The State of Politics

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What, Me Worry?

It's March. The world is aflame. Economic crisis. Unemployment crisis. Middle East crises. Japan earthquake/tsunami/nuclear crises. Iranian nuclear weapons crisis. Gas prices crisis. Humanitarian crises.

Good thing we've got a competent president who's on top of it all. In fact, his schedule over the past few days has revealed just how laser-focused he has been on all of these disasters. Saturday night, he donned white tie and delivered warmed-over yuks at the Gridiron Dinner. Sunday, he played yet another round of golf. Today, he's picking his NCAA college basketball brackets, to air tomorrow on ESPN. He wears the heavy responsibilities of the office well, no?

Some people think Obama is an inexperienced naif in way over his head. Others think that he knows exactly what he's doing, that he needs and stokes crises for the sinister purposes of remaking the country in a socialist model and the world in a more dangerous, anti-American way.

I think it's possible that both are true: that Obama encourages and relishes crisis (whether in Wisconsin, the deficit and debt, or Libya) as a way to destabilize the existing order and replace it with things far different---wealth-redistributing models in the U.S. and Islamist regimes in the Middle East---WHILE not having a clue what he's truly doing. It's possible he's unleashed the monster but has no idea how to ride or manage it. We've got a president with dark motivations who is in over his head. This is our biggest crisis.

But Alfred E. Newman in the White House can't be bothered with the explosions both here and abroad. Let the world sort itself out. American leadership is overrated. There are brackets to pick.
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