17 May 2012
This weekend Obama hosts the first-ever NATO summit in Chicago. Why?
A) To look presidential. (isn’t he already President?) (yeah, but right now he needs this.)
B) Just like the ‘LiveEarth’ summit 5 years ago, this is a chance for famous SuperGroups to get back together: in this case, the Occupy Movement.
C) Afghanistan. As NATO prepares to brings its troops home, the question is ‘Where shall we send them next?’ (Syria? Nah…) (Iran?)
On Afghanistan, the Obama administration is finally admitting it: corruption and tribal politics are there to stay. Time to go.
Meanwhile, with Congress again threatening to default & Newsweek touting Obama as the First Gay President, Obama can use all the Commander-in-Chief photo-ops as possible.
May is the month of Presidential Character Building: the month when opposing campaigns try to paint politicians in a damning light. In May, 2004 John Kerry was labeled as a Flip-Flopper. In May, 2000 Al Gore was attributed the quote‘ I invented the internet.’ Never mind that he never said that: he never shook the image of Pompous Ass.
This month, wealthy Wall St. Republicans are proposing to label Obama as ‘A Black, Metrosexual Abe Lincoln.’ Yes, they are playing ‘The Race Card.’ The backlash is so severe even Mitt Romney spoke out against it. After he was in favor of it.
Romney: ‘I stand by what I said, whatever it was.’
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/mitt-romney-ricketts-plan_n_1525221.htm
The money behind the racist ad comes from Joe Ricketts, founder of Ameritrade. Joe Ricketts’ son is Tom Ricketts, the owner of the Chicago Cubs. The Chicago Cubs are desperate for renovations at Wrigley Field and seeking money from the City of Chicago. The City of Chicago is now run by (former Obama Chief of Staff) Rahm Emanuel. Since the proposed anti-Obama ad came out, Emanuel is no longer returning Ricketts’ phone calls.
Corruption and tribal politics – who needs Afghanistan when you’ve got Chicago?