Hype and Hope

Did Barack Obama really say he is looking for an ass to kick?

Really?

The President of the United States... spoke like a Tony Soprano. If Tony Soprano had a son with Urkle.

The time for looking for an ass to kick, Mr. Hopey Changey, was 50 days ago when this happened. You know, before your two vacations, your White House concerts, a few rounds of golf and some graduations speeches. Maybe instead of retaliation and "keeping your boot on their neck" you could SOLVE the problem.

Funny- all talk and no action. This is the guy, as Sarah Palin reminded us at the GOP convention almost 2 years ago, who authored two memoirs and not one piece of legislation. This from the guy who used his own campaign as an example of executive experience.

Now we see what a lack of experience means. President Obama is not making decisions because he is both incapable and incompetent. There is no one to turn to, no one to correct his mistake, no media to hide the millions of gallons of oil, no Tony rezko to funnel his money, no guilty white Harvard or Columbia University professor to grade him on a curve.

Steven Strasburg is making his debut right now and for those of us who couldn't get tickets (or wouldn't spend the money) for this debut are stuck watching it on MASN2 which is not in HD (what century is this?). Three great innings. Six strike outs with a change-up averaging 90mph. Now in the top of the 4th, this young phenom gave up back to back hits and it's first and second with no outs. Hang on... now after a double play, a two run hommer.

Will Strasburg be hype or hope for the Nats? We are excited, turned out in record numbers to watch his inauguration into the Majors. What's he going to do? Yes, baseball is a team sport. Pitching is not (as much). What's he going to do? Will he blame the stadium, the fans, the team, the previous pitcher, the manager, the umpire? Will he bluster and blather in the locker room and pontificate on his greatness and ability without delivering the goods?

Barack Obama was a lot of hope. In the last 17 months he's proven to be nothing more than hype. Words, tomes and volumes of words, thesauraus and dictionary, erudite and eloquent words.

So no one should be afraid of an Obama ass kicking. It's just words. Again.