“Absurd” is the perfect word.
Obama personifies absurdity. Take this headline for example:
Obama Seeks to Lower Expectations (WSJ, 2/19/2009)
Trust me, Mr. President; my expectations of you could not get any lower.
Or this:
House Passes Tax on Wall St. Bonuses (WSJ, 2/19/2009)
The first Bill of Attainder in a century will sail through the courts because there are very few judges or justices who know Article I from Timbuktu.
And yet:
**Cuomo Gets List of AIG Bonus Recipients **(WSJ, 2/19/2009)
Two companies, now the property of the American Soviet, surrendered private information about their employees to the Central Committee.