During drivetime earlier I listened to President Obama's post-election news conference on the radio. Almost start-to-finish, not quite but almost. He did not sound depressed or down. Course, he was "on" but at no time was there a trace that he was depressed or down.
The likely new Senate Majority Leader will be Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). Not a warm and fuzzy guy. Not a hail-fellow-well-met type. Has a steel pole up his back, looks like. Doesn't smile very often, isn't good at it.
The president and McConnell have no relationship. Which makes a lot of important leaders with whom Obama has no or a bad relationship. Name one who he has a good relationship with, domestic or world.
Contrary to his public perception at home, Obama is not a warm guy either. Famously "cool," he's so cool he's not warm. Don't understand it. Wasn't he warm with Chris Christie on the tarmac? Yes, he was. Didn't he charm the pants off Christie? Weren't they last seen walking arm-in-arm like they were going to give each other love bites or something? Yes and YES. Chris Christie is one he gets, or got, along with. Name another one.
So what is this description I hear of Obama as "aloof?" I heard him today say that he would like to sit down with Mitch McConnell and have "some Kentucky bourbon" with him. That was a sociable thing to say. But if he does it will be the first time. They've never dined together. Obama has been president six years and McConnell has been a senate power for longer than that and the two have never broken bread much less imbibed some Kentucky bourbon as social lubricant. Actually, I thought the president may have stepped on his dick when he said that today because McConnell is so stiff I wondered if he even drank hard liquor. (I do. (And frequently)) Obama can't deal with him to the point that he has sent Vice President Joe Biden to deal with him. And Biden has, successfully! To the point where Biden is known as "the McConnell whisperer." Anyway, that's where aloof comes from, in part. Biden can deal with McConnell, Obama can't.
Golfing alone, that's another one where aloof comes from. That is unusual to me. For me, there is no goddamn reason ever to play golf unless as social lubricant. (I don't. (I have Kentucky bourbon.)) I would rather golf with Clayton Christensen than golf alone. Well...no I wouldn't. Christensen surely wouldn't drink so I'd be fucked. I'd have to listen to him sober. He'd be fucked. Golfing alone is aloof. Walking alone is aloof. Obama does both alot. Maybe, like me, Obama is only warm when he's on. Maybe he ought to meet McConnell on the tarmac in Louisville. Bring some Kentucky bourbon with him.
The likely new Senate Majority Leader will be Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). Not a warm and fuzzy guy. Not a hail-fellow-well-met type. Has a steel pole up his back, looks like. Doesn't smile very often, isn't good at it.
The president and McConnell have no relationship. Which makes a lot of important leaders with whom Obama has no or a bad relationship. Name one who he has a good relationship with, domestic or world.
Contrary to his public perception at home, Obama is not a warm guy either. Famously "cool," he's so cool he's not warm. Don't understand it. Wasn't he warm with Chris Christie on the tarmac? Yes, he was. Didn't he charm the pants off Christie? Weren't they last seen walking arm-in-arm like they were going to give each other love bites or something? Yes and YES. Chris Christie is one he gets, or got, along with. Name another one.
So what is this description I hear of Obama as "aloof?" I heard him today say that he would like to sit down with Mitch McConnell and have "some Kentucky bourbon" with him. That was a sociable thing to say. But if he does it will be the first time. They've never dined together. Obama has been president six years and McConnell has been a senate power for longer than that and the two have never broken bread much less imbibed some Kentucky bourbon as social lubricant. Actually, I thought the president may have stepped on his dick when he said that today because McConnell is so stiff I wondered if he even drank hard liquor. (I do. (And frequently)) Obama can't deal with him to the point that he has sent Vice President Joe Biden to deal with him. And Biden has, successfully! To the point where Biden is known as "the McConnell whisperer." Anyway, that's where aloof comes from, in part. Biden can deal with McConnell, Obama can't.
Golfing alone, that's another one where aloof comes from. That is unusual to me. For me, there is no goddamn reason ever to play golf unless as social lubricant. (I don't. (I have Kentucky bourbon.)) I would rather golf with Clayton Christensen than golf alone. Well...no I wouldn't. Christensen surely wouldn't drink so I'd be fucked. I'd have to listen to him sober. He'd be fucked. Golfing alone is aloof. Walking alone is aloof. Obama does both alot. Maybe, like me, Obama is only warm when he's on. Maybe he ought to meet McConnell on the tarmac in Louisville. Bring some Kentucky bourbon with him.
