Obama's B+

When asked by the Oprah to grade himself concerning his presidency so far, Barack Obama gave himself "a strong B+". This, of course, is laughable; and it shows just how completely self absorbed this president is as he sits in the oval office. My assessment of what Obama means by B+ is that he is really, really trying really, really hard. He has giving hundreds of speeches, has been on the television and in the press constantly, has traveled to a number of foreign countries, and has laid out dozens of policies destined to transform America into Europe.

The key here is that he is really trying hard . . really working hard. The results of all that trying and all that hard work is besides the point. In school lingo, if a student studies really hard, putting in all kinds of time to prepare for a test . . but then flunks the test, should that student receive an "F" as a grade, or should they receive "a solid B+", because they tried really hard? This is the problem with someone who has never held a private sector job. In business, you can put in 16 hour days for two years . . trying really hard to build your business; but if you never make enough money to stay in business, and in fact end up owing people a lot of money that you could never repay, it would be very hard to call that a success. I doubt if that person could look at their situation and say they deserve "a solid B+", simply because they put in so much effort. Or consider an NFL team that finishes a season 2-14. Certainly the players and the coaches practiced hard, and prepared hard; but if they end up with that kind of record, would anyone in their right mind say they deserve "a solid B+" as a grade?

This kind of accounting can only happen within government, and/or with someone who is delusional. Take your pick.