Fred, I too have tried to talk to people — supposedly educated, upper middle class people — about O’s Socialism, and nobody will hear it. It just doesn’t impact them at all. The depth of their response is “anything is better than Bush.” And I often hear this canard repeated: “McCain wants to be in Iraq for 100 years.” (A brilliant success by the Leftist propaganda machine!) That’s it. BDS is overwhelming everything.

On the topic of what might happen, how fast, etc., I just today came across perhaps the most frightening O quote yet (HT to Roger Kimball’s blog on Pajamas): We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.

How can that not have you sweating with dread? Think on what he said! A “civilian security force”?? What on earth is that? The Stasi? And “just as powerful” as the military? Will they have tanks and jet fighters? And “just as well-funded.” Billions and billions of dollars?

What can it mean? Did he really drop the mask on that comment? The fact that the comment has been scrubed from the printed version of his speech only makes me think more that it’s something he really means.

So Obama is already on record wanting to threaten schools with funding cut offs if they don’t draft everyone 12 and over into “public works” efforts. And now he wants to build a “civilian security force.” I wonder, do those 12 year olds all grow up to be good soldiers in this “civilian” force?

And this is all sweetness and light to O’s followers! It’s Bush, after all, who’s going to bring back the draft. Funny, he seems to be running out of time on that one. Obama is just getting started.