How Could the Americans Have Elected This Big Head? This Man Is Far, Far Too Full of His Own Importance!
THE TELEGRAPH: Barack Obama has rejected the charge that he is taking on too much too soon, by comparing himself to Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D Roosevelt and John F Kennedy.

Barack Obama, the profligate president, shows how full of himself he is! Time will tell whether he’ll be counted as one of America’s greats. I would suggest that it is not for him to tell anyway. Meanwhile, we are waiting for at least a miracle a week that he promised us he would perform. Photo courtesy of The Telegraph
The new president's response ran the risk of reviving the criticism sometimes heard during his campaign and inauguration that he was prematurely ranking himself among the great American politicians.

In a speech on his 50th day in office outlining his plans to reform education, Mr Obama said: "I know there are some who believe we can only handle one challenge at a time."

He recalled that Lincoln had laid the transcontinental railway during the civil war, that Roosevelt "didn't have the luxury of choosing between ending a depression and fighting a war" and Kennedy didn't "have the luxury of choosing between civil rights and sending us to the moon".

"And we don't have the luxury of choosing between getting our economy moving now and rebuilding it over the long term," he said. Barack Obama Rejects Accusation that He Is Taking on Too Much Too Soon >>> By Alex Spillius in Washington | By Alex Spillius in Washington | Tuesday, March 10, 2009

The Dawning of a New Dark Age – Paperback (US) Barnes & Noble >>>
The Dawning of a New Dark Age – Hardcover (US) Barnes & Noble >>>