The Obama Bus Treatment

An unexpected pre-holiday treat has been the freak out amongst the ObamaPod faithful about how moderate Obama's cabinet picks have been so far. Though, I hold many views that are called "progressive" by The Nation and their ilk (I prefer "liberal") I am happy and relieved to see so many Clinton hands on the deck of the good ship Barack. And watching the Kos Kidz head's pop has leapfrogged seeing conservative sexual hypocrites implode for pure delight in my book.

This year I never could decipher if Obama was a Wall Street stooge or a far lefty whiner. It is apparent so far that he favors Wall Street over Marx (Karl) - not the best of choices but I too prefer Wall Street over Marx (Karl) though not over Marx (Groucho). Competence and an active government inside the faux capitalist system we have now is better than shoving champagne socialism with a violent subtext down the throats of us proletarians.

Obama's goal would seem to be competence - hence all the Clinton left overs. Change is taking a back seat to Shift. Often slight shifts by the look of it. Chances are not high that I'll ever end up liking Obama - but I am growing in faith that he is not going to tilt to the far Left and cause chaos. I doubt he'll be popular in a year. He hasn't got the goods or the balls. He is the apex of the celebrity culture in the moment the society must move away from this lethal nonsense or dissolve. That depression you see in your rear view mirror is closer than it appears.

The Clinton middle ground worked wonders in the 90's. In the midst of a depression it may look more like Gerald Ford than FDR.

The media is starting to choke back compulsive adulation and will have to actually question him in a few months. By Summer the vocal Whole Foods Left will be in a state of Ophelia like insanity - throwing itself in the handiest river.

Cannonfire nails it here.

In a year with few satisfactions, seeing the faux progressives get the Obama Bus treatment is satisfying indeed.