At the suggestion of someone on the previous thread, thought i’d repost a comment of mine here aiming for some discussion:

Charles et al,

I hardly ever post here, but lurk pretty much daily.

I just wanted to say I appreciate the rationality of this site in recent months. It is really refreshing to read a conservative point of view that doesn’t fly into hysterics when Obama chooses his clothes for the day.

Two thoughts:

1) From a conservative point of view, the recent craziness has a bit of “boy who cried wolf” flavor to it. If/when Obama does propose something truly crazy (Nat’l healthcare notwithstanding) the hysteria/opposition is going to seem old hat. That is unless there’s a part II of this strategy us laymen are not aware of.

2) From a national security point of view—I think one has to be concerned that continually scaring people and rousing them into a fervor is going to eventually lead to violence. It only takes one nut with a gun to do something crazy. If that happens, you’re going to see a lot of right wing leaders racing to wash their hands of the months of panic they helped create.

Thoughts?