It would be a dangerous assumption to think Zero is a zero. Zero has a difficulty dealing in REAL TIME and that makes him seem like he is a zero. He needs prep time to make decisions, without prep time he is all over the place. Every President when he steps into the office has a learning curve. Will he learn to adapt, or will the crushing weight of responsibility cause him to crack? For the office is not a place to sit back and meditate, but a REAL TIME adventure.
As you know every President has to delegate responsibility. The office and responsibility is too large to micro manage. So to that extent he does have handlers? The question is is Zero an empty head who is being manipulated by others as is a puppet. He certainly has never said NO to his own Party. So the question remains in the end does he have the gravitas to be his own man? TO BE THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD THAT HIS SUPPORTERS HAVE TOUTED HIM TO BE. To go beyond being a Party hack.
What we have seen so far is a co incidence of Party aspirations and Zeros aspirations for a new socialist America. So far all the CHANGE Zero has brought to us is now having the Democrats snouts in the public treasury. Nothing is new or different. The promises that he made are unfulfilled What we get from the administration is long on rhetoric and short on details. Short on concrete, get your teeth into see where you are going plans. It all seems so nebulus when he speaks or one of his admin comes out. It is as if the rhetoric is all there is? But are they really doing anything, or is it smoke and mirrors? So far the results of his steps have not been reassuring. His take on econimics like many of his Democratic breathren is naive as he has not realized that those "Special Interests" that he is so fond of wanting to eliminate are necessary to the not only the well being of the economy and thus modern civilization but ARE NECESSARY FOR ITS SUSTENCE. Without the PILLAR of the Investor Class whether it be Mutual Funds, Pension Funds, Indivdual Investors this civilization can not be maintained at these levels without them
Whether it is 3 packs a day or not is irrevelant, the fact of the matter is that he is a HEAVY smoker. His wife mentioned 3 cigarettes a day, that is hardly an addicition worth worrying about. The fact that he likes to sweep the matter under the rug is far more telling. It reveals that he feels like he does not have the disciple to curb his own impluses and that fact is what bothers him. He can control everything else but that. The issue goes back to his emotions, smoking is probably an outlet for those emotions he likes to supress. However the reality is that no matter how hard you try one can not escape from ones emotions as that is part of being a living creature. Self control is a big issue with him, yet what he does not realize is that we are in control of nothing. It is an illusion to think that we are. I would love for someone to come back on me on this one for my simple response would be to say. Can you tell me when and how you are going to die?