The Deligator in Chief

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How to Raise a President

By Carol Peracchio

If America ever needed more proof that Barack Obama is a little kid playing at being president, last week was the icing on the cake.  And if Barack Obama is going to continue to act like a spoiled, slacker teenager, then it's high time someone started treating him like one.

President Obama appeared at the podium in the White House press room last week to announce that he was releasing his original birth certificate.  The sight was, to say the least, surreal.  Here was the president of the world's lone superpower petulantly telling us:

I know that there's going to be a segment of people for which, no matter what we put out, this issue will not be put to rest. But I'm speaking to the vast majority of the American people as well as to the press: We do not have time for this kind of silliness. [...] We've got big problems to solve. And I'm confident we can solve them, but we're going to have to focus on them -- not on this.

After hearing that, I wouldn't have been the least bit surprised if the president concluded his remarks by sticking out his lower lip, stamping his foot, flinging the birth certificate at the press corps' feet, and snapping, "Happy now?"  Because that tantrum in the press room sounded exactly like any bratty adolescent being forced to apologize after teasing his sister.

Imagine a sixteen-year-old behaving like our president.  After begging to be given a huge responsibility -- one that he is manifestly unqualified for -- the teenager deals with the required work in one of two ways.  He either delegates everything to one of his sycophant friends, or else he simply ignores it.

After a short period of time, it's obvious that the kid is in way over his head.  He never works, preferring instead to spend countless hours enjoying the perks that came with the important position.  And if anyone criticizes his performance, the teen, just like our president, gets snarky and sarcastic.

Any parent who has raised teens knows that this is the moment for some attitude adjustment.  Wouldn't it be simply awesome if just one adult in Washington, D.C. were to treat our young president in the manner that his immature actions demand?

Snotty little bastard.