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By Roger Kimball

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Staring In Disbelief
2009-03-05 10:31:30

I think you have suffered from a common misperception: that Obama has to be EITHER a foolish incompetent OR a Marxist Leninist. I submit to you that he is both, and in fact SO ARE ALL “TRUE BELIEVER” MARXIST-LENINISTS. Because their foundational theories are all CRAP, and have been proven so innumerable times throughout recorded history, the only way they can maintain their beliefs is through a complete lack of rational, intelligent thought. Now, it is important to distinguish True Believers (i.e. MORONS) from cynical “FALSE BELIEVERS” only using the levers of Marxist rule to achieve what is truly important to them – POWER. Think Lenin: True believer Moron and Stalin: False Believer Power Addict. In the case of our President I believe we have a True Believer Moron (much like the hapless Jimmy Carter). There will be times when we will all be tempted to think “Wow, only an Evil Genius could have brought this about.” but we would be wrong to do so. Never underestimate the power of sheer stupidity on an individual or mass basis. It can accomplish things by accident that look premeditated, and we are prone to think that because humans would rather blame a deterministic evil intent for a catastrophe rather than a tragic coincidence of stupid, self-destructive actions.