Barack Obama is being praised by his critics and criticized by some of his admirers, for the moderation of his appointments and pre-coronation decisions. To me, the selection of familiar faces like Joe Biden, Hilary Clinton, and Robert Gates reveals not statesmanship but fear. The poor fellow does not have the faintest idea of how to steer the country through war and financial chaos, and he has to find people with sufficient experience to know where the light switches are and what sort of envelopes to put the boodle in– no matter how much they might differ from him on basic policies. And, knowing most politicians are crooks and liars, he must believe it hardly matters what Joe or Hilary may have said in the past, so long as they still maintain their lust for wealth and power.
To the extent he has ever though about anything–and the evidence would suggest the estimate of “not much”–Obama probably remains the White-hating Marxist who picked Jeremaiah Wright as his guru and who has been celebrated by Louis Fararkhan as the Messiah (or at least the voice of the Messiah.) But it hardly matters. He is much the protégé of the Cook County machine as Rahm Emmanuel and Rad Blagojevich. Does anyone seriously think that Illinois’ governor is in trouble because of his principles?
My favorite selection is not any member of the Cabinet but Obama’s choice for inaugural preacher: Rick Warren, the world-famous pastor of Saddleback Mountain Church, advocate of the profit-driven life, the Gantry of Gantrys. What a lot this says about the infanticidal President-elect’s committments and the allegedly pro-life Preacher Warren. They make a perfect pair-what chuckles they must have when they get together to compare notes on the rubes who give them money. How Sam Francis would have loved this great moment in our history! Where is H.L. Mencken when you need him? Even he could not have done justice to Blago, Obama, and Warren.
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