Tweets explained. "Obama is the American prodigal son. He wasted a presidential inheritance on dreams of collectivism. Now he longs for pods the swine reject."
If you are not Bible literate, this tweet may make no sense at all. Prodigal means profligate or money waster. Jesus' prodigal son did insult his father and leave home, but the thing that made him prodigal was that he wasted all his money on poor decisions.
Obama received a certain amount of political capital by being elected president. Every new president does. And every president spends this capital on a tough sell. Most presidents have something to show for it. Obama - not so much. He spent his capital on health care, and now he has squat.
After losing his fortune, the prodigal son in the Bible story was hungry and had nothing to eat. He was reduced to envying the swine who ate dry pods. So also Obama. The symptoms are that he heaps spite on the opposition party, then blames them for not working with him. Obama apparently envies the Republicans and stumbles around looking for a way to denigrate them. That's another bad decision.
Finally, the Hebrew prodigal son wises up and returns to his father's house. His father opens his arms and wealth to the son. It's yet to be seen whether the country will open our hearts to Obama. And it is yet to be seen whether Obama will wise up (I hope so.) One thing is for sure, the older brother of the Bible story detests his brother; little doubt the Republicans will make the same mistake.
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