The Messianic Departure

So obama very graciously made one last messianic appearance to his fawning worshippers to give them his last tidbits of wisdom before ascending into the realm of former presidents. You would think we had just lived through the millennial kingdom.

His obsession with the word "I" was not surprising. He has pathetically praised himself over and over for eight years. The way he announced the killing of bin Laden, for example, you would have thought he had planned and carried out the operation himself.

What is astonishing was his admonition to revere and keep faith in the Constitution, something he hasn't done during his entire administration. He spoke of the state of our democracy, which he still doesn't understand is a republic. What is more galling is his claim that race relations are better now than they have been in thirty years. He's delusional. Things haven't been this bad since the Civil Rights movement began. What gains had been made all went south when he took office. Then in the midst of a litany of lies about his accomplishments he took a moment to praise patriotic Muslims as if they were somehow being persecuted, revealing one final time where his real religious devotion lies.

But his final "great commission" exposes the fraud that he really is. "I'm asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change - but in yours."

Think it through. This was the hope and change president. This was the man who promised a utopia: free cellphones, free education, lower healthcare costs and coverage for 30 million uninsured, no more wars. He was going to heal the racial divide. Now that none of it has happened his parting shot is to tell us it is our responsibility to make up for his failures. The presumptuous savior who came into office blaming George W. Bush for everything is essentially going out blaming all America. If only we believed! He sounds like a charismatic healer.

I have some advice for this vain, self-aggrandizing, conceited little man:

"Let another praise you and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips." Proverbs 27:2.

Anyone who feels the need to tell everybody who will listen how great they are and what great things they have accomplished isn't very great and hasn't accomplished very much of value.

Obama often compared himself to Ronald Reagan, but there is no comparison. When Reagan left the White House he very humbly spoke from the Oval Office. No fanfare, no manipulation of the record, no loud boasting. Just quiet, honest dignity.
It's a shame that obama didn't have the character to depart in the same manner.

Sessions Cabinet Hearing

I watched the Sessions session the other night until 1am here in the Philippines and then went to bed. He did very well from what I saw and the Democrats exposed their own hypocrisy in Feinstein's opening remarks. She spoke of the rule of law and I could agree with almost everything she said. What I wanted to ask her and all the rest of them on the left is where have they been for the last eight years? Rule of law went out the window with Holder and Lynch, but now suddenly it matters? Right! I didn't see it till later but I was glad to see Cruz put them in their place.