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Here’s an Idea for the President

| @jpodhoretz 01.28.2011 - 3:36 PM

How about the president, who claims a unique affinity with the Muslim world, actually taking at least a modestly advisory role when it comes to a moment of change in the Muslim world? Or is his supposedly unique affinity only with those in unjust leadership positions in that world?

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0 Responses to “Here’s an Idea for the President”

  1. Grumpy Old Man says:
    December 25, 2008 at 7:27 am

    Viva that special loathing!

  2. Pedant von knowitall says:
    December 25, 2008 at 8:37 am

    Kathleen Parker needs to just come out of the closet and can the “I’m a conservative” stuff, but then, if she did, I suppose she would not get the attention she craves.

  3. Banjo says:
    December 25, 2008 at 10:18 am

    Joe Conason has been a Kennedy lick-spittle for years. He would have found a way to explain away the Mary Jo misfortune if he had been on duty.

  4. Ted Turner says:
    December 25, 2008 at 11:24 am

    Over the last few cycles, Democrats have become addicted to celebrity candidates. They command favorable press; they generate huge crowds; they electrify the interest of the public; and they have access to huge amounts of cash. In the short term, the Democrats have benefited from this, because the collapse of the GOP occurred at precisely the same time. But all addictions are dangerous, because the addict will ultimately become consumed by his vice. Sweet Caroline may be the place where this propensity of the Democrats jumps the shark. Whether Kennedy gets the seat or not really doesn’t matter – in fact, strategically it’s better for the GOP if she does, because it will fit with a growing narrative: the Democrats are the party of the elite, the GOP the part of Main Street, Sam’s Club, whatever other cliche you want to roll out. All the Republicans need then is for a match to be put to the kindling, and they will have that if the Democrats fail to deliver over the next two years.

  5. Jeff says:
    December 25, 2008 at 4:24 pm

    Kirchik,

    if a state Governor isn’t qualified to be Vice President, nobody is.

  6. Chris Bolts Sr. says:
    December 26, 2008 at 12:40 pm

    #5, my thoughts exactly. Never mind that the three of the last four presidents have all been governors. Obviously, “experience” is in the eye of the beholder, and unfortunately for snobby, intellectual elites – whether left or right – anyone who is not approved by “them” would never be experienced based on their criteria (what that criteria is is anyone’s guess).

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