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Frank Gaffney continues his descent into madness (both of the insanity and the still being mad about November variety) with a screed that's beyond belief. Here's the CliffNotes version:
... Barack Hussein Obama would have to be considered America's first Muslim president ... a stunning conclusion seems increasingly plausible: The man now happy to have his Islamic-rooted middle name featured prominently has engaged in the most consequential bait-and-switch since Adolf Hitler duped Neville Chamberlain over Czechoslovakia at Munich ... there is mounting evidence that the president not only identifies with Muslims, but actually may still be one himself ... he has aligned himself with adherents to what authoritative Islam calls Shariah -- notably, the dangerous global movement known as the Muslim Brotherhood -- to a degree that makes Mr. Clinton's fabled affinity for blacks pale by comparison ... Whether Mr. Obama actually is a Muslim or simply plays one in the presidency may, in the end, be irrelevant. What is alarming is that in aligning himself and his policies with those of Shariah-adherents such as the Muslim Brotherhood, the president will greatly intensify the already enormous pressure on peaceful, tolerant American Muslims to submit to such forces - and heighten expectations, here and abroad, that the rest of us will do so as well.
Eugene Robinson weighs in on President Obama's Cairo speech:
There are those who believe that admitting mistakes is a sign of weakness. I think it's a sign of confidence and strength, and I believe that's how it was received by Obama's intended audience.
Perhaps the best indication of how Obama played in Cairo is the reaction of his competitors for the hearts and minds of the Muslim world. The Associated Press reported Sunday that the Iranian-backed, Lebanon-based guerrilla group Hezbollah, an influential radical Saudi cleric and the Egypt-based Muslim Brotherhood all warned followers not to be taken in by Obama's seductive words -- which suggests a fear that Obama had been dangerously effective. A Web site that often reflects the thinking of al-Qaeda referred to the president after the speech as a "wise enemy."
William McGurn has some complaints about the White House tricking the media about job creation numbers, and so who better to go to for some perspective than a former Bush administration spokesman?
David Gratzer is concerned about health care reform, or as he explains it, CANADA!!
Kevin Baine states the obvious:
There is something profound, but also something superficial, about the debate that occurs every time a Supreme Court justice is nominated. The debate is profound because it probes the delicate role of an independent judiciary in a democracy. But it becomes superficial when it turns into an argument over whether judges should be making law or simply interpreting it. For a nominee, the safe answer is that the Supreme Court should interpret law, not make it. It would be refreshing, however, if the nominee acknowledged that courts, including the Supreme Court, make law all the time -- and then explain how they do so.
David Brooks endorses Sonia Sotomayor in a way that brings to mind the expression, "damns with faint praise."
Ross Douthat gives his .02 on the murder of George Tiller and abortion. It makes you realize how truly worthless .02 is.
Cal Thomas waxes poetic about Ronald Reagan and dreams of the second-coming.
Derrick Z. Jackson wants President Obama to step up:
Since Obama has been president, the NRA has been getting what it wants, no regulations and a censoring of reasonable, thoughtful debate. Meanwhile, the children in Chicago keep getting mowed down, with three dozen school-age children killed so far this year.