Pounding The Podium

By:  Patrick Michael

Kenneth T. Walsh, writing in the US News & World Report remarked that “ I have interviewed each of the past five presidents— Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and now Obama—and Obama seems the most cerebral

That’s pretty amazing considering the fact that Most President’s when pressed seem aware of the fact that there are only 50 states.  Remember the grief that George Bush received from the media because he could not identify the president of Chechnya?  Yet Obama largely received a pass from the Main Stream Media for his ‘57′ states comment.  Sure makes a difference what side of the fence (left or right) you make a fool of yourself from doesn’t it?

Still, the Main Stream Media is determined to convince us that when it comes to brains, nobody beats Obama.  This is nothing new, the left has been trying to sell this idea for well over a year now, with little if anything to support their theory.  Take the following interview from the Don Imus show (not that I am a Don Imus fan) as an example:

Historian Michael Beschloss: Yeah. Even aside from the fact of electing the first African American President and whatever one’s partisan views this is a guy whose IQ is off the charts — I mean you cannot say that he is anything but a very serious and capable leader and — you know — You and I have talked about this for years …

Imus: Well. What is his IQ?

Historian Michael Beschloss: … our system doesn’t allow those people to become President, those people meaning people THAT smart and THAT capable

Imus: What is his IQ?

Historian Michael Beschloss: Pardon?

Imus: What is his IQ?

Historian Michael Beschloss: Uh. I would say it’s probably – he’s probably the smartest guy ever to become President.

Wow!!  Well Michael sure backed up that claim didn’t he?

One has to wonder, why the push to prove the President’s brilliance?  If you want something a little more recent, look at this article by Karen Von Hahn of the Globe & Mail writing on Obama’s nomination:
“Okay, okay, the sky is falling. But to all those Chicken Littles afraid to celebrate Barack Obama’s arrival in the White House, convinced that he has inherited way too many problems to be able to make a difference, may I suggest he already has. And not just because he was able to convince Americans that they have moved beyond race. Thanks to him and his brave band of arugula-eating, Harvard-educated policy wonks, stupidity is no longer in fashion. So much so that smart is the new fabulous.

Stupidity is no longer in fashion???

Could it be that the left wing media by minimizing Obama’s mistakes and maximizing his perceived brain power is covering the President with a shell to purport the myth that his vast intelligence is beyond the comprehension of us mere mortals (you know, the one’s who make stupidity fashionable?), and therefore our questioning his actions, or statements is somewhat akin to questioning God?  One almost expects Obama to ask a Fox News correspondant (in the event he could ever lower himself enought to actually do such a thing) “Where were you when I created the heaven’s and the earth?”  Scary thought isn’t it?

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