Doug Mataconis held a B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University and J.D. from George Mason University School of Law. He joined the staff of OTB in May 2010 and contributed a staggering 16,483 posts before his retirement in January 2020. He passed far too young in July 2021.
He’s both, actually. One of the benefits of being everything to everyone, while hiding your true values from anyone who isn’t in charge of telling you what to say and do. The added benefit to this is that you don’t have to worry about contradicting what you said last month. It really wasn’t you, it was the “other” Obama. You know, the one who puts in a good day’s work and actually cares. Not the one who parties and hits the golf course whenever the reality of being POTUS raises its irritating head.
An Interested Party…. yeah, that explains your defense a little bit. Since Obama has more Interest in going to a party – any party – then he does in governing, it’s no wonder you and he get along so well. But I’m sure, once he realized after awhile that every time he opened his mouth people actually expected something meaningful to come out of it, then parties, golf, and “relaxation time” became a primary focus of his interest.
It is you who has much to defend…you have no reasonable explanation for comparing the president to Hitler and Neville Chamberlain…well, other than the ODS that you suffer from…
Whack-jobs want to know.
He’s apparently appeasing himself.
He’s both, actually. One of the benefits of being everything to everyone, while hiding your true values from anyone who isn’t in charge of telling you what to say and do. The added benefit to this is that you don’t have to worry about contradicting what you said last month. It really wasn’t you, it was the “other” Obama. You know, the one who puts in a good day’s work and actually cares. Not the one who parties and hits the golf course whenever the reality of being POTUS raises its irritating head.
“Whack-jobs want to know.”
Apparently the one immediately above already does know…
An Interested Party…. yeah, that explains your defense a little bit. Since Obama has more Interest in going to a party – any party – then he does in governing, it’s no wonder you and he get along so well. But I’m sure, once he realized after awhile that every time he opened his mouth people actually expected something meaningful to come out of it, then parties, golf, and “relaxation time” became a primary focus of his interest.
It is you who has much to defend…you have no reasonable explanation for comparing the president to Hitler and Neville Chamberlain…well, other than the ODS that you suffer from…