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The Spectacle Blog
Sometimes I think the comments at Mickey Kaus's blog are too smart to have been written by anyone other than Kaus. Here's "Brad," for example:
There is a dreary predictability about Obama. Take outmoded liberal dogma. Double down on it. Ignore empirical evidence. Deride and bully opponents. And when the dogma fails, blame those who resisted. Whether we are talking about health care, economic policy, or the Middle East, the pattern is the same. It is not simply that Obama is wrong on the merits on these issues (although surely he is). It is that Obama’s self-image as the “smartest man in the room” prevents him from learning from errors, absorbing the experience of alternative policy choices, and showing grace and magnanimity toward friends and foes. No wonder Obama has become a sour figure, and the public has soured on him.
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PattyMor| 11.1.10 @ 3:08PM
What do you expect from a guy who learned from high school days, from the rantings of Frank Marshall Davis, the communist. Then he goes to college and seeks out the marxist, communists, disaffected, etc. Thats all he knows; that is who he is.
ggoblue| 11.1.10 @ 3:10PM
as my daddy told me 20 yrs ago...the democrats problem is they believe their own BS...therefore they are never wrong...therefore they can never change.
even tomorrows ass whuppin will be spun away with some excuse...
tomorrow is the day! lets rock, america!
Lesser Weevil| 11.1.10 @ 4:01PM
"Brad" is too kind. It isn't just "his self-image as the 'smartest man in the room'" that prevents him from learning; it's more the fact that that self-image is so wildly at variance with reality.
Maura| 11.2.10 @ 12:00AM
B Hussein Obama isn't nearly as smart as he thinks he is.
JmsA| 11.2.10 @ 1:42AM
...and the same goes for those who continually drool at the mere thought of him.
Bob Miller| 11.1.10 @ 4:13PM
He might be the smartest man in some rooms.
Lesser Weevil| 11.1.10 @ 4:40PM
Yes, until someone else walks in.
SoCon| 11.1.10 @ 5:02PM
LOL!
Tim*| 11.1.10 @ 8:24PM
Apparently, Brad went to The Joey Biden School of Plagiarism.