If there’s one thing the debt crisis uncovered, it’s that Obama makes an awful leader. The media is even admitting that a plumber would have better skills to lead the country than Obama.

Yeah, we’ve noticed that.

Via US News and World Report and Free Republic:

As the negotiations and the vote-getting on raising the debt ceiling have dragged on these last two weeks, it’s became clear that President Obama really is not a good negotiator. Several times, just as a deal seemed imminent, the discussions have collapsed—and very publicly. There were leaks from the administration, he-said-she-said accounts from both sides, angry White House press conferences—just a “parade of horribles,” as lawyers would call it. The result is a rising tide of public disgust and frustration. Not only has he lost bipartisan support in both the House or the Senate, his lack of ability to persuade people to join his cause has cost President Obama the vital center of the electorate.

According to yesterday’s Pew Research national survey, with results collected just this week, only 31 percent of independent voters want to see Obama re-elected, down from 42 percent in May. Two months ago, Obama held a 7 point lead among independent registered voters two months ago, but independent support has swung 15 points the other way, giving an 8 point advantage to a generic Republican. “This is consistent with a drop in Obama’s approval among all independents. Currently, a majority (54 percent) disapprove of Obama’s performance for the first time in his presidency,” according to Pew. [Check out our editorial cartoons on President Obama.]

Maybe it’s because Hillary Clinton’s “three in the morning” ad was right—maybe he just doesn’t have the experience to be president. Of the top 100 jobs that would qualify one to be president, being a law professor isn’t one of them. A plumber would be better qualified than a law professor. Seriously—a plumber is a problem solver who has to keep customers happy. A used car salesman knows how to close a deal. A UPS deliveryman knows how to meet a deadline. A diplomat knows how to be, well, diplomatic. Meaning he doesn’t lecture people about “eating their peas” when he needs them to jump on board.

To be fair, he didn’t make a good law professor either. He was reportedly lazy, unqualified and skipped meetings.

 

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  1. #1 July 31, 2011 at 11:57 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    this is so childish, we’re circling the drain, and the name
    of the game is who’s insult makes the headlines?? :*(

    ==

  2. #2 July 31, 2011 at 11:58 pm

    Granny Jan commented:

    There’s so much you could say about Barack Obama. I think he actually believed his own BS.

    Should we ever have trusted a man who wears eyeliner?

    http://www.grannyjanandjihadkitty.com/2011/07/sissified-barack-obama-wears-eyeliner.html

  3. #3 August 1, 2011 at 12:13 am

    Atlas Shrugged commented:

    What comes around goes around bg … Obama has insulted us plenty of times, so in my opinion, he’s fair game. My septic tank would make a better President …

  4. #4 August 1, 2011 at 12:17 am

    MrGoodWench commented:

    As someone who is always late to work , Obama won’t even make a mediocre janitor
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah9W24oMIRc

  5. #5 August 1, 2011 at 12:20 am

    MVH commented:

    Hmmm… Looks like being a leader is a lot different than being a bully and rabble rouser community organizer. Isn’t it, Mr. President?

  6. #6 August 1, 2011 at 12:26 am

    Wm T Sherman commented:

    Obama was not a law professor. He was a lecturer, a much lesser position. Don’t let them get away with that.

  7. #7 August 1, 2011 at 12:28 am

    Radegunda commented:

    Run, Joe, Run!

  8. #8 August 1, 2011 at 12:56 am

    LC Lobo commented:

    Did the pResident EVER have a job ???

    I spent 12 years in illinois, never once did I hear s**t about this man doing anything before ’08.

  9. #9 August 1, 2011 at 1:44 am

    jorgen commented:

    So, community organizers are not necessarily good leaders?

  10. #10 August 1, 2011 at 2:22 am

    redc1c4 commented:

    “He was lazy, unqualified and skipped meetings.”

    well, at least he’s stayed true to form as Presentdent…

    even calling him an oxygen thief is an insult to oxygen thieves everywhere, and yet there are still other morons out there who will argue he’s better and smarter than GWB.

  11. #11 August 1, 2011 at 2:56 am

    mcc commented:

    He wasn’t trained to lead. He was trained to destroy.

    And he’s succeeding.

  12. #13 August 1, 2011 at 4:35 am

    Bill Mitchell commented:

    It is amusing to read articles and comments from far left moonbats around the country that these spending cuts will “ruin an already fragile economy”. I mean, my God, could they be more clueless?

    It is the debt that is draining resources from the economy that should be invested in business. It is the uncertainty from an out of control government expansion that is keeping cash on corporation’s balance sheets and not hiring. After this most recent absolute and complete failure of Keynesian Economics, this idiots STILL believe in it. One Senator even mourning that this bill will be the death knell of Keynesian Economics.

    GOOD!

    Are we supposed to be upset at that? I’ll also cry when cancer is cured – geesh.

  13. #15 August 1, 2011 at 5:26 am

    Swifty commented:

    Don’t misunderestimate him. With this panel thing, he will get his liberals their new taxes and taxes especially on the wealthiest. Yep, that oughta help our fragile economy alright. tic

  14. #16 August 1, 2011 at 5:42 am

    Tom63010 commented:

    WM T Sherman, DITTO!

  15. #17 August 1, 2011 at 5:43 am

    Scott commented:

    He’s not a leader. He’s a droid. This guy has never had an original thought of his own. His head is filled with stale socialist garbage and the latest talking points put out by Soros and company. His real persona is purely adolescent as we have seen. Has all the gravitas of a college co-ed.

  16. #18 August 1, 2011 at 5:58 am

    Gimme a Break commented:

    I doubt King Putt was a good community organizer. How bad is that?

  17. #19 August 1, 2011 at 6:26 am

    mamagriz68 commented:

    And there were many who saw this BEFORE November 2008, but no one would listen to us.

  18. #20 August 1, 2011 at 7:09 am

    squeaky commented:

    while he didn’t have the skills he also didn’t help the matter with his choice of advisors. sometimes a president is only as good as those people/advisors he surrounds himself with.

  19. #21 August 1, 2011 at 7:15 am

    Andreas K. commented:

    Not that Obama even was a law professor. He was a lecturer. Big difference.

  20. #22 August 1, 2011 at 7:19 am

    mg4us commented:

    Obama – Incompetent, Inept, Inexperienced. . . and radical too! What a Loser!

    No common sense. . . an unqualified idiot of Affirmative action with a Big Mouth Mama ad FLOTUS!

    Run Sarah Run!! Shoe the Rats the DemocRATs how to make America GREAT again!

  21. #23 August 1, 2011 at 7:21 am

    mg4us commented:

    Meant to say “Show the Rats” but maybe a good kick is what they need. .a freudian slip. . .

    After all. . if the shoe fits, wear it!

  22. #24 August 1, 2011 at 7:39 am

    #1AMERICAN commented:

    odumbass isn’t qualified for anything…however the one thing he is GREAT at is destroying america

  23. #26 August 1, 2011 at 8:04 am

    CoolCzech commented:

    I was going to say, Let’s not kick a man when he’s down. But then…

    This guy’s not much of a Man, is he?

  24. #27 August 1, 2011 at 8:22 am

    myohmy commented:

    And why he became president? Because half of the country’s population are dumb.

  25. #28 August 1, 2011 at 8:26 am

    MN Jim commented:

    The media sent 50 investigators to Wasilla to uncover background on Palin, but they could not send one investigator to Chicago/Hawaii/Kenya to look into obama’s seedy background. Some of this came out before the election, but was ignored by the media. This should be the story of the decade on the front page everywhere.

  26. #29 August 1, 2011 at 8:26 am

    sal goldstein commented:

    Lazy, unqualified, and misses meetings – sounds like 95% of the quota-hired individuals I have ever worked with.

  27. #30 August 1, 2011 at 9:01 am

    kansas commented:

    Isn’t it time for the MSM to trash Michele Bachmann?

  28. #31 August 1, 2011 at 9:17 am

    gastorgrab commented:

    “I must acknowledge, once and for all, that the purpose of diplomacy is to prolong a crisis.”

    - Mr. Spock, Star Trek

  29. #32 August 1, 2011 at 10:12 am

    Sandy commented:

    Terrific article Jim. It really hits the mark. You can’t be a negotiater when you’ve already chosen sides. The funniest one for me was when he was running around the country trying to sell his tax hikes to a nation already reeling from high unemployment.

  30. #34 August 1, 2011 at 5:40 pm

    MamaGrizzly commented:

    mcc is 100% correct.

    Note–he also made a lousy Law Review editor. He was NEVER there and NEVER did any work. He is a personal failure regarding anything true Americans value. And the truth is, he doesn’t work for the United States. He works for someone else.

    Don’t forget, he’s the “messiah” bastard son of MalcolmX, and he is on one incredible trip because of it. Otherwise, he would just be your basic loser. Unfortunately, when he’s on coke, he can produce a great reading of a speech.

    That’s all that got him elected.

    Now we are all victims of the ideology that drives his handlers and he himself. Although, I think he’d rather be partying and feeling popular. That’s all that is truly important to him.

    But at this point, he has to fulfill his “mission.” And doing so also is tied into his personal sense of popularity and importance.

  31. #37 August 4, 2011 at 1:21 am

    Dorset plumbers commented:

    Every one must be acknowledge:-)

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