President Barack Hussein Obama

(BHO)
PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA


Without any reservations at all, I am hopeful that Pres BHO will be successful as President and lead our country with a consensus of the all of the people. I also hope that now that the Dems, lefties and ideologues in the mainstream media have had their satisfying orgy of demonizing Pres Bush, the personal destruction of our leaders will become a thing of the past. I also have hope that I will win the lottery any day now, but what the hell; we shouldn’t lose hope just because the odds for success are so formidable. But wait, you know what, I think that Pres BHO will probably be a success because I believe the man has shown definite signs of being a gamer and a winner and not just another political ideologue. If you are one of those who have read my book, “Flim Flam”, I am hopeful that you became aware that the inspiration for the book was Pres Bill Clinton and the basic point of the book was that Pres Bill Clinton was also a Gamer, and not just another political ideologue. And if Clinton or any other big time Gamer decides to play in a game, they are winners, because Gamers won’t play in a game they can’t win. That’s what I mean by being a winner. You will recall that Pres Clinton had his Triangulation method of co-opting all of the positions of an issue into his position thereby making his triangulated position the one that would achieve the most support from the greatest number of people. This is how a winner does it because he is not so much interested in or married to any particular position on an issue (a strategy for losing), he is only interested in using the issue to demonstrate that he alone always has the solution to an issue that most people agree with, i.e., this is how you play so you cannot lose. You will also note that Clinton augmented his Triangulation method of consensus building with continuous polling of carefully selected people to ensure his triangulated position being taken was being met with approval from a cross-section of the political spectrum. Again, this is how a (political) winner does it. Now if you carefully consider the political career of BHO to date, you will note many similarities in the successful Modus Operandi of Bill Clinton and MR. BHO. For example, during BHO’s time in the Illinois Legislature, there were an extraordinary number of contentious issues that BHO abstained from voting on. A lack of backbone you say? Not hardly. Mr. BHO was not yet into a position where he could triangulate a position and take credit for it, so he did the next best thing. He abstained from voting and therefore he never had to be on the losing side of a contentious issue or create a possible harmful legacy, this is how a winner operates. Also there are those who say that BHO is in reality a Socialist at heart because so many of the causes and programs he has supported during his political formative years seem to support a socialist agenda notwithstanding how comfortable he appears to be with socialist rhetoric. Lets think about this. If one considers the political arena that HBO grew up in, south side of Chicago, this is what a political person would do and sound like if they were expecting to be popular and enjoy success with the local electorate and political hierarchy. In other words, BHO did what he had to do, and took the necessary positions to be successful in his inaugural career and it is not at all likely that these sophomore positions represent an ideological framework that will support his Presidency. It instead, looks more like a potential winner doing “on the job training” to me. As proof of what I just said, consider that there are a growing number of positions that had to taken during the primary and general elections that are now being triangulated and morphed into a more popular (winning) position for the general electorate. Winners do this, political ideologues don’t. Also, think back during the primary and general elections and you will recall that a number of people were dismayed by the soaring rhetoric and generalizations that substituted for positions and presented nothing of any substance for opponents to grab hold of. Winners know you only take potential positions under duress, and charm and grace created an adoring public that shielded Mr. BHO against potential duress. And the winner soldiers on. One other thing you might want to consider. There were a number of people who were saying that Mr. BHO was following the philosophy of Vito Corleone that holds that you should keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Well that might be how old Vito did it but that not how political winners do it. Think about it. Mr. BHO gathered up the students and practitioners of the Clinton triangulation formula for political success and these people require no OJT, “On the Job Training”, they already know what the game is and they are comfortable with it. Well Brothers and Sisters, I think we have a winner here and you know what, that may not be a bad thing at all. What I mean here is that thinking back to the Clinton Presidency, notwithstanding the blue dress thing and other peccadilloes, most objective people will agree that it was a very successful presidency. And you know why? A gamer and winner may as close as one can get as an ideal leader who will do the will of the people because he wants to be a winner and not force a potential losing agenda upon the people. Sounds like practical Democracy to me.