Lowered Expectations

After much thought and reflection I have determined that it is unfair for anyone to voice disappointment with Barack Obama’s considerably less-than-impressive performance thus far as Commander in Chief. Disappointment implies that a different result was expected. Where on Earth did that expectation come from?
Aside from successfully defeating bumbling and stumbling Old Man McCain in the 2008 election and agitating his way into the Illinois political arena prior to that, Barack Obama has never accomplished anything of consequence in what persons outside of governmental bureaucracy would call the “real world”. Prior to elected office, the entirety of Barack Obama’s professional life consists of working at either a law school or a crackpot left-wing non-profit. Individually or as part of a group, in the public or private sector, Barack Obama has never actually produced anything of any use in his entire life. Not exactly what I would call superb training to lead the United States Government.
This is not privileged information. Even Obama himself acknowledges this reality. When questioned about what experience(s) in his life qualify him for the Presidency, his reply was the experience of running his campaign. That was the best - and only - qualifying experience he was able to proffer (and it probably should be noted that the vast majority of campaign operations were handled by Obama’s senior staffers, but I’ll let that slide I suppose…).
With all of this in mind, how could any reasonable person expect some sort of cleverly orchestrated administrative success from President Obama? How could anyone be shocked and disappointed when he fails to deliver? While these observations explain his exceptionally ineffective executive leadership, they do not justify it.
The ship of State is presently being piloted by the single most inexperienced and inept captain in it’s proud history. Our ship is taking on water and veering directly for the rocks and shoals. If we fail to wrest some amount of control from the liberal Democrats in November, the consequences are too terrible to contemplate.