Hondo: … We have a Polish hostage.
Deke: So what if he’s Polish?
Hondo: No, no. Means he’s one of those: “Anyone comes in, I’ll blow my head off” type of guys.
Over a The Smallest Minority, Kevin has a post up about two letters to the President– one by a 94 year old Navy vet, and the other by the former VP of Procter & Gamble. The title of the post comes from a quote out of the Navy vet’s letter: “I am amazed, angry and determined not to see my country die before I do, but you seem hell bent not to grant me that wish.”
Indeed, Obama seems to be a Polish hostage– if we attempt to keep him from hurting others (i.e., pass another of his legislative abominations), he’ll hurt himself (attack others and basically do everything he can to drive down his approval rating). Mr. Pritchett (the former P&G VP) said it best:
You scare me because you will not openly listen to or even consider opposing points of view from intelligent people. You scare me because you falsely believe that you are both omnipotent and omniscient. You scare me because the media gives you a free pass on everything you do. You scare me because you demonize and want to silence the Limbaughs, Hannitys, O’Relllys and Becks who offer opposing, conservative points of view. You scare me because you prefer controlling over governing. Finally, you scare me because if you serve a second term I will probably not feel safe in writing a similar letter in 8 years.
Just like an actual barricaded “Polish hostage,” Obama has his share of standers-by… you know, the ones who always get interviewed for the 10 o’clock news? “Mr. Ripper was a real quiet guy… he had some wild parties– you know, women, screaming, chainsaws, the works… but he was a friendly neighbor, always had chats with my wife and daughter. I don’t know why the SWAT team went after him…”
And, like the guys down the block– who got freaked out by Mr. Ripper– the people most freaked out by Obama’s moves tend to be those outside the country:
What have you done? You have bought into a fraudulent narrative. You have made a Faustian bargain with a suave Mephistophelian who offers hope and change but delivers instead inevitable suffering and a violated people. As in all such compacts, the price for a brief state of euphoria is subsequent prolonged distress. You have given carte blanche to a man with a personal dossier blacked out in many places like a letter from the front, so as not, apparently, to divulge sensitive information. You have raised among you a man whose friends and influences would surely have precluded him from meriting your confidence had you paid attention to plain facts rather than to quasi-mystical incantations. You have anointed a man with a sinister agenda. You have voted for your historical nemesis who with his every move and decision renders you increasingly insecure in a violent and unforgiving world.
From 48 to 52– when you decide to take responsibility, we’ll be here.
