Sac-Jack Loc: Sacramento, Ca

George Frederick Will (born May 4, 1941) is an American newspaper columnist, journalist, and author. He is a Pulitzer Prize-winner best known for his conservative commentary on politics. In 1986, the Wall Street Journal called him "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America", in a league with Walter Lippmann (1889–1974).


George Will on President Obama


America has had some great presidents, many mediocre ones and a few bad ones. But we’ve never had one like Barack Obama. He’s the first who thinks the job is beneath him. He’s the first who turns political give-and-take into a crisis by refusing to negotiate with Congress. He’s the first who thinks the way to more power is to inflict pain on ordinary people. The move to barricade the World War II memorial reveals the mentality of a tin-pot dictator. The limited government shutdown did not need to affect the memorial because it is open 24 hours, without gates and often without guards.


But to turn public opinion in his favor, Obama’s goons trucked in barricades to keep out World War II vets and other visitors. By one estimate, the barricades and workers cost $100,000. The same punish-the-people attitude led to shutdowns of other parks and historic sites that get no federal funding. “We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can. It’s disgusting,” a Park Service ranger told The Washington Times. The ranger cited the order to close the parking lot at George Washington’s home in Mount Vernon so visitors couldn’t use it. The cheap trick captured the contrast between a revered president and the current one. I’ve been saying for a while that there is no bottom to Obama. He’s not just ruthless. He’s without scruples and honor. However the shutdown ends, it will bring only a temporary respite from the crisis atmosphere in Washington. When it comes to his countrymen, Obama always chooses conflict over cooperation.


Meanwhile, Jimmy Carter can rest easy. We have a new worst president.

donrent Loc: Punta Gorda , Fl

How true, how true.....................

rayford2 Loc: New Bethlehem, PA

By the time the next election comes around most people will forget the antics of the administration because the news media won't mention it.
Congress has the power to tell the President when to back off but has no incentive to do so.
Why should they? None of their mandates people are stuck with apply to them. They're set for life after a couple of well paying years in congress, and it's unlikely any of them would be impeached for any cause short of something that can't be hidden from the public.

JBTaylor Loc: In hiding again

Whether or not it was a good idea for the House to play chicken with Obama and Harry Reid, the Republicans in the house did give Obama an opportunity to show his true colors. And while the adoring MSM lulled him into thinking he could make unilateral and unprecedented decisions to punish the American people and pass of the blame to the Republicans, it may have backfired on him as his ratings also fell. Though some here tried to help him in that regard, the facts were there plain to see. He lost the last shred of respect I might have still had for him.

jcs Loc: USA

here is what a black Doctor thinks of Obama :

http://ourlighterside.com/2013/09/20/dr-james-d-manning-on-obama/

dlwhawaii Loc: Sunny Wailuku, Hawaii

One cannot lose what was not there in the first place.

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

I posted this on Nov.6 :-D :-D

mike82947 Loc: Hazel Park, MI

Great!!!!

mike82947 Loc: Hazel Park, MI

WOW!!!

UP-2-IT Loc: RED STICK, LA

Just keep in mind, this is his opinion and his opinion only, also it was written about a month ago. Guess he is wanting to write a book.

Jakebrake Loc: Broomfield, Colorado

As democracy is perfected, the office of the President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and complete narcissistic M0RON."
----H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920
AND 93 YEARS LATER MENCKEN'S PREDICTION FOR OUR ONCE GREAT REPUBLIC HAS COME TO PASS DURING THE REIGN OF BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!

JBTaylor Loc: In hiding again

It may be his opinion and shared by many but it is a fact that Obama is the first of several presidents to find it necessary to ban access to the Lincoln Memorial during a shutdown. And that's just the tip of the iceberg of unprecedented closures that clearly had no basis in the cost to run them. He even tried to get governors to close state parks. His actions during the shutdown were indefensible.

tilly77

Obama was elected for many reasons but the main one is his skin color. If you don't believe it, then you are living under a rock. Get ready for 2016. Hillary will run and will probably win because she is a woman. The same liberal- not progressive as the new term is-- news media and and the same idiots who produced the 'War on Women' AND Hillary will run with this all the way to the White House. The idiots who said it is time for a black president will be the same idiots who will say it's time for a woman to be president.

rayford2 Loc: New Bethlehem, PA

Comparing qualifications for president with race and gender is an unfair statement.
There have been successful politicians and others in these categories, and some not so successful.
Just look at your current congress and bureaucrats.

Tony S.

This was not written by George Will; it was written by Michael Goodwin. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/10/07/why-does-obama-always-choose-conflict-over-cooperation/