In Which Obama Reminds Us Once Again, "I Am President!"

This video just nauseates me. It sickens me. The list of adjectives I would use to describe him in this video are simply not fit for print. This is the most UNpresidential I've ever seen him, and that's saying something.

Peggy Noonan writes in her weekly column today that there is "a new tone in the debate, and it's ugly." We've seen one town hall meeting after another erupt into frustration and anger as Americans push back against national health care specifically, but loss of freedom and liberty in general.

The White House is compounding this problem with speeches like the one above. Deputy chief of staff Jim Messina told Dems, "“If you get hit, we will punch back twice as hard.” Harry Reid defended the White House by saying, “They are just helping us understand the fringe that is trying to mess up our meetings.”

"The fringe." What's that supposed to mean? The American people? Voters? Taxpayers? Republicans? Conservatives? Moderate Democrats? "The fringe," according to Team Obama is likely the "astroturf" conservatives ginned up by big insurance to purposely disrupt town hall meetings for the purpose of destroying the Obama presidency. Paranoid much?

Back to the video, he says, reverting to street-swagga pronunciations, "I don't want the folks who created the mess to do a lot of talkin'; I want them to get outta the way so I can clean up the mess. I don't mind cleanin' up after 'em, but don't do a lot of talkin'!"

So he doesn't want to hear any opposing opinions; he just wants to ram his agenda down everybody's throats without dissent. That's not the American way. This is a democracy and people are allowed to voice their concerns. Sending SEIU thugs into town hall meetings for the purpose of stacking the deck is what causes problems. But those are the only opinions he wants to hear.

This man has not unified America - he's ripping it apart with his arrogance, his condescension, his socialist policies and his thuggery. I'm sure that statement will incite lots of angry comments from his supporters, but it can't be denied. America is in a bad place right now. People are scared. His administration has called Republicans "dangerous right-wing extremists." He's done everything he can to divide the country - us against them.

And we get condescension and arrogance in return. And lots of Blame-Bush.

Noonan said "All of this is unnecessarily and unhelpfully divisive and provocative. They are mocking and menacing concerned citizens. This only makes a hot situation hotter. Is this what the president wants?" Here I disagree with Noonan; she says, "It couldn't be." But I think he does.

He doesn't respect the American people. He's been all over the world apologizing for us. He's derided us all over the planet. Why should he respect us? His apology tours would lose their importance if he just came home and talked about how great America is.

He doesn't. He never does.