I was listening to the Diane Rehm show last Friday. There was a discussion about defense priorities and relations in the Middle East and southern Asia. There was a part of the discussion where the panelists were discussing future troop strength in Afghanistan and a number of options were presented.
One of the panelists suggested that Mr. Obama would probably work towards the middle option.
The asshat of the panel chimed in with "As he does on every issue." A classic example of why Ms. Rehm needs a staff "truth detector" for her program. Whenever things get a little....thick, shall we say....the "truth detector" would fire off a klaxon or two to let the audience know that the discussion has significantly deviated from reality.
'Cause the reality is that while Mr. Obama has taken a centrist position on some issues, he has taken some pretty leftist positions on others. Health care comes to mind. Deficit spending and taxation are also areas where he is well left of the center of American political opinion.
I genuinely enjoy listening to NPR. Mostly.
But it is instances like this that make me not only want to end federal subsidies for NPR, but to levy confiscatory taxes on the organization so we can recoup the money wasted on them in years past.
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