Oh, how very true

Obama: It's Kids Versus Corporate Jets on Debt-Ceiling Talks:

Kids versus corporate jets.

If President Obama's news conference accomplished anything on Wednesday afternoon, it underscored, in striking tones, his strategy for winning the debt ceiling fight with Republicans: Make it a
clash of classes. Rich versus Poor. Us versus Them.

Those who support children, food safety, medical research and, presumably, puppies and apple pie versus the rich fat cats who don't.

In Obama's world, Democrats are for kids and Republicans are for corporate jets. That is a sharp distinction that could help put the GOP on defensive, but it may not be enough to persuade Republicans to change their posture on the debt-ceiling talks.

Republicans have cast Obama as a tax-raiser and a Big-Government spender. This was his jujitsu move to turn their arguments against them. With a hint of disdain, Obama even dredged up the death of Osama bin Laden to score a political point.

Typical Obama pablum, at least the part I heard, which rhetorically came down to, "If you don't want to eat poisoned food or your children to die so the heartless Republicans can give their fat cat friends more tax money, then you have to support me."

And his speech included this knee-slapping howler:

"Call me naive," Obama said, "but my expectation is leaders are going to lead."

Which is kind of interesting for him to utter that on the same day that Doug Matconis posted, "Obama Is President, But Is He A Leader?"

From the start of his Presidency, Barack Obama has displayed a leadership style that, well, displays a distinct lack of leadership. His first major legislative achievement, the 2009 stimulus package, was really just a hodgepodge of Democratic pet projects that had been sitting around for most of the Bush Administration. The piece of domestic legislation that he said would be the cornerstone of his first term in office, health care reform, was drafted by, and guided through Congress by, the leadership in the Senate and the House, whatever role the President played in the process was behind closed doors.

The White House calls his style "leading from the rear." No, really.