DON’T FEEL BAD FOR WHAT THE COUNTRY’S DOING TO HIM. FEEL BAD FOR WHAT HE’S DONE TO THE COUNTRY: Inside Obama’s secret pity party. “Poor Barack Obama. Americans don’t appreciate his wisdom, and those nasty Republicans are picking on him again. Woe is the leader of the free world. That was the essence of his private meeting with friendly journalists, where the president gave his water-carriers talking points so he could jet off to Hawaii and still look as if he’s engaged in ­national security. The session was off the record, so Obama couldn’t be quoted or put on the spot with tough, public questions. But his trademark self-pity, partisan pique and warped ideas came through in the subsequent stories and columns.”