A good book is one that you cannot put down. A great book is one that you have to put down to reflect on what you have read. The mind cannot keep pace with the wonder.
While we are bombarded with scandal and malfeasance on a daily basis--the page-turner if you will--I am forced to stop and reflect on the absurdity of the Columbia University reunion (prior post) where none of Obama's classmates could remember seeing him (never mind interacting with him.)
Perhaps the most intriguing facet to this story is that by Wayne Allyn Root's estimation, 90% of his classmates (or maybe it was 90% of poli sci majors) supported Barack Obama's political campaigns. So we have something even more absurd than the fact that a man who could never get a low-level security clearance would somehow be trusted with our nuclear and espionage secrets.
The greater farce is the unsettling realization that our best and brightest did not give a second thought to handing the keys to a phantom. These are people who know first hand that there is something fundamentally, (umm, is fraudulent too strong a word?) about our president. This is not the TMZ/Justin/Jayzee/Tweety/Oprah crowd.
Yes, some of the these Columbines are beneficiaries of Obama's big government, hyper-legal, pro-lawyer agenda. But 90% of them do not have fortunes that rise and fall with Jeffrey Immelt's or David Axelrod's or Stephanie Cutter's. The loudest irony of the Obama campaign was that he was largely supported by people who would not benefit and might even be damaged by his rise to power. The Millenials, African-Americans and public pensioners are but three groups that have not fared well under Obama and we could add other groups to that list.
We don't expect middle aged Ivy Leaguers to be so easily duped. We might think that they would want to kick the tires and maybe even look under the hood. Apparently not.
I wish other people shared my curiosity about the invisible man. But we seem to be a distinct minority. Guess it's time to turn the page.
1 comment:
Of course Obama went to Columbia. Richard Windsor confirms knowing him when he was an undergrad.
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