A Voice in the Wilderness In Defense of "Mere Conservatism"

Amateur Hour

It would be difficult to find someone I fundamentally disagree with more than liberal feminist writer and professor Camille Paglia, but even a broken clock is right twice a day. Writing at Salon.com, Miss Paglia's latest column is a scathing condemnation of the amateurish way in which so many in the White House and Democrat-controlled Congress have handled the current health care debate.

A short excerpt:

Buyer's remorse? Not me. At the North American summit in Guadalajara this week, President Obama resumed the role he is best at -- representing the U.S. with dignity and authority abroad. This is why I, for one, voted for Obama and continue to support him. The damage done to U.S. prestige by the feckless, buffoonish George W. Bush will take years to repair. Obama has barely begun the crucial mission that he was elected to do.

Having said that, I must confess my dismay bordering on horror at the amateurism of the White House apparatus for domestic policy. When will heads start to roll? I was glad to see the White House counsel booted, as well as Michelle Obama's chief of staff, and hope it's a harbinger of things to come. Except for that wily fox, David Axelrod, who could charm gold threads out of moonbeams, Obama seems to be surrounded by juvenile tinhorns, bumbling mediocrities and crass bully boys.

Regardless your political views, or personal feelings about the health care issue, you really need to read the rest of this piece here. The condescending way in which the administration and so many among the leadership in Congress are treating the dissenters at townhall meetings will absolutely continue to come back to bite them.

The 2010 mid-term elections can't come soon enough!