I think yesterday
afternoon’s Drudge homepage deserves a revisit.
I have long maintained that
Obama has a totalitarian streak.
But I cannot recall that being asserted so strongly in a mainstream
venue before Drudge yesterday. And
Matt Drudge is no fool and no extremist.
Now although I am convinced
Obama’s totalitarian streak will contribute greatly to his downfall, I am
unsure whether the perception of his
totalitarian streak will be much of a factor. Americans often criticize and ridicule their presidents, but
most do not want to countenance the thought that a current president has
more in common with Hitler and Stalin than with Washington and Lincoln.
Oh sure, Leftist loons
called W “Bushitler”, and some of the brilliant vanguard on the Right, such as yours
truly, have noted Obama’s streak.
But more mainstream and influential voices have not asserted such about
Obama . . . until yesterday.
I still doubt whether many
outside the Right will perceive Obama as getting his totalitarian on. But . . . but him going after guns may
be the tipping point that gets more people to fear that we do have a President
more akin to Stalin than to Lincoln.
That largely depends how much he is willing to play the dictator in
going after guns. I do think he is
more willing than some think. And,
as I mentioned, vigorous reverence for the 2nd Amendment
crosses party lines. This is an
issue that can set off the alarms of a great many Americans.
Having said that,
Presidents have acted too much like dictators before - FDR and Nixon come to
mind - and few, rightly or wrongly, came to see them as having a totalitarian streak. So I still doubt whether the perception
of Obama’s totalitarian streak will be much of a factor in his downfall.
But it said perception does
become a factor, yesterday’s Drudge may prove to be a moment of import.
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