Is Obama Naïve?

National Review ^ | September 24, 2009 | Michael Ledeen

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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Is Obama Naïve?   [Michael Ledeen]

I don't think so. I think that he rather likes tyrants and dislikes America. I think he'd like to be more powerful, I think he is trying to get control over as much of our lives as he can, so that he can put an end to the annoying tumult of our public life. As when he said (about health care) to the Congress, "Okay, you've talked enough, now it's time to do the right thing (my thing)." And he's trying to end American power in the outside world. He's saying "I'm going to stop us, before we kill again."

There is nothing unusual about elitist hatred of freedom. Back in the 18th century, when book publishing really got going, British authors were infuriated that they had to submit to the judgment of a marketplace. They didn't want to be judged by people who were obviously inferior to them, and there was a great rage among the intelligentsia, including some very famous men. And in modern times, we can all name famous intellectuals who fawned all over Mussolini, Stalin, Fidel, and even Hitler.

American politics are very fractious, and always have been. Leaders are constantly frustrated, and some of them come to yearn for an end to our freedom. They think they know best, they just want to tell us what to do and have us shut up and do it. I think Obama is one of them. He's not naïve. It's different. He doesn't like the way things work here, he thinks he can do much better, and he's possessed of the belief that America has done a lot of terrible things in the world, and should be prevented from doing such things ever again. The two convictions mesh perfectly. It's The Best and the Brightest run amok.

Democratic leaders' envy of tyrants' power can be understood. But it can't be forgiven.

09/24 10:31 AMShare

[greyfoxx39]

I don' need no steekin' elections!

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[Enterprise]

‘Bour as naive as a baby viper.

[all the best]

Naive? No, evil.

[cpdiii]

No he is not Naive. He is a Marxist. Taken in that viewpoint, his actions are perfectly logical.

[Marty62]

“Okay, you’ve talked enough, now it’s time to do the right thing”

Typical tyrant.
I’ve put up with your chattering for long enough, shut up and do what I tell you....or else.

[nhwingut]

"Is Obama Naive Communist? YES

[Kakaze]

This man knows exactly what he is doing, his mistake is believing he is truly in charge.

When those who control his strings take back the power, obama will be a deer in the head lights.

He is "leading" us into a absolute mess.

[Loyal Buckeye]

Obama is a product of his upbringing and it ain't pretty.

[Names Ash Housewares]

[brownsfan]

Naive? Yep.
Marxist - Yep.
Racist - Yep.
Arrogant - Yep.

Nice traits for a president... not.

[ETL]

He isn’t naive in doing the damaging things he’s doing to our country. ie, his and his commie advisers’ intention is to destroy the U.S. as we know it. But he is naive in that he blames America for the world’s problems and still believes in communism.

[Tolik]

Obama Likes Tyrants and Dislikes America . . . and Here's More Proof   [by Andy McCarthy]

Michael hits the nail on the head . . . and then comes this: The Obama administration has notified Congress of the State Department's intention to contribute $400,000 to foundations run by Muammar Qaddafi's two children — $200,000 each for daughter Aisha and son Saif. Saif, you may recall, is the son who escorted the Lockerbie terrorist Abdel Baset al-Megrahi home to a hero's welcome in Libya after President Obama sternly "warned" Qaddafi that there was to be no hero's welcome.

Illinois Republican congressman Mark Steven Kirk (House Appropriations Subcommittee on State/Foreign Operations) has sent Obama a letter asking him to rescind the funding.

Could somebody please tell this president that this is not just Annenberg Foundation cash he's passing out to his personal terrorist pals like Bill Ayers but American taxpayer dollars he's doling out to the terrorist tyrant behind the murder — in just that one incident — of 270 people, including 189 Americans.

Just 40 months to go. God help us.

09/24 10:54 AM

[stockpirate]

No he’s a fascist/communist.

[PLD]

I think BO is a fool and he has all his little fools around him to guide him..His wife makes the decisions in all he does..He told us that he makes no decisions without getting an okay from his wife..

http://www.theobamafile.com/ObamaWife.htm

[expatguy]

bttt

[ThePatriotsFlag]

Remember Bill Clinton saying he “didn’t inhale”? Now, liken that to Mr. Obama saying he “didn’t listen” in church all those 20 years (to the black liberation, hate America stuff).

[dk/coro]

Naive ? Maybe.
Evil? Without a doubt.

Traitorous? Without a shadow of a doubt.

This Marxist is dedicated to the steady, incremental destruction of our Republic — and its re-emergence as just one more totally Socialist state — complete with an elite hierarchy (complete with all the perks of unbridled power) in total control of the faceless masses.

Truly glad I am in my eighth decade. But, I grieve for the following generations in our once-great nation.

PS: Zero, strongly suggest that you ensure the Secret Service boys and girls are happy campers. *S*

[OB1kNOb]

Naive? Sort of. Deluded is a more accurate description. His vision of reality is entirely different than normal people. His reality is based on his pathological narcissistic personality disorder in which all the world is his stage and he is a god-like actor.

[Jo Nuvark]

My son, fear the LORD and the king; Do not
associate with those who are given to CHANGE,
for their calamity will rise suddenly, and who
knows the ruin that comes from both of them?

—Proverbs 24:21 & 22—