“In order to be a liberal, you have to like every stupid idea Barack Obama has”

In order to be a new and improved “progressive” Republican (such as Christie, Rubio, Jeb Bush), you have to like at least half of the stupid ideas Barack Obama has.

Powers remarked that it’s at the point where “in order to be a liberal, you have to like every stupid idea Barack Obama has.”

This is dangerous. This is what happened in Germany in the 30s with NAZIs except that detractors were shot then, now they are just excommunicated from the party. Democrats who show any detraction from party orthodoxy or offer criticisms of the “dear leader” get shunned, impugned and are not given public roles with in media and party. They are generally treated with disdain by the media. The only criticism that is allowed are leftists who claim Obama is not far enough left. This is how the leftist press advances their agenda. And, of course, Republicans get the Palin treatment.

I think the biggest problem is that Americans continue to get most of their information from TV. Yes, Fox leads in the ratings game, but everything else on TV is owned by the left including not only so called “news” but also “entertainment” and most every other area of TV media. I could argue that the media now has more power than the politicians these days. They don’t speak truth to power anymore, instead they are the ones pulling the strings. They can make or break anyone and the politicians on both sides know it.

Judith Miller said the reactions to Obama’s speeches are becoming just as predictable as the speeches themselves.

Are becoming? I’m not much of a gambler, but I would place a bet on those reactions. They have been rather reliable for quite a long time now.

a Democrat currently caught up in a possible underaged! prostitution scandal.