I happened to open Real Clear Politics this morning to see an article listed from leftist site The Nation which calls President Trump a "Warmongering Lunatic". It really is amazing if you think about it. Here's a site that spent over a year calling Trump a puppet of Putin of Russia. Now, Trump has suddenly become a warmonger because he is confronting the Chinese on trade, the North Koreans on nukes, and the Russians on using nerve gas to kill former spies in the UK. So the Russian puppet is confronting Russia and -- according to The Nation -- he loses either way.
That's bad enough, but I also think it is worth remembering what the response by those of the ilk of The Nation was to people who called Obama something like a "dithering fool". That idea for the prince of indecision was something that was oft expressed during the Obama years in the White House. According to The Nation, that assessment of Obama was nothing more than an expression of pure racism. There was no need to look at what Obama did or did not do; it was enough to know that Obama was an African American and therefore any criticism had to be condemned as racist.
One thing is interesting: in responding to both Obama and Trump, The Nation has displayed what one should charitably call a streak of mental illness. First, they couldn't grasp the idea that Obama might do the wrong thing without those who point out his error being racist. Then they couldn't grasp the idea that Trump can also do the correct thing at least some of the time. I'm sure that those who agree with The Nation are already preparing to call this post an assault on the First Amendment. Somehow, they never seem to see reality.
That's bad enough, but I also think it is worth remembering what the response by those of the ilk of The Nation was to people who called Obama something like a "dithering fool". That idea for the prince of indecision was something that was oft expressed during the Obama years in the White House. According to The Nation, that assessment of Obama was nothing more than an expression of pure racism. There was no need to look at what Obama did or did not do; it was enough to know that Obama was an African American and therefore any criticism had to be condemned as racist.
One thing is interesting: in responding to both Obama and Trump, The Nation has displayed what one should charitably call a streak of mental illness. First, they couldn't grasp the idea that Obama might do the wrong thing without those who point out his error being racist. Then they couldn't grasp the idea that Trump can also do the correct thing at least some of the time. I'm sure that those who agree with The Nation are already preparing to call this post an assault on the First Amendment. Somehow, they never seem to see reality.
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