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Obama Can Do It All!

hypocritexposer

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Brother Geraghty has a great tidbit from Jodi Kantor’s book, The Obamas:

Obama had always had a high estimation of his ability to cast and run his operation. When David Plouffe, his campaign manager, first interviewed for a job with him in 2006, the senator gave him a warning: “I think I could probably do every job on the campaign better than the people I’ll hire to do it,” he said. “It’s hard to give up control when that’s all I’ve known.” Obama said nearly the same thing to Patrick Gaspard, whom he hired to be the campaign’s political director. “I think I’m a better speechwriter than my speechwriters,” Obama told him. “I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors. And I’ll tell you right now that I’m gonna think I’m a better political director than my political director.”

Jim has a few other examples. But he forgot one of my favorites. From New York Magazine’s John Heilemann

Emanuel’s ad-hocracy, meanwhile, didn’t faze Obama. The president’s friend and adviser Valerie Jarrett sometimes pointed out that not only had he never managed an operation, he’d never really had a nine-to-five job in his life. Obama didn’t know what he didn’t know, yet his self-confidence was so stratospheric that once, in the context of thinking about Emanuel’s replacement, he remarked in all seriousness, “You know, I’d make a good chief of staff.”

Those overhearing the comment somehow managed to suppress their laughter.

In fairness, even Obama would be an improvement as GSA director.

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/296852/obama-can-do-it-all-jonah-goldberg
 

Faster horses

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I heard Pat Parelli say this once about one of his apprentices.
It sure fits well with the above post:

"You may not be as bad as I think you are, but you are
definitely not as good as you think you are."
 

Tam

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omHUsRTYFAU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws&feature=related

Yep I can see exactly what he was talking about can't you? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
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