December 2nd, 2010
Ezra Klein accuses Obama of playing “bad poker” in his dealings with Republicans. But wait! How could that be? After all, one of the may founding myths about Obama was that he was an amazing poker player back in his Illinois state senator days. He beat up on the lobbyists in his poker game all the time.
Of course, the poker story was right up there with Obama does curls with 70 lb weights! and Obama is so good at basketball that he can play with UNC’s men’s varsity team! in terms of its nonsense quotient. But no one wanted to hear that back in 2008.
Perhaps Klein should have listened to Steve Sailer:
Time Magazine has an article on how . . . Barack Obama played poker every Wednesday night in Springfield with other legislators and lobbyists. Most nights Obama won.
In fact, that would have to be just about my number one tip on how to win at gambling: Be a state legislator and play poker against lobbyists.
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Well he did get health care through even though most voters hated it. Where his poker skills really suck is on the international front especially giving up missile defense. I don’t understand why we aren’t building a missile defense with Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. We could tell the Chinese that we will stop building it once North Korea is defanged. I am not sure that would work but what other cards do we have?
Jason O. December 2, 2010 at 7:55 pm
After American Narcissus, all Obama posts are excessive…like a flagrant late hit 5 yards out of bounds…everyone knows the game is up.
Incidentally, I have read “Theirs but to Do and Die” 3 times. I will probably re-read it at least 2 more times.