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Opinions/Editorials Title: Obama’s Birthday Fun Lasts Five Days-Maybe He’s Really 13? How old is the President? Rush Limbaugh thinks August 4, the chief’s birthday, may not be correct. Okay, but what about his emotional age? Last week marked Obama’s 49th birthday. The celebration began Wednesday evening at a dinner in Chicago with Oprah Winfrey and officially ended on Sunday at the White House with a barbecue. In between he did run around to various Democratic fundraisers and gave another upbeat speech at a Ford auto plant touting his economic plan as a boon to creating jobs. With those annoying chores out of the way, he hit the golf course on Saturday and played basketball at Fort McNair while wounded war veterans watched. Then more fun on Sunday with best pal, Reggie Love above, and some pros from the sport he just adores. With Michelle and the girls out of town, Obama’s never-ending fantasy week reminded me of the 1988 movie Big with Tom Hanks. In the film, 13-year old Josh visits a fortune teller machine at an amusement park and makes a wish. He wants to be grown up. The next morning he wakes up in the body of a 30-year old man. Unfortunately, he still feels and acts like a teen. He somehow falls into a job at a toy company, makes a very good salary and rents a fancy, Manhattan apartment. He and his best friend, Billy, furnish the place with bunk beds, basketball hoops, video games and generally have a blast. It’s a lot like that at Barack’s place -the White House. The kid woke up and found out that he’s the leader of the best little capitalist country in the whole world. There’s nothing he can’t buy, there’s nowhere he can’t go and nothing he can’t do. There’s no adults in the House telling him ‘No.’ And a couple miles away his Democrat buddies and a few RINO’S keep giving in to his every demand. ‘Here’s a few trillion, little Barry, now go have some fun.’ His metamorphosis is every teenager’s dream: no boundaries, no consequences, unlimited access to cars, helicopters, Air Force One and the ATM at the U.S. Treasury. Pure freedom in the freest nation on earth. In an August 8, 2010 Washington Post article describing Sunday’s activities, the opening paragraph could have been lifted right out of the movie script: Every hoops fan dreams of that one special birthday when his pro-ball heroes gather on a court to see if he’s got game. After reading this, can’t you just see Josh and Billy (Barack and Reggie) playing in the New York apartment, stuffing themselves with pizza and spraying silly string all over each other? It’s not so far-fetched. In June 2009, after moving into the White House, the Prez replaced the tennis courts with hoops. He excitedly told a Bloomberg news reporter that he couldn’t wait to host professional games. The interviewer asked if he would be playing with the pros, Obama replied: Of course, it’s my court. Yes, Barry, it is. The taxpayers are more than happy to build you your own special playground. At the end of Big Billy convinces Josh that he needs to return to his life as a 13-year old. They revisit the fortune teller and the spell is lifted. Josh leaves his adult body and once again becomes a teenager. If only life would imitate art with the adolescent in the White House – the one with no limits, whose self-will runs riot over that boring, outdated United States Constitution, and who doesn’t give a rip what the grown-up people think. If only at the end we find out that the last two years weren’t real after all. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread |
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