Oh Mark, if only!
Of course Obama will be defended. He may turn out to be a terrible President, but he will still poll 35-40% (minimum) of the vote come 2012, even if things are as bad as many seem to think they might get.
There are people who would DIE before they would EVER vote other than Democrat. I know people just like that, and so does everyone else.
What is scary to many is that political consensus is dissolving on practically everything. In short, everything political will be up for grabs. This is what is the result of the political entropy that whirls about the Obama Administration.
I just read a comment on a lefty blog regarding one “conservative” comment that Obama was indecisive about Afghanistan (the argument was regarding the newest trope that McChystal had spoken out of turn in London last week, which he didn’t if you actually read his words, but no matter), and somebody on the lefty blog insisted that wemust RESPECT Obama because he was the C in C.
Gee, where was all that respect the last few years? Oh yeah, it was that virulent religious fever regarding “Bush Lied!” which trumps all that normal political consensus thing. Disorder trumps reason. Chaos to follow. Film at eleven.
I don’t think that Obama is callous. But he is incredibly careless. As was stated above, he and his administration simply believe in every liberal-left trope from every generation that has been uttered in the 20th Century. They believe without much thought or actual introspection as to the possible consequences of their actions.
That’s why it is political entropy. Every action creates more disorder than before. There is no positive organizing thought or intelligence oriented toward lawful order or reason. There is the appearance of reason, but that is the facade of the Obama’s personality and alleged intellect. It is afterall, illusory.
You can see that it is political entropy as normal politicians in other nations will begin to distance themselves from Obama. How’s that rebuilding of alliances working out?
They do not wish to be sucked into the maelstrom that will surely follow the increasing disorder of the Lightworker and his mythical band of policy Jedi. Even in failure, millions will still defend him, and chant for Hope and Change. They might as well chant for Chaos and Disorder, Wrack and Ruin, Fear and Terror, Ren and Stimpy.
Whether Obama truly heralds a brighter future (?) or is the last gasp of a century of failed ideas (!), he truly is spinning us all to the cusp of great change, for good or ill. We are all certainly living in interesting times.
Lucky us.
