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Could Obama Really Be As Good As He Seems?

Submitted by FWO2 on March 31, 2009 – 8:13 pmNo Comment
Could Obama Really Be As Good As He Seems?

WASHINGTON – As the old gospel song goes, “He’s got the whole world in his hands.”

He’s going to make sure your new car from General Motors or Chrysler gets fixed. He’s going to make sure you get health care — sooner or later. And if your town is crippled by the demise of the auto industry, he’ll send a “czar” to protect it.

Look out folks, he’s Super Prez!

As a teen in Honolulu, Barry Obama was a fan — a big fan — of comic book heroes, particularly, by his own account, Spiderman and Conan the Barbarian.

Now, three decades later, he’s all grown up and playing a political superhero as president.

Consider this:

Obama is reshaping corporate boardrooms. He is firing CEOs. He has pushed, so far with ease, unprecedented spending plans through the Congress. He’ll ultimately do the same (just watch) with his colossal budget. He’s creating new White House “czars” left and right, expanding the direct administrative power of his presidency. He’s engineering fundamental shifts in philosophy on everything from pollution to health care to the funding of education.

And he seems to be doing all of this virtually on his own, as if floating on air.

Deft aides are operating mostly behind the scenes. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appears to be perennially on the road. And Rahm Emanuel, the salty-tongued chief of staff, is staying out of the limelight for the most part.

The visible aides and cabinet-types appear publicly as a legion of colorless drones.

Even Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and budget director Peter Orszag slip easily into their roles as Mr. Spock and Commander Sulu of The Starship Barack.

Which frees Captain Kirk (you guessed it, Obama) to appear on everything from “The Tonight Show,” to “Face the Nation,” to “60 Minutes,” to ESPN, and to a virtual town hall. There’s even word he’s considering a call-in show on C-SPAN.

Not kidding.

Other than Franklin Roosevelt during World War II, no president in modern history has claimed (or gotten) more power and visibility.

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