“Well it’s Friday.  It’s after 5:00.  So this is officially ‘happy hour’ with the Democratic Party.  (Applause) I can do that.  It is an executive action.  I have the authority.”  (Laughter)

Obama “happy hour” (nydailynews.com photo)

That was a jovial President Obama speaking to Democrats at the Washington Hilton Hotel just minutes after his brief, no questions press conference on the serious situation in Ukraine on Feb. 28.  It reminded me of how he flew to Las Vegas for a fundraiser just hours after the Benghazi attack on our compound.  Does he even realize he is the president of the United States?

“We are deeply concerned by reports of military movements taken by the Russian Federation inside of Ukraine,” he said in his less than forceful press conference statement.

Charles Krauthammer found the president’s statement that, “The United States will stand with the international community in affirming that there will be costs for any military intervention in Ukraine,”  weak and rather staggering.

“What he’s saying,” according to Krauthammer, “is we’re not going to do anything and we’re telling the world.”

Following the rhetorical practice of Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State John Kerry abruptly interrupted his global warming warning tour to issue the obiligatory letter of condemnation. Continue reading →