The likelihood of Obama apologizing for his negligent stewardship of our national economy is about the same as the likelihood that he will cite Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman as his idols.

LOVE THE HATE!

Just because cultural marxism, elite multiculturalism, and metastasizing Islamism are anathema and a cancer to our freedom-loving way of life, that doesn't give you the prerogative to go slaughter 100 innocent people, you a&*hole. I hear Norway doesn't have a death penalty. Maybe they should ship him over here and let us take care of business.

fair enough....i thought of writing conservatives, but really what i mean are the small R republicans. the fact is, American conservatism and republicanism (again, small r, as in not the Republican party, but as in the tradition that evolved in opposition to monarchism) are essentially synonymous.

Saul Alinsky is to Barack Obama what the founding fathers are to Republicans.

BOLTON FOR PRESIDENT

What a douche.

1. "realpolitik," big word. you're getting off on this, aren't you? so, "politics does NOT = people who old office to get off on ruling over others," BUT according to your humble assessment, "politics is EVERY politician's raison d'etre." which one is it?
2. yes, you said "if," but it's obviously the implication, otherwise it would be quite a non sequitur, no?
3. a. "Alinskyite" is not a phrase, it's a word. genius
3. b. "anyone" is singular, "themselves" is plural. genius
3. c. how does the usage of a word (sorry, "phrase") constitute "parroting right wing talking points"? I can't use the adjectival form of Alinsky without being accused of being a partisan automaton?

The fact is that Obama is making decisions of national security, i.e. troop deployments, with his 2012 re-election as the top concern/priority. I mean, he had to be dragged, kicking and screaming, to make the decision to order his own "surge," the irony of which was not lost on anyone, given his shrill and jejune criticism of Bush's "surge" in Iraq, which was politically RISKY (i.e. against his own political interests). Obama's generals, his own secretaries of defense and state, are now against this arbitrary drawing down of troop levels; I don't believe that most presidents, indeed any of his predecessors, would have been so vulgarly and cynically political in this way. There's no point in going around insulting people like me in order to deflect attention from this unavoidable fact.

1. politics is not EVERY politician's raison d'etre. there are people who hold office who do not get off on ruling over others, believe it or not.
2. i don't think Obama was the first president to make military decisions based on political calculations. don't put words in my naive and stupid mouth, you genius.
3. i don't have a political agenda; i am weary of people who crave power, who seek power for its own sake.
4. hurling personal insults betrays a lack of good faith. so make civilized, reasonable arguments, or leave me the F alone.

Politics is his raison d'etre, so why would we expect anything otherwise? Bringing the G8 and NATO to Chicago next May....showcasing and grandstanding, cult of personality, machine politics, autocratic ruling by fiat, Alinskyite tactics--these are the Obama legacy.