Obama is absurd.  Obama is a joke.  From his vacation palace in Hawaii, Obama reauthorized Guantanamo, signing a military spending bill and saying "I have signed this bill despite having serious reservations with certain provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation and prosecution of suspected terrorists.”  The president, for example, said that he would never authorize the indefinite military detention of American citizens, because “doing so would break with our most important traditions and values as a nation.” http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/us/politics/obama-signs-military-spending-bill.html