I, for one, blame the reverse vampires, in league with the RAND corporation
In my previous post, Dr. Jones links to this Andy McArthy post at The Corner, which offers the following quote from the Spectator‘s Melanie Phillips: You have to pinch yourself – a Marxisant radical who all his life has been mentored by, sat at the feet of, worshipped with, befriended, endorsed the philosophy of, funded ...
In my previous post, Dr. Jones links to this Andy McArthy post at The Corner, which offers the following quote from the Spectator's Melanie Phillips: You have to pinch yourself – a Marxisant radical who all his life has been mentored by, sat at the feet of, worshipped with, befriended, endorsed the philosophy of, funded and been in turn funded, politically promoted and supported by a nexus comprising black power anti-white racists, Jew-haters, revolutionary Marxists, unrepentant former terrorists and Chicago mobsters, is on the verge of becoming President of the United States. And apparently it’s considered impolite to say so. Now I have to say, if Barack Obama were actually capable of pulling together such diverse constituencies as revolutionary Marxists and the Chicago Mob, well, that would be pretty impressive. I'm beginning to wonder if the meetings of McCain supporters are starting to resemble this meeting: I'm sympathetic to the argument that Obama has been less than candid about his connection to Ayers. This kind of nuttery, however, can only bring The Simpsons to mind.
In my previous post, Dr. Jones links to this Andy McArthy post at The Corner, which offers the following quote from the Spectator‘s Melanie Phillips:
You have to pinch yourself – a Marxisant radical who all his life has been mentored by, sat at the feet of, worshipped with, befriended, endorsed the philosophy of, funded and been in turn funded, politically promoted and supported by a nexus comprising black power anti-white racists, Jew-haters, revolutionary Marxists, unrepentant former terrorists and Chicago mobsters, is on the verge of becoming President of the United States. And apparently it’s considered impolite to say so.
Now I have to say, if Barack Obama were actually capable of pulling together such diverse constituencies as revolutionary Marxists and the Chicago Mob, well, that would be pretty impressive. I’m beginning to wonder if the meetings of McCain supporters are starting to resemble this meeting:
I’m sympathetic to the argument that Obama has been less than candid about his connection to Ayers. This kind of nuttery, however, can only bring The Simpsons to mind.
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner
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