Aside from disastrous policies and a poorly veiled socialistic legislative agenda, perhaps the most insidious and unglamorous aspect about Barack Obama's comportment as president is his unrelenting reliance on low rent snipes aimed at stoking the flames of class warfare. The division and civil infighting among classes is, in Obama's mind, the best opportunity for political survival. We are talking about Obama's own political survival. He could give a rip about his own party unless it somehow affects him.
The damage, the strife, and the contentiousness that his trash talk engenders is harmful to the nation and a hinderance to our economic recovery - to the extent that economic recoveries are boosted and made possible amid an environment that focuses on the business of America rather than causing harm with ceaseless sophomoric taunts.
Obama's use of class warfare is not novel. It was on national display during the presidential campaign (see FW November 5, 2008 post). What is disturbingly disappointing is the incessant drumbeat and pedestrian quality of Obama's finger-pointing shrieks. The man appears not to have matured while in office. His conduct has degenerated. On that note, he would do himself a favor by losing the Mussolini style narcissistic head gestures -- chin juts up, eyes dart down.
There is a saying that "patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings". In that vein, perhaps it is fitting to state that "tawdry fulmination is the first shield (and sword) that a demogogue grasps". Saul Alinsky would be proud of his Sancho Panzaesque disciple. Obama promised a different tone in Washington. He delivered.
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