Deceptive? Yes. Economical? No. Funded by taxpayer money? Absolutely. Necessary? Absolutely not. Johnny Depp greeted the guests to the Halloween party styled after the Tim Burton film. Mr Burton was given carte blanche to create the party. So what sort of excesses is Mr Obama up to that haven't been leaked to the press? We may never know. But the message from this event is clear: he doesn't care about the Recession, he doesn't care about American people, only about preserving an imagined image that is nothing like the reality. How does this reflect on Mr Obama's leadership skills? Clearly, they are nonexistent.
"White House officials were so nervous about how a splashy, Hollywood-esque party would look to jobless Americans or their representatives in Congress, who would soon vote on health care that the event was not discussed publicly and Burton's and Depp's contributions went unacknowledged," wrote New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor in her new book The Obamas.
So, there you have it. Mr Obama may be among the weakest of US Presidents ever in office, as well as one of the shallowest.
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