows key quotes from various philosophers, recognizable bits of Shakespear, and the 2-3 key sentences from a variety of writers on different subjects to underline the points he makes in every conversation. Bartlett's Quotations, unabridged is about enough to cement a pseudo's reputations in the kind of undiscerning circle our beloved president is accustomed to wafting through. I once raised a friend's estimation of my intelligence by a good 25 points by asking, when he mentioned Einstein's theory of relativity, "General or Special?" As he was in a small way of being a brilliant physicist, he understood exactly what I was asking, even if I didn't. That's how it's done. Mike N. has the man nailed to a wall. Well said, sir! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-05-03 22:33 |
| #10 If I had the entire Fourth Estate acting as a willing Fifth Column for me, I'd look pretty damn smart, too. In fact, this guy's faults and foibles are so often overlooked, we're in danger of escalating the adoration to the level of the North Korean "News" Agency for the "Dear Leader". What next, Kim versus Obama in golf? |
| Posted by: Dash Riprocker 2010-05-03 21:37 |
| #9 "He knows exactly how smart he is.... He's been bored to death his whole life/em> What that says about Barry is that he's a man that has protected his ego by never genuinely challenging himself for fear of failure. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2010-05-03 21:15 |
| #8 Maybe I screwed up Here it is |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-05-03 21:13 |
| #7 Bambi is as smart as most intellectuals. He can quote Greek philosophers, knows most of Shakespeare, knows the "enlightenment" philosophy.... but when it comes to day to day tasks (i.e. common sense), he is as dumb as a bag of hammers. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-05-03 20:30 |
| #6 did the hyperlink work for anyone? Maybe the WH took it down. |
| Posted by: Hammerhead 2010-05-03 18:59 |
| #5 I've met that type. The *THINK* they are smarter than they are, and too blind to see it. There is no correcting them either, facts be damned. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2010-05-03 18:48 |
| #4 Valerie Jarrett, the President's confidante and adviser, say of him: "He knows exactly how smart he is.... He's been bored to death his whole life. He's just too talented to do what ordinary people do." Doesn't this say quite a bit more about Ms. Jarrett? Sycophancy is indeed an ugly, dependent trait- in the music industry she'd be called a 'groupie.' |
| Posted by: Free Radical 2010-05-03 18:33 |
| #3 Most of the really smart people I've ever met have been able to find stuff to keep themselves occupied, Val baby. They are rarely bored. Snotty, narcissistic teenagers who think they know it all, on the other hand.... |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2010-05-03 18:01 |
| #2 "He knows exactly how smart he is.... He's been bored to death his whole life. He's just too talented to do what ordinary people do." Come on Valerie. That's pap for the left-wing base. The rest of us thinks it's so much BS. Your comments come across as the voice of a sucking up sycophant apple-polisher. If he gets rid of TOTUS or it falls and breaks, his speech is doomed. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-05-03 17:40 |
| #1 Enter racial exceptionalism, all rise please. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-05-03 17:27 |