<p><img src="images/stories/malkin.png" border="0" alt="Michelle Malkin" hspace="7" align="left" />The official Obama 2012 campaign slogan is “Forward.” The operational motto of the Obama administration is “Cheese.” As in “say cheese.” From hollow Greek columns to strategically released Situation Room candids, the Paparazzi President has put self-serving optics above all else.</p>
<p>What did we get after four long years of expertly staged Kabuki-theater-meets-Potemkin-village productions? Sixteen trillion dollars in debt, a pile of dead bodies, troops at increased risk and a gallery of tax-subsidized Kodachrome pictures creating the grand illusion of leadership.   <span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://michellemalkin.com/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">READ</span></strong></a></span></span></p>