[JasonC]

There is way too much uninformed and poorly aimed criticism, and not enough that is actually on target. He is being called a communist for what he shares with George Bush. Instead of attacking waste in a "stimulus" bill the right is talking as though Bernanke and the Fed are a grand communist conspiracy. That makes everything the democratic left does as legitimate as technocratic pragmatism and it is an utterly foolish line to take. Next the right will claim the administration are all traitors because they serve coffee at state dinners.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

I understand your point of view and where it is coming from. Although I disagree, I don't see political humor as a problem. In college we studied the differences between Democratic Socialism, Fabian Socialism, the Marxist radicalism of the Saul Alinsky type that Obama likes, and Communism. As well as the Soviet Union and the American liberal movement in the Democratic Party which has always viewed Socialism more sympathetically. Perhaps that is where the informational content can be improved.

There are important issues involved. We can disagree and move on from here. If you can't get hold of Mark Levin's book, The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America by George Nash or Thomas Sowell's book Marxism would also come in handy. Opposition to statism is integral to conservatism. It is not based solely on economic determinism or militarism. Playful political humor is also part of that. The nutjobophobia tangent, while interesting and amusing, will not advance conservatism very far in this cycle. It is important to distinguish between political jokes and the more serious charges of Communism that might arise.

Whatever Disagreements Obama might have had with Edmund Burke and the Marquess of Salisbury perhaps Prof. Strauss's Natural Right and History would be the route to go for those seeking a different kind of debate. Or do you think Rousseau? With the crapstorm and nutjob problem at the basis of this. It would seem like Obama would find some sympathy with Rousseau, particularly with the Third World Banana Republic direction. He could always take that up with Sarkozy the next time he is explaining why he is embarrassed by America. It all boils down to the problem of the will and how they view the claims of the state over the individual.