The ROAD Scholar President

(Image by Michael Ramirez)

Well, it looks like al-Maliki is stepping down, but his imminent departure hasn't stemmed the ISIS tide.

Connecting ISIS to the Tea Party--as the above political cartoon suggests--may be the only way to get Obama's attention. 

(Image by Steve Kelley)

And even that might not work.

"America is facing greater and greater danger and the president will not admit to this."
(Quoted from the second page of the linked article).

While I was in the military, we had an acronym for such behavior:  ROAD--Retired on Active Duty. 

Our "ROAD Scholar" President can give stirring lectures to fawning crowds--but rarely does anything useful, or helpful.

(Image by Gary Varvel)