Obama's Latest Adviser

I cannot say that I'm surprised or disappointed. I need to face the facts, there is very little that The Obama can do any longer that would be goofy enough to surprise me, and it is also pretty tough to be disappointed in someone when you set the bar so low for them. I have Obama's bar set somewhere about mid-ankle.

Well, here we go again.

From Ben Shapiro at Creators.com with a hat tip to QandO:

A man, they say, can be judged by his friends. If that's the case, then Barack Obama can surely be judged by George Clooney. The UK Daily Mail reported this week that the "Ocean's Eleven" actor regularly speaks with and text messages the presumptive Democratic nominee, advising him on everything from fashion to foreign policy. "George has been giving him advice on things such as presentation, public speaking and body language and he also emails him constantly about policy, especially the Middle East," stated a Democratic Party insider. "George is pushing him to be more 'balanced' on issues such as U.S. relations with Israel. George is pro-Palestinian. And he is also urging Barack to withdraw unconditionally from Iraq if he wins."

I'm not saying that Clooney could not ever attain a certain expertise by kicking around the planet and deeply studying issues. I'm skeptical, however, that he is the best that The Obama has to lean on in times of either international political or fashion crises.

By the way, Syriana was a stinker, unless movies of international terrorism and suspense are actually supposed to be boring. In which case, it was a huge success.