The public is not listening ...

And the media is at a loss as to what to do. 

The media’s generally been in the tank for Obama for years, carrying water for him on practically everything. They’ve promoted the “phony scandals” tactic, the “war on women” nonsense, and the “income inequality” silliness for him. They’ve lied or shaded the truth through meat-cleaver editing to hide the real facts from the American public. They’ve promoted everything he’s wanted them to promote, leaving their objectivity – and integrity – at the door. 

They’ve downplayed his childish petulance, his divisiveness, his failure at governing here and lack of leadership on the world stage, his wanton disregard for the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and even his snooping on members of their own profession. 

They’ve functioned as unflinching propagandists for Obama and his administration.  And that’s being kind.  In truth, Obama’s been their superfly pimp and they’ve been his bitches.  He’s told them what to do and they’ve done it, not matter how repulsive or degrading, including defending him when he’s clearly and demonstrably been lying to the public, and to them. 

They’ve done an exceptional job of keeping Obama afloat since he’s been in office. Through the multiple fiascos – auto bailouts, shovel-ready jobs, cash-for-clunkers, green energy failures, ObamaCare, Benghazi, IRS targeting, and decisions to make and enforce laws as he alone deems necessary – they’ve always been there for him.  Putting a smiley face on bad news.  Inventing rationalizations.  Pooh-poohing or using ad hominem attacks to diminish his critics.  Giving unequal airtime to misleading, off-topic drivel from partisan nitwits like Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi to muddy the waters.  And of course, simply burying the facts. 

As hard as they’ve worked to further Obama’s misinformation – always relying on the public’s inability to separate fact from fiction, and, to be candid, the media’s belief that the American public simply isn’t that smart – their hard work is starting to unravel. 

A big part of the American public is not buying what they’re selling anymore.  A major reason is Obama himself. It’s hard to cover for a guy who just doesn’t care. 

The public is starting to see Obama for who he really is – a petty tyrant who is in way over his head. He’s incompetent on domestic as well as foreign issues.  He’s also lazy and self-indulgent to a fault – he thinks nothing of using Air Force One as a private jet for him and his family to visit exotic places around the world. 

At a time when most Americans are having trouble making ends meet, he and Michelle are tone deaf with taxpayer funded trips to Spain for shopping, extended vacations in Hawaii to celebrate her birthday, and trips to Africa for his kids’ adventures.  Air Force One costs about $180,000 an hour, so episodes like sending separate flights to ferry the Obama’s dog someplace, or flying Obama on one plane and Michelle and the kids on another to the same place are stupidly extravagant.   

One columnist recently said that it’s obvious now that Obama enjoys the perks of being President – the fame, ability to hang with celebrities, and first-class treatment – but not doing the job.  He doesn’t like negotiating, much less compromising, with grubby politicians in either party.  He doesn’t enjoy working with our allies abroad, much less confronting our enemies.  From the beginning, he’s demonstrated time and again that details bore him.

So he doesn’t bother anymore. He prefers being a rock star at fundraising events and using his media access to ridicule his critics with snappy one-liners.  So that’s what he does. 

He’s a modern day Nero – playing golf and hobnobbing with Hollywood and sports celebrities at fund raisers – while America and the world burns.

Because of his insatiable appetite for publicity, he’s everywhere.  Except at his job.  You can’t watch the national news on almost any channel without a clip of Obama surprising tourists somewhere, golfing, on some exotic vacation, or slamming his critics with snarky, smart-ass comments.  But how often anymore are there clips of Obama doing something meaningful? Solving a problem like the chaos at our southern border? 

His lack of interest in doing his real job and his general ineptitude is becoming impossible to hide from the American public.    

The American public is seeing crises all over the world and Obama does nothing. The economy – despite what media hacks keep telling them – is in shambles.  The market may be booming, but they just have to look at all their friends and neighbors, and perhaps themselves, to see how many are still out of work or working part time, and how their wages buy less and less all the time.   

The middle class is getting screwed, not by “income inequality” or a “war on women,” but by higher health insurance premiums, rising prices on practically everything and a stagnant economy Obama has failed to fix.  The middle class is watching Obama’s policies reward people who don’t want to work at the expense of people who do work.  They also see Obama’s policies favoring the ultra-rich and the politically connected, despite his constant claim to represent “the working man.” 

In short, they are seeing Obama as a fraud.  A failure.  A hypocrite. 

In a recent survey, a rather substantial majority of those polled chose Obama as the worst U.S. President in modern history.  Worse than Carter.  Worse than Nixon.  A majority also said he was incapable of doing the job of President. 

Now did they form those opinions solely from Fox and right-wing talk show hosts?   

Nope.  Obama managed to turn the public against him all by himself.     

His lackeys in the media must be beside themselves.