Violation

We no longer have to make the case for the Israelis in the recent turn of events.

Let’s move on. Moving on may mean moving sideways, perhaps even backwards. We refer of course to Barak “Deer-In-The-Headlights” Obama. Or have we been a tad hasty? “Give the guy a chance,” some say.

OK. Let’s be fair, objective; let’s shed any party affiliation for a moment; it won’t kill us. Let’s, both sides, have the courage to self assess. Just like our conversation at the nursery - there is respect, there is listening, there is in some cases reappraisal, some growth, both parties, both left and right. Let’s give it a go here.

It’s easy to sit in the cheap seats and take shots at the guy in the arena. Teddy told us that. We’ve seen the left do it repeatedly, something they readily admit - Bush’s library comes to mind. (Bush has read more books than any 15 of the chattering class will ever read in a lifetime.) And it was not Bush who said “nucular” or “corpseman” or “Cinco de Quatro”. Too much. But let’s take the high road.

Let’s look at the obvious - BO’s promise to change politics, to screen out the sleazy stuff; the reason perhaps most of the cool aide crowd voted for him. Well, to us he’s added to the mess. Are we wrong? He’s violated a major commandment of his campaign. A mortal sin. Isn’t this true? Didn’t BO just offer two Dem candidates jobs if they would drop out of their respective races? Yes? Although this may not be the stuff impeachment is made of, it is as Rich Lowry puts it actions, “that are remarkably ham-handed instances of the transactional, bullying politics in which Obama’s team specializes, despite working for the most sanctimonious man in America.” We all agree?

Or what about race? BO promised a post racial era. That was a farce. No? Recall the good rev Wright, recall “typical” white people, those who “cling” to guns and religion; recall police who in racial stereotyping act “stupidly.” How about BO’s guy Van Jones’s racist remarks; how about Holder’s “cowards” smear and Sotomayor’s lectures about the superiority of a “wise Latina?” Had enough? Know what? BO does not like whites nor Christians. Think that is a crude statement, not pr? Well, we happened to read his book, Audacity of Hope (horribly edited we might add). We do recall one line which goes as follows: “I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”

A comforting thought.

Finally, we post a comment received on the last blog,from one CL: "Liberalism seems closely linked to alcoholism in that it's a disease of denial. One indicator of this is the reaction you get when you try to help either type of person with the facts or objective realities of their condition - congnitive dissonance erupts fanned by emotional fury." Indeed.



Robert Craven