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By Victor Volsky
Charles Krauthammer's formidable intellect did not suffice to see through the pretensions of moderation offered by Barack Obama in the 2008 campaign. There is a lesson in this incident.
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Krauthammer mentioned the well-known story of how in January 2009, a week before the inauguration, President-elect Barack Obama met a group of five or six leading conservative pundits at George Will's residence. Prior to the meeting, Krauthammer and Will shared their puzzlement at how little was known about Obama's philosophy and ideological leanings. "Was he a centrist Democrat who would occasionally throw a bone to the left, or a man of the left who would occasionally throw a bone to the center?" wondered Dr. Krauthammer. George Will concurred, likening the new President of the United Sates to a Rorschach inkblot test into which people read their own preferences.
Read more:
Articles: Obama and the Willful Blindness of the Conservative Beltway Intelligentsia
In reading the complete Op-ed one is led to wonder about who is the real Obama and why did he deny and hide his Socialist ideology?
Charles Krauthammer's formidable intellect did not suffice to see through the pretensions of moderation offered by Barack Obama in the 2008 campaign. There is a lesson in this incident.
{Snip}
Krauthammer mentioned the well-known story of how in January 2009, a week before the inauguration, President-elect Barack Obama met a group of five or six leading conservative pundits at George Will's residence. Prior to the meeting, Krauthammer and Will shared their puzzlement at how little was known about Obama's philosophy and ideological leanings. "Was he a centrist Democrat who would occasionally throw a bone to the left, or a man of the left who would occasionally throw a bone to the center?" wondered Dr. Krauthammer. George Will concurred, likening the new President of the United Sates to a Rorschach inkblot test into which people read their own preferences.
Read more:
Articles: Obama and the Willful Blindness of the Conservative Beltway Intelligentsia
In reading the complete Op-ed one is led to wonder about who is the real Obama and why did he deny and hide his Socialist ideology?
