O has had too much whine

One selfpity party wasn’t enough for President Obama.

Soon after he invited stenographerjournalists to the White House to hear his talking points, Obama sat for an interview with the leftwing NPR. In both sessions, he complained about how he is treated by ordinary Americans and the GOP.

He whined about “strains in the Republican Party that suggest that somehow I’m different, I’m Muslim, I’m disloyal to the country,” then played the race card, saying much of the criticism “is “pretty specific to me, and who I am and my background.”

Naturally, he leaves out the inconvenient facts, namely that his policies are unpopular, yet he insists on pursuing them and then has the audacity to complain about criticism. ObamaCare, for example, never enjoyed majority support for a single day, yet the president and his party rammed it down the nation’s throat, and he now accuses opponents of being racist for not applauding him.

Obama can’t face the fact that although he twice got a majority of all votes to win the White House, many of his former supporters now regard him as arrogant and incompetent. He also can’t accept criticism of his tepid handling of Islamic State, calling all dissent ignorant or bigoted.

That’s absurd. The growing criticism of his policy is based on the fear that he is excessively sympathetic to Muslims and Islam, both at home and abroad. He could boost public trust with a sincere campaign to destroy Islamic State, stop coddling Iran and start calling Islamic terrorism what it plainly is.

It is also worth noting that the president made his scurrilous charges against his fellow Americans before jetting off for a twoweek vacation in Hawaii, at taxpayer expense, of course. “Thank you” would have been more appropriate.