A recent CNN poll about President Obama shows us that confidence in the chief executive has been dropping, particularly when it comes to toughness. [Insert sarcastic inflection here] How surprising. First of all, it should not have been so high to begin with, something I blame on the mainstream media, the emerging subculture of dependency in this country, and the general disinterest in politics from your average citizen who is too busy studying, working, etc. to worry about the national beauty pageant that presidential elections have become. Second of all, the approval ratings are still way too high. Some measures dropped significantly, but most just slightly went down. The one that bothers me the most is the question that asked whether the president agrees with them on the issues they care about and 56% said yes. Even though this figure is down 7% from February, I would think that by now the American public would have realized what Obama “cares” about.

First on the list: himself. Evidence: He re-enacted 911 by flying planes dangerously close to skyscrapers and the Statue of Liberty simply for a photo-op. He later joked that his daughters are grounded for taking Air Force One on a joy ride.

Second: Anti-Americanism. Evidence: Making concessions to our enemies, apologizing for defending our interests and allies around the world, betraying democracies, siding with tyrants over pro-democracy demonstrators, abandoning allies, Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers, etc.

Third: Socialism. Evidence: He said that “spreading the wealth” around was good, increased taxes on small businesses, higher capital gains taxes, increased spending of taxpayer money, increased national debt, bigger government, nationalization of GM, Chrysler and other companies, creation of a nanny-state, etc.

Fourth: himself.

So… there you have it… 56% of Americans believe in Obama’s cult of personality, anti-Americanism, and Socialism according to this poll. I do not believe that this is the case. I believe that the mainstream media has done a fantastic job at promoting the Rockstar-in-Chief… though to be fair, I think that the media has started to be a little bit more objective lately (emphasis on little). What this shows is that disinformation is more prevalent than information, something that needs to change. This should be another wake up call for Americans… if we want to be defined, as a people, by our blind adoration of a mortal man, then we can continue being followers. If we want to be independent-minded, free people, then we need to hold our elected officials accountable and question everything. Let’s hope we haven’t grown tired of our rugged individualism yet.

-AG