{"id":30005,"date":"2011-07-24T17:30:33","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T17:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/theanchoress\/?p=30005"},"modified":"2017-03-06T14:13:27","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T14:13:27","slug":"obama-complains-a-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/2011\/07\/24\/obama-complains-a-lot\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Complains a Lot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I\u2019ve always said his instincts were more inclined toward ruling<\/em> than leading<\/a><\/strong>. This is not the first time he\u2019s suggested that a dictatorship might be preferable to a presidency<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

But for a guy who campaigned for the job, he sure does complain a lot<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sympathetic to your view that this would be easier if I could do this entirely on my own. It would mean all these conversations I\u2019ve had over the last three weeks, I could have been spending time with Malia and Sasha instead,\u201d President Obama said at a town hall.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If he\u2019s so damned unhappy, and so resentful of time<\/strong> taken away from his family (golfing, apparently doesn\u2019t count) then I think we should free up his time in 2012 and let him get on with the Post-Presidential Life o\u2019 Perks and Privilege he\u2019s obviously craving.<\/p>\n

Related: The Privileged Call for a Limited Dictatorship<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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