30 Obama Leadership Principles

The holy Obama has been spewing his pabulum lately, no doubt in reaction to #OBAMAGATE.  In his honor here are 30 ESSENTIAL OBAMA LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES:

1. I am smarter than everyone else.
2. Draw red lines with disappearing ink.
3. Lie, often and consistently.
4. Always act surprised with scandals, lawlessness, corruption, assassinations, and invasions.
5. Declare with conviction you’ll get to the bottom of scandals, lawlessness, corruption, assassinations, and invasions.
6. Act angry when scandals, lawlessness, corruption, assassinations, and invasions occur.
7. Rarely talk tough and carry no stick.
8. Plead ignorance when scandals, lawlessness, corruption, assassinations, and invasions occur.
9. Use constitutional terms and language while ignoring the Constitution and law.
10. Rely on the star-struck press and the uninformed and disengaged populace.
11. Peace through weakness.
12. Weakness is strength.
13. Always declare that policies, mandates, restrictions, taxes, regulations, control, limitations, job loss, income loss, high insurance premiums, high deductibles, loss of doctor, IRS intrusion is for the good of the people.
14. Mischaracterize opponents and their views.
15. Pretend to be an outsider and separate from Washington (even after 8 years).
16. It is America’s fault that Terrorists want to chop our heads off.
17. Wealth and money is best spent by government masterminds, social engineers, politicians, intellectuals and the ruling class.
18. Christian beliefs are subservient to government masterminds, social engineers, politicians, intellectuals and the ruling class, and are based on bias, hate, and animus.
19. Change your position if it will gain votes (kiss up as needed).
20. The collective good as defined by government masterminds, social engineers, politicians, intellectuals and the ruling class is preeminent to the individual.
21. Spread the wealth around by taxing and regulation.
22. Relentlessly proclaim that free markets fail and are the cause of all of society’s ills (see #3).
23. Government masterminds, social engineers, politicians, intellectuals and the ruling class know best how to raise and feed our children.
24. Essential authors: Marx, Engels, Alinsky.
25. Heroes: Marx, Engels, Alinsky, Che, FDR, LBJ, Woodrow Wilson.
26. Accuse your opponents of the wrongdoings you are actually committing.
27. Domestic spying is good policy.
28. A pen and phone is more powerful that Congress and law.
29. Sophistry and smooth-talking is preeminent to honesty and principle.
30. Always play the race card.