The New Intimidator

One thing I don't get about Obama is his penchant for bullying. Those who disagree with him about ANYTHING are called out, insulted, harrassed, denied access, etc. He has almost made disagreement with him a crime.

The latest example is his criticism of the Supreme Court. Not only was it inaccurate substantively, it was unprecedented. Criticizing the Court like this, during the State of the Union, followed by a standing ovation for his comments by the Democrats, clearly sent a message to the Court. It was intimidation more common to 3rd world dictators than presidents of the U.S.

Find me an example of Bush, the evil one, coming anywhere near such blatantly bad behavior. Whatever his faults, Bush didn't constantly complain about the previous administration even though Bush inherited a collapse in the stock market (the telecom bubble burst) and then 9/11.

Obama does it all the time, but I guess in the liberal world view, it's okay to be rude, nasty, and petty as long as "you're on the right side of history." That's how Obama defended Harry Reid's "negro" remarks. That's why Martha Coakley and her minions could accuse Scott Brown of supporting violence against women (when in fact Coakley failed to prosecute a child molester because he was a local union boss).

That's how it is. Republicans have to maintain perfect decorum and conduct at all times or risk being villified and chased out of office. The same goes for Christians and the Catholic Church. Saul Alinsky said that the revolution would be accomplished not by violent takeover, but by using the other side's arguments and standards against them. Since the Democrats take great pains to deny they have personal moral standards, they cannot be criticized when they lie, cheat, or steal. Republicans, for the great crime of recognizing that personal morality does indeed exist, pay a huge price and put themselves and their agenda and the morals themselves at constant peril to charges of hypocrisy.

They are always suspected of being racist, sexist, anti-poor, xenophobic, etc., and are on "the wrong side of history," meaning, they do not buy into the Democratic agenda of social change through government activism to achieve liberal, left-wing ideals.

But, Our Lord himself said repeatedly that speaking and defending the truth doesn't exactly make you friends. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying the Republican political platform is equivalent to revealed truth. But certain things they generally stand for--no abortion, traditional marriage, personal liberty and freedom, limited government, the goodness of religion--are based squarely on truth and so earn them the vitriol and hatred of the left, but it is a cause worth suffering for.