Obama's Much-Vaunted "First-Class Temperament" Also Comes With an Expiration Date

That observation from Jennifer Rubin, noting Obama's Nixonian attempt to ban a Fox reporter from a pool to interview the "pay czar."

It’s a cringe-inducing moment, both for those who oppose the White House on policy grounds and those who cheer its every move. As surely as Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton allowed their personal flaws to erode the office of the presidency, Obama seems bent on allowing his own flaws (thin-skinnedness, hubris) to do potentially grave damage to the office as well. And over what? Not some grand policy matter or some key personnel matter, but over the desire to exclude a news network that has criticized him. For those who suggested that Obama’s main selling point was his “superior temperament,” we anxiously await an admission of grave error. It seems they were terribly mistaken.

Allah's worried. Regarding Obama obsessing over FoxNews at his sit-down with hyperbolically liberal commentators...

Dude, Glenn Beck’s own fans don’t obsess about him this much. How do we put The One’s mind at ease here? Taxpayer-funded psychotherapy? A week off at Camp David? A security blanket, perhaps emblazoned with the “O” logo that he loves so much? I’m not being altruistic; we’ve reached the point where, purely out of self-interest, we may need to start worrying about this guy being on the red line with Medvedev, chatting about nukes, and letting his mind wander to what Sean Hannity said about him that night. What can we do to help this poor afflicted individual get the help he needs?

I honestly think that this might have been the first time in his life where he's been subject to professional scrutiny and criticism.

It's rather easy to have a "first-class temperament" when everyone's always kissing your ass. But that's hardly the proof of such a temperament. Proof of an even, cool demeanor comes when you're under stress and subject to criticism.

This can only get worse, of course.

posted by Ace at 01:51 PM

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