Comments on: The Dying of the Light?

By: First Thoughts — A First Things Blog

First Thoughts — A First Things Blog — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:47:23 +0000

[...] Joseph and Paul wonder whether President’s Obama’s public approval is slipping. In these types [...]

By: Kathleen Prantner

Kathleen Prantner — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:01:52 +0000

Yesterday, in fiddling with the remote while I waited for the local news, I came upon “Judge Judy.” Fascinating. An apparently large courtroom full of–”omygosh,” I thought, “Obama voters,” with a no-nonsense conservative on the bench, obviously and vocally disgusted. After a few minutes, I moved on to another channel.

By: TomG

TomG — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:40:06 +0000

“But the underlying issue is: what kind of nation are we that would elect such a man in the first place? The much to be hoped for fall of Obama will not solve that problem.”

Exactly.

By: First Thoughts — A First Things Blog

First Thoughts — A First Things Blog — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:20:43 +0000

[...] answer to Joseph’s question, I am a little surprised by how far the President’s approval numbers have fallen and how much [...]

By: First Thoughts — A First Things Blog

First Thoughts — A First Things Blog — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:02:10 +0000

[...] not just Glenn Reynolds who thinks Obamaism may have jumped the shark. Comes Mickey Kaus to “throw caution to the [...]

By: Mrs. Jackson

Mrs. Jackson — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:39:10 +0000

The Martha’s Vineyard vacation isn’t going to go over well with the (increasingly unemployed) populace. It’s “date night” on steroids.

As a contrast, the Queen canceled the majority of her Jubilee celebrations and told her family to cool it on lifestyle when England went into recession.

Obama’s aura is dimming. What I can’t fathom is that Bill and Hillary Clinton appear to have more class than the Obamas.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:07:10 +0000

Well – maybe. In the SF Bay Area, it is lonely being immune to Obama’s charms. My initial reaction to him was: people are falling for THIS? THIS is ‘smart’? ‘Different’? And so, personally, the unfolding (unraveling) of this administration seems a bit like Polanski’s ‘The Tenant’ – you know from the start it will end badly, but just how badly and it what final twisted form you have to watch to the end to see.

So, yes, on the one hand: Obama’s grip on the national throat seems to be weakening. But, on the other, the current state we find ourselves in is as much the result of the frustrations and (blind) hope of millions of Americans as it is of Obama’s elusive ‘charms’ – we do sometimes get the government we deserve.

So maybe things are looking up – maybe the worst of Obama’s act can be dodged now that he’s showing a little less invulnerability. But the underlying issue is: what kind of nation are we that would elect such a man in the first place? The much to be hoped for fall of Obama will not solve that problem.