Alireza,
Really? Seriously? You take umbrage to the authors points about the war of ideas and the left, specifically Obama, clinging to failed ideas from a now defunct era, so that must mean someone with an agenda has stolen the identity or credentials of Dr. Ledeen, because there is no way such an educated man could make such statements.
The factually accurate statement is that the Democrats are advocating more government solutions to issues such as energy, healthcare, poverty, unemployment, labor rights. And that is what is considered a top-down approach, government providing a solution.
No one is suggesting that ideas don’t work, however if you read the original article you might find that Dr. Ledeen is suggesting that certain ideas already attempted and failed should be discarded, rather than repackaged. And that Obama in selling such repackaged ideas is showing his age, or the age of his thinking.
The proof is in the context of the article, and the ranting of your response, the race isn’t about Bush, he isn’t up for re-election. And simply saying that McCain is a third term for Bush doesn’t make it true. The voters want to know how each candidates ideas will move the country forward, and substance not rhetoric is required for that.
