Gerald Warner
The Scotsman [UK]
27 January 2013
THERE is something morbidly mesmerising about watching a great nation in the grip of a power-crazed but incompetent charlatan.
Intelligent observers overseas must have regarded Britain in that light during the Blair regime, though the overwhelming majority of foreigners fell for the hype as moronically as British voters. The inauguration of Barack Obama last week was a similar spectacle, though the glitter has faded on this latest political imposter faster than it did in Blair’s case. The wheels are coming off the Obama bandwagon: last week saw Hillary Clinton rolling downhill, crazily bouncing off obstacles, impelled on her way by a kick from Senator Rand Paul…
…Behind the corny soundbites the message amounted to: “I have the train set to play with for the next four years; I cannot stand for election again so I no longer have to pay lip service to public opinion; and my agenda is to employ a scorched-earth policy in destroying everything that characterises traditional America. My fellow Americans – spin on this.”…
…we already know the programme for the second term: bullying Third World countries into embracing abortion, homosexuality and any other “equality” issue, while deferring to larger powers. Obama memorably assured Vladimir Putin he would be more “flexible” in his second term…
…Four years ago it was possible to feel sympathy for American voters who had been deceived by this charlatan; but this time round they voted, if narrowly, knowing what was in the tin. So hell mend them, but God help the rest of the world.
Read the entire article at The Scotsman.
H/T BizPac: If you’ve ever wondered what people “across the pond” might think of America, a recent column by Gerald Warner of Scotsman.com may shed some light, specifically on the re-election of President Obama…
