T.K. Farrow on The Lunatic in Chief, on The One's speech in Moscow:
“The pursuit of power is no longer a zero-sum game — progress must be shared,” the president said in one breath. But minutes later, he announced that “the arc of history shows us that governments which serve their own people survive and thrive; governments that serve their own power do not.”
Well, which one is it? Is he confused?
And this:
Obama states that governments that serve their own power will probably not survive, but he doesn’t seem to recognize Manuel Zelaya’s government as being one of those doomed entities. The Honduran president was attempting to unconstitutionally remain in office longer than the one term the government allows him. When the army successfully gained control of the government, Zelaya’s own party supported the congressional vote to replace him, according to the Associated Press.
If the U.S. is not to interfere in the affairs of other nations, why is Obama negatively judging the means by which the Honduran government has chosen to rectify a blatantly unconstitutional act by its president? Why is it more appropriate to support Zelaya than it was to support Mousavi supporters in Iran?
The conclusion?
...the president is an idealist. He’s a peace and love man of the highest order trying to remake the world. But idealism without intellect is a waste of time and energy, at best, and has the potential to create multiple catastrophes. When Barack Obama speaks, the emanating sound is that of a high school valedictorian who thinks he knows so much more than he actually does — but is too young to realize how little he knows. That quality may be endearing to his supporters, but it’s infuriating to those of us who prefer that the president of our nation not sound like a wistful teenager.Nothing worse than an arrogant pin head.
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