To dredge up an old phrase; he's a legend in his own mind. Any question one might ask regarding a "mediocre" anything would instantly result in a twenty minute dialogue which, transcribed, would contain nary a complete sentence. A person so transfixed with "themselves" - an egomaniac - never sees the negative side of anything involving them!

A great speaker? No, he's not. He's a great READER of speeches and has memorized many escape phrases, to be used any time he can't answer a question without using at least five hundred words. What he delivers for answers often wind up having little or nothing to do with the original question. A "yes" or "no" answer is pretty much out of the question.

I often think of Obama as a man who loves listening to his own voice. But, when he listens, he never hears the "uhhhhs" the "ummmms" or any number of other sounds he makes when his mouth hasn't caught up with his brain.

Is he really intelligent? He might be; but we haven't been exposed to any of that intelligence yet.

Does he lie? Yes, he does...But, then again, all politicians lie at some time or other - especially when their campaigning.

Would I vote for the man? Knowing what I know now, I wouldn't vote for him if he was running for Dog Catcher.

lol, is there such a thing as an "awesome", one-term, president? Usually, if you're only a one-termer, you did something that was pretty awful.

I'll have to give the interview a B+.

Obama reminds me of Will Ferrel, a guy who thinks he is much funnier and a much better actor than he really is, a guy who has a high opinion of himself that doesn't measure up at the box office.

Or, if we want to use another movie comparison, the Obama admin is the movie Heavens Gate, what was supposed to be a blockbuster became one of the worst bombs of all time. Sure, there were ones that lost more in comparison to earnings, but, the story of how bad Heavens Gate was matches up well.

How about door number three? A one term mediocre President.

As inspectorudy and Charles Krauthammer pointed out after Obama made the remark, there is, of course, a Door Number Three which is more likely. He could, and certainly is so far, be a mediocre one-term President. I wake up each morning thinking, "Oh Lord, what will Obama do next to protect his ego from admitting a mistake."

Almost anything, it seems.

Marianne Matthews