Obama Spokesman - ‘Obama Ready to TAKE POWER & RULE on Day 1′

Bill Smith, Editor: Hat Tip to Warner Todd Huston for alerting us to the arrogance of or gaffe by president-elect Obama's transition co-chair. But then again, the word is out (via leak-a-minute staffers) that Obama is willing to dictate more and serving less. Obviously, the American people do not elect kings, queens, regents or dictators. We expect Presidents to generically serve ALL the people and uphold the Constitution to the best of their ability. In light of Obama probable easy going familiarity with those around him during the campaign, Obama's new Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (or even soon to be 1st Lady Michelle) would do well to brief the staff, take names, kick butt, and turn off the growing leak-a-minute and gaffe factory among the staffers, the transition team, and the pending administration. Emanuel how about some professionalism - the co-chair of the transitional team needs direction!

By Warner Todd Huston: The co-chair of Barack Obama’s Transition Team, Valerie Jarrett, appeared on Meet the Press this weekend and used, shall we say, an interesting word to described what she thinks Barack Obama will be doing in January when he’s officially sworn into office. She told Tom Brokaw that Obama will be ready to “rule” on day one. It’s a word that reflects the worst fears that people have for Obama the “arrogant,” the “messiah,” that imagines he’s here to “rule” instead of govern.

Jarret told Brokaw that “given the daunting challenges that we face, it’s important that president elect Obama is prepared to really take power and begin to rule day one.”

Someone needs to get to Jarrett and inform her that American politicians are not Kings and do not “rule” from office. But if this is the attitude of Obama’s transition team, what does The One himself imagine he is about to unleash? Could the fears that Obama thinks he is being anointed America’s King be far off with this sort of talk flying about?

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