The new "fighting" Obama is a fraud

Not to leap to conclusions, but it would seem that Obama intends to fight. Like The Narrator in “Fight Club,” he has tired of hugging victims and wants to punch the daylights out of . . . somebody. But didn’t Obama run on just the opposite?

We’re not a nation of red states or blue states, he told us. We are the United States of America. Except we’re not — and that’s the problem Obama faces Wednesday night. The emergence of Obama’s heretofore-absent pugilist merely adds another layer to the real challenge before him. Is he trustworthy?

For a year now, Obama’s visionary, unifying words haven’t matched the results. It isn’t entirely his fault, but his leftward agenda took him far from center field where he was when optimistic Americans watched his pregame warmup. Since last January, watching him has been like watching a movie where the soundtrack hasn’t been synchronized with the actors’ lips…

Americans didn’t elect a fighter; they elected a visionary who promised a new spirit of cohesion, cooperation and community. While some now may view their romance with hope as a one-night stand, voters are reliably fickle. They can be courted and persuaded, but first they have to trust.