Mr. President, Are You Fucking Insane?

by Jim Kopetz

Going on 'The View' instead of meeting any representatives from the Middle East? Have you lost your goddamn mind!

With protests going on in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, and pretty much every other country in the Middle East and Northern Africa, where is Barack? He's seated in between Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar. With a swag basket. Are you fucking serious? Your "coffin" is being burned in effigy and you can't spare some time to talk to the leaders you should be shaking by their chinstraps?

Forget breaking twenty years of tradition. The world has gone to shit and we need a president who is going to get out there and reason with dictators and theological kin. King Abdullah II was on the Daily Show when he should have been having a one on one with Obama as Jordan has remained relatively sane during the madness of the last few weeks.

And what about Syria? No speaking with Assad? No speaking with Ahmadinejad? No speaking with Netanyahu? Shame on you Mr. President. Our flags are being burned because of some asshole with a video camera and you don't have the time to reason with these people? The time to exert the power of the presidency and the responsibility it requires is now. If you can't handle it, then bow out. You were the voice of hope that has slowly become the raspy croak of a bloated bullfrog. 

Wake up. This is the prelude to the end of the world.