The pattern continues at home. Write something the campaign doesn’t like? You might find yourself the recipient of any angry late night call or wake up to find the campaign is sending out attack memos at your expense.
Just this week more evidence of this paranoia persona surfaced. When asked about his visit to bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, Obama complained that the TV’s always seemed to be tuned to Fox News. Not content to question the soldiers’ choice in news Obama went on to insinuate that President Bush had somehow commanded the military to watch Fox News.
In Nixon’s worldview the liberal establishment was always out to get him and everything he did was justified in fighting that enemy. In Obama’s equally warped view, anything that gets in the way of his success is by definition racist, a smear, or a distraction from the issues that matter. He is always, and has always been, consistent and right; and if you feel otherwise you must have misunderstood. Oh, and it is always President Bush’s fault.
But for those that haven’t drunk the Kool-Aid what is increasingly clear is that the only issue that matters to Obama is his getting elected. Everything, and everyone, else are just props on the stage.
The question you have to ask yourself is what happens when the show is over?
Richard H. Collins is the founder of StopHerNow.com, a website dedicated to educating the public about Hillary Clinton’s liberal record.