In the new
sit-com, Obama’s in Charge, which aired last night at 9:00, Obama plays the
part of the leader of the free world.
This is quite a departure from the Urkle-like role he has played the last
six years and should really test his acting chops. Let’s review some of the major laugh lines
from last night’s season premiere.
The sit-com
starts out with Obama touting his foreign policy “successes” ending with
“America is safer”. It is always good to
start out with a strong joke.
Obama follows up
the farcical opening with this whopper. “Now
let's make two things clear: ISIL is not ‘Islamic.’ No religion condones the
killing of innocents, and the vast majority of ISIL's victims have been
Muslim.” His use of emphatic statements
like “let me be perfectly clear, make no mistake about it, in point of fact, you
can take that to the bank”, always sets the audience up for the big laugh which
follows. Saying that ISIL, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, is not
Islamic is pure comic genius.
One of the
biggest laughs of the night came next. “This
is a core principle of my presidency: if you threaten America, you will find no
safe haven.” This line must have had our
enemies all over the world rolling in the isles. Obama surely meant this as a parody of George
W. Bush. I swear he said this with a
slight southern drawl.
Obama sets up a
future comic episode by saying, “I will chair a meeting of the UN Security
Council to further mobilize the international community around this effort.” What makes that so funny is that Russia in
on the UN Security Council and has veto power.
He would need Russia to support his efforts. The same Russia that he says he is smacking
down because of its invasion of Ukraine.
Then Obama
comically pats himself on his back when he says “This is American leadership at
its best: we stand with people who fight for their own freedom; and we rally
other nations on behalf of our common security and common humanity.” American leadership at its best…priceless!
Obama keeps the
laughs coming. He said, “This strategy
of taking out terrorists who threaten us, while supporting partners on the
front lines, is one that we have successfully pursued in Yemen and Somalia for
years.” Yemen and Somalia are a mess!
Then comes this:
“My fellow Americans, we live in a time of great change. Tomorrow marks 13
years since our country was attacked. Next week marks 6 years since our economy
suffered its worst setback since the Great Depression.” What’s funny is he leaves out that the next
day would be the two year anniversary of the attacks on our embassy in
Benghazi.
When it seemed he had milked all the comedy
out of foreign policy statements, he deftly threw in this domestic joke “our businesses
are in the longest uninterrupted stretch of job creation in our history.”
Then, he pivots
back to foreign policy by stating “Abroad, American leadership is the one
constant in an uncertain world” and “but as Americans, we welcome our
responsibility to lead” - This from our lead-from-behind president.
He finishes
strongly with “And our own safety — our own security — depends upon our
willingness to do what it takes to defend this nation”. The funny thing is Americans know this, but
does Obama?
If this situation
weren’t so serious it would be comical.
