re: #34 Gus 802

Sure was a lot of fear mongering involved. Reminded me of the old “Communists are going to take over the world” rhetoric from the Cold War. For some reason it seems a whole lot more personal this time around. I do know that the Communists were doing a heck of a better job at trying to “take over the world” then as they allege, the Muslims, who seem to be rather slow in that goal. Do they honestly feel that much defeat? I’m sure not seeing it.

My problem is the same one I reiterated yesterday and you just enumerated.

The far right has made this more about Obama (demonization, personal vilification, etc.,) than they have made it about policy criticism and so on.

Policy is rigid in an environment that is fluid. There will be good days and bad days. IF the bad days outnumber the good days, chances are bad policy is the cause.

Obama has retained many of the Bush era policies because they were and remain good policies. That’s just smart- and evidence that the President’s priorities when it comes to keeping the nation safe are most important to him.

I have no issue, as I said, with criticizing the President, his policies and administration with meritorious arguments. However, when that criticism is predicated on personal dislikes, deceit and phony and baseless criticisms, that criticism is baseless.