Interesting Piece on Obama

[Jacob]

In Vanity Fair: http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2012/10/michael-lewis-profile-barack-obama

Well written and interesting, I thought.

[Phillip V]

What did you find interesting?

tldr

[Jacob]

What did you find interesting?

tldr

The insight into the day to day life of the president of the US; also the decision making process that led up US intervention in Libya.

[The Brain]

Well written

Racist.

[Syt]

Well written

Racist.

If it had been produced by Siege it would have been Dead Goat In Well Written.

[mongers]

In Vanity Fair: http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2012/10/michael-lewis-profile-barack-obama

Well written and interesting, I thought.

Thanks for that, Jacob; indeed a good read.

[Berkut]

That was very good - thanks Jake.

[Scipio]

Michael Lewis's career answers the hiterto unnecessary question, "How would Naomi Wolf write if she had a penis?"

[merithyn]

That was very good - thanks Jake.

Agree. I'll add my thanks to the mix, too.

[Kleves]

Interesting - although as usual with these sort of things, it's impossible to tell how much is puff. Mostly, it just underscores how shitty a job being President is (though one imagines that Obama could skip the ESPN/late night talk show appearances if he wanted more free time).

[CountDeMoney]

SPRAWLING NEW YORKER SHIT

[mongers]

Another view on the President:

Is Barack Obama a Tory?

By Kate Dailey
24 September 2012 Last updated at 00:31

Does Barack Obama's style of leadership make him a Tory in the traditional British style? Several British political watchers debate.

Though his American critics often accuse the US President of being a socialist or Marxist, some observers have recently come to another conclusion: Barack Obama is a Tory.

Though President Obama is a Democrat, and thus more likely to embrace left-leaning political positions than the American Right, he's drawn repeated comparisons to members of England's Conservative party.

For some expatriates, the president's centrist response to an increasingly activist Republican opposition makes him a conservative in the mould of the Tory party.

"The fit isn't always going to be perfect, but it's more of a guide to a certain aspect of a politician's temperament and character," says Alex Massie, who writes for the Spectator in London.

"There's a deep pragmatism for Tories - they don't appreciate the need for change until it's forced upon them, but once it is they want to ensure the change is as smooth and undisruptive as possible."

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rest of article here:
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19577434

[Valmy]

Though his American critics often accuse the US President of being a socialist or Marxist

To be fair that is based on idiocy and not based on anything he has actually done.  None of his non-fucking retarded critics accuse him of that.

[Grey Fox]

He's one competitive motherfucker. 16 stitches, poor Rey.

[derspiess]

Another view on the President:

For some expatriates, the president's centrist response to an increasingly activist Republican opposition makes him a conservative in the mould of the Tory party.

Are they confusing him with Bubba?