Posted on 02/25/2015 1:47:01 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
And when the questions are this far afield, this cartoonish, this ridiculous, Republicans and Democrats alike should commend a politician whose response is, like most of ours would be, “Huh?”
As a member of the political press, I have to say, the media’s recent attempts at exposing Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker as an unsuitable presidential candidate have been nothing short of embarrassing.
If you were dropped into America from Mars — nay, Canada! — you’d have the distinct impression that we only elected amateur psychologists, who were required to peer into the soul of some guy named Barack Obama, who is not running for President in 2016. Let’s stop the madness.
Does Scott Walker believe that President Obama loves this country? Does he believe Obama is a Christian?
To the first, which was asked because another person who is not running for President said he does not, Walker answered, “the mayor can speak for himself.”
To the second he replied, “I don’t know,” which is apparently sacrilege, unless you are one of the many Democrats who have suggested outright that the President is not a Christian.
Walker went on to rightly and articulately condemn this question as absurd: “To me this is a classic example of why people hate Washington and increasingly they dislike the press. The things they care about don’t even remotely come close to what you’re asking about.”
Absolutely right.
Yet, the media is insisting, quite earnestly, that Walker’s answers to these questions that have nothing to do with policy or legislation ought to disqualify him from running for President.
No, really.
Dana Milbank, in the Washington Post: “What Scott Walker did ought to disqualify him as a serious presidential contender.”
Also, Walker’s answers to these insane questions somehow prove he’s lacking leadership.
MSNBC.com: “Scott Walker Faces Leadership Test, Fails.”
Democratic National Committee spokeswoman Holly Shulman: “Today, Walker has proven himself once again to be unfit to lead.”
Forget that Democrats for years suggested that George W. Bush was unpatriotic, racist, a religious zealot, a Nazi even! Forget that the Vice President has made numerous racially insensitive remarks for which no one (including Joe Biden) has been held accountable.
That these folks can say and write this stuff of a guy who is, for one thing, 18 months away from the 2016 elections, and for another a Governor who won three elections in four years, is something to marvel at. If only hyperventilating and hyperbole won Pulitzers.
But inexplicably, it’s not just the left that’s pushing the argument that Walker’s refusal to answer categorically absurd questions about the President’s inner psyche was somehow a mistake.
My friend and colleague Matt Lewis at the Daily Beast admitted the questions were “stupid,” but still insisted that “campaigns are crucibles, and if the last couple of days are a harbinger of things to come, he’s in trouble.”
With whom? Only the media care what Scott Walker thinks Obama thinks. Voters care about what Walker will do.
Joe Scarborough in Politico also agreed these questions were “inane,” but still offered advice to others to avoid Walker’s “unforced errors”:
“Don’t take the bait and do not appear to be questioning the president’s patriotism or faith.” Agreed! So how did Walker fail either of these tests, exactly?
And Republican strategist Dan Senor also warned the GOP field to avoid getting caught up in these strange discussions:
“The last thing we want is to be drawn into a psychoanalytical debate about what is in the president’s heart.” Exactly, so why should Walker have answered any differently?
What all these folks are actually suggesting is that Walker should have, in fact, not only psychoanalyzed the President but defended him as well, if only to quell the angry mob press.
Lewis thinks Walker should have said, “Yes the president is a Christian. His policies are bad.”
Scarborough wants Walker to have said, “I believe this president loves his country even if his policies are dangerously misguided.”
Senor wants Walker to have said, “I don’t challenge President Obama’s love for America; I challenge his agenda for America.”
There are good arguments that winning elections means playing the game, and I’m the first to admit that sometimes that means putting politics before principles.
But answering questions that have nothing to do with policy or legislation isn’t just playing the game — it concedes that these are appropriate things to discuss.
And when the questions are this far afield, this cartoonish, this ridiculous, Republicans and Democrats alike should commend a politician whose response is, like most of ours would be, “Huh?”
Me too!!!!
Call obama, the enemy of We the People by his name: communist/socialist/marxist/muslim supporter. Many folks don’t know the definition of the word statist, but they, for the most part, know what communism, socialism, maxism and the words “muslim sympathizer” mean.
LOL That is great!
I totally agree. They have done some damage to our country that has continued under the Democrats for sure.
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Love My Gov! :)
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