I guess when a Republican is president, dissent is the highest form of patriotism – however a Democratic president deserves unquestioning obedience. The fact that the Obama administration can criticize anyone for not falling in lockstep behinds his national defense policies is the height of hypocrisy when one recalls that he and his friends in the Senate did all they could to wage a jihad agaisnt the Bush administrations attempts to protect this country.
The other day Joe the Plumber after dumping on McCain (and Sarah Palin for supporting his reelection) made a good point – about Obama
I think his ideology is un-American, but he’s one of the more honest politicians. At least he told us what he wanted to do.
Yes he did. Obama’s ultra Left tendencies should not have been a mystery to anyone.
by Jonah Goldberg
Politics should never get in the way of national security,” wrote John Brennan, the White House’s shockingly political deputy national security adviser. His USA Today op-ed last week set off a firestorm inside the Beltway by essentially accusing critics of administration policy of deliberately lying — “misrepresenting the facts to score political points, instead of coming together to keep us safe” — and aiding and abetting al-Qaeda: “Politically motivated criticism and unfounded fear-mongering only serve the goals of al-Qaeda.”
The kind of fight Brennan is asking for is a classic D.C. slugfest, with charges of partisanship and insinuations of unpatriotism. To some it seems like American politics at its worst. It’s certainly not American politics at its best, but maybe it’s not so bad either.
Partisan attacks are the democratic equivalent of a market signal to those in power. Most businessmen hate competition, but successful businesses learn from what the market tells them. Competitors expose vulnerabilities in your product line and deficiencies in your sales pitch. The unhealthiest firms are those that have gone the longest without serious competition. It’s the same in nearly every field of human endeavor. In a democracy, the hope is that serious arguments will win out over frivolous ones. The only way for that to happen is to have the arguments.
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