Growing Pressure on Obama to Do Something Stupid

By Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker

04 September 14

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The article below is satire. Andy Borowitz is an American comedian and New York Times-bestselling author who satirizes the news for his column, "The Borowitz Report."

rguing that his motto �Don�t do stupid stuff� is not a coherent foreign policy, critics of President Obama are pressuring him to do something stupid without further delay.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) led the attack on Thursday, blasting Obama for failing to craft a stupid response to crises in Iraq, Syria, and Ukraine.

�Instead of reacting to these events with the haste and recklessness they deserve, the President has chosen to waste valuable time thinking,� McCain said. �This goes against the most fundamental principles of American foreign policy.�

Graham also expressed frustration with the President, telling reporters, �The American people are waiting for President Obama to do something stupid, but their patience is wearing thin.�

In his most withering criticism, McCain called Obama�s �stubborn refusal to do stupid stuff� a failure of leadership. �If I were President, you can bet your bottom dollar I would have done plenty of stupid stuff by now,� he said.