Why would anyone promise to do something they cannot do?

He even puffed out his chest and said he would do it in 100 days.

Do you trust people who make empty promises and then find excuses? Why wouldn't a genius like Obama know it could not be done?

Now for my next trick, "I will cut the deficit in half in my first term"

"Today I'm pledging to cut the deficit we inherited by half by the end of my first term in office," Obama said. "Now, this will not be easy. It will require us to make difficult decisions and face challenges we've long neglected. But I refuse to leave our children with a debt that they cannot repay, and that means taking responsibility right now, in this administration, for getting our spending under control."

The next day in Congress. "Yesterday I held a fiscal summit where I pledged to cut the deficit in half by the end of my first term in office," he said.

Meanwhile the foot soldiers are chanting "Yes We Can. Yes We Can"

Later on Reality sets in:

Whine "the economic downturn was much more severe than was commonly understood." Whine.

Sniff "They talk about me like a dog" Sniff. [no offense to Jimi]

No genius, no superior intelligence just empty promises, excuses and full blown victimhood.