So I’ve been trying to block out, as much as possible, all thoughts of TOTUS lately. Not an easy thing (hence the gallows humor I try to take, a little something I learned from my law-enforcement days — if it’s too dark to deal with, making light of it sometimes makes it easier). If you can’t figure out what TOTUS is, just remember from my old posts that I do NOT consider Obama my president and his Teleprompter is more of a leader than he is. That should tell you something.

Well, the man’s ego is simply too much to ignore these days. His recent trip to Europe, for example. I suppose a cynical person might think he wasn’t feeling enough love here and remembered back to the good old days of his first grand European tour, the throngs of eager tourists, the media following him like rabid dogs…that could be one reason. Or I guess the G-20 could be another, but of course he made a splash along the way. I’m going with a combination.

What really chaps me is that TOTUS blew of PM Gordon Brown when he came to visit OUR country, yet the UK rolled out the red carpet for the Obamas. Every minute move was reported in the press. Did Michelle Obama touch the queen and was that a bad thing? No! The queen absolutely loved her. Was her dress too casual? Absolutely not. She looked lovely (gag — the woman can’t even stand up straight, probably because she’s as bent and crooked inside as her husband). Would MO or the French president’s wife show better fashion sense? When I heard that one, and some insipid entertainment reporter say “my bet’s on our girl” I thought “Who is our girl?” It literally took me a minute to realize that he was referring to Michelle Obama.

Don’t get me wrong. I don’t give a flying flip about her fashion or rather the press think she looks good or not, but it just illustrated for me how disconnected I truly feel from TOTUS and his beloved, angry wife. They don’t represent me. I don’t think they represent America. At least not America as it was founded or as it should be. Please, Obama, stay in Europe, or go back to your fawning fans. I think I’d rather have Joe Biden around. Don’t like the guy, but I don’t think he’s quite as crooked as Obama (meaning he might have some semblance of a conscience).

I could probably still ignore all this and continue living my life, preparing for my peaceful protest via the upcoming Tea Party in my area. However, when I saw the “breaking news” report yesterday that TOTUS was making a detour to Iraq, ostensibly a surprise to rally the troops, I just couldn’t take it anymore.

Does NO ONE remember that Obama was too busy playing basketball on his last European tour to visit the wounded troops? The mainstream media sure doesn’t. Only news I heard was that the troops were thrilled to see him and greeted him like his other fawning fans. I guess his “Yes We Can” MoveOn.org guys have gotten boring. I think one story mentioned that he spoke disrespectfully about the United States, but that was a conservative outlet and it was quickly buried. Why did TOTUS even bother running for president when he clearly doesn’t like the USA? Jeez, can’t he just go run in Kenya or someplace like that?

Wow. I wonder what a staged production that troop enthusiasm was. I guess it’s not too hard to tell the people who WORK for you to act excited when the boss shows up, and I’m sure there are some who actually like him (none I’ve met, but I’ve heard of their existence). I’m also certain they were carefully culled to ensure the best media exposure for TOTUS. He isn’t quite the media darling over here that he was, oh, say, six months ago…though the press still hasn’t opened it’s collective eyes to his total disregard for truth, justice, and the American way (that would be capitalism, not socialism).

This guy makes me sick. Physically ill. Comrade Obama has been a crooked punk since his early Chicago days (go back and read my earlier blogs for details, or do your own research if you don’t believe me) and now he’s running, or ruining, the greatest country in the world. Are we perfect? Of course not. But we still had the best system going. He’s systematically destroying that. The terrorists at Gitmo are unhappy? No problem, let them go. Oh, and then they kill someone — well, hey, the guys have been locked up for a long time, they have anger issues (that’s actually what my daughter’s history teacher told her).

I won’t even get into the fact that he’s socializing banks, sent the federal budget into numbers so far in the red (and people complained about Bush) and gone back on every campaign promise he made (many before he was even elected, like town hall debates and public financing for elections. The guy is just about as bad as they come, and worse, he has the media on his side. This is a fight, and it’s time to take sides. A peaceful fight, but still a fight. The Republican Party, believe it or not, seems to be getting things together and standing firm. Unfortunately, Obama and his buds at ACORN manage to manipulate enough elections that there aren’t that many Republicans around, but I hold out hope for people like Bobby Jindal, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Eric Cantor, John Carter, and a host of others. I think, if things shake out right, 2010 might be a turning point. At least we can “hope” for “change.”

So that’s it for my rant today. I could get into more specifics, but I think I’ll wait a few days and see what the MSM says about him versus what he actually does (or did). For now, God bless America. We certainly need it.