Soros' Man

Landslide on the Milford Trek, New Zealand. Photo by JoAnn Sturman

Scott Sturman
fliesinyoureyes.com

I work in a partnership of thirty-five doctors in a high risk, competitive field of medicine. The success of our company depends on the competence and affability of its individual physicians. Our group's philosophy is to hire the best and most qualified anesthesiologist available. Race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, and religious preference have nothing to do with the selection process. When an able candidate is hired, the group's stature and competitive advantage elevates accordingly. A marginal employee brings a myriad of problems and reflects negatively on the company – patients and surgeons take their business to other centers where a superior product is offered. Quite simply, ability matters.

Since we were seniors and unlikely to enhance our resumes by being elected to a student body office at Cheyenne East High School, my friend Dave and I decided to nominate a sophomore friend of ours to run for school treasurer. Morris was a popular, good looking adolescent with a deep voice but mustered poor grades and was ambivalent to most everything but high performance automobiles. In order to strengthen his scanty curriculum vitae, we formed several clubs de novo and elected him president. We gave passionate nomination speeches on his behalf to the student body. When it was time to accept the nomination, Morris strode to the lectern with the type written speech Dave and I had written for him. With an athletic build and dressed in a three piece suit, he had the look of someone exuding confidence. He looked at the crowd, shuffled the papers in front of him, and attempted to read the speech. It was a disaster! The speech was written for an audience years ahead of Morris' reading level. He stammered, lost his place, could not pronounce any word more than three syllables long, and mumbled through the text as the audience quickly lost interest and laughed him off the stage.

Forty years later Barrack Obama demonstrated riveting oratorical skills which catapulted him to national attention. Unlike Dave's and my amateurism efforts when running Morris' campaign, Obama's career was skillfully orchestrated by the likes of George Soros and the liberal media which constructed his persona into a greater than life caricature. We were made to think he was closer to a god than a human being. I recall it was only a few weeks after he was sworn in as President of the United States, that the left was calling for a repeal of the 22nd Amendment so he could serve in the office in perpetuity.

Now nearly two years into his Presidency he reminds me of a Morris who reads well. His curriculum vitae is more expunged than padded – at least George Bush's and Al Gore's mediocre grades from Yale were published in the Atlantic magazine for all to see. When not reading prepared text, he speaks haltingly and appears to be overwhelmed with the amount of information thrown his way. As a surgeon friend of mine, who by nature is fair minded and reluctant to deliver harsh criticism and has witnessed the antics of presidents since the 1940's says, “As far as I can remember, he is the ultimate in affirmative action and the most unprepared man for the job.”

As the Obama Presidency falters, the hackneyed comments regarding race and prejudice are heard once again. Yet his failures have nothing to do with race and everything to do with the lack of experience and personal ability, leadership style, and the promotion of an ultra liberal political agenda which is out of touch with the country. His ascendancy to President of the United States is the result of an invented personality by wealthy power brokers, but in the process his personal triumph has made the political landscape much more difficult for minorities with bona fide credentials who are effective leaders. For political reasons Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell may not be the choice all of the electorate, but one cannot dispute their impressive resumes, qualifications, and tract record of experience.

Remember the bands of the 1990's which were formed based on the appearance of the members rather than their talents? Many of the “singers” lip sang to dubbed lyrics but made fortunes as their hits ascended to the top of the pop charts. The ruse is not confined to the entertainment industry but spread to the highest echelons of the political leadership. What amounts to a practical joke in high school when two pranksters attempt to rig an election, is no laughing matter when it involves the Presidency of the United States.