I understand all of the talk on the right about impeaching President Obama, I really do. It's not just incompetence that has led to the collapse in Iraq, to renewed conflict with Russia, to the fact that the Germans hate us now, to the chaos at the border, and so on. It's the president's dereliction of duty. It's not that he is trying his best and getting it wrong. It's the suspicion, the near-certainty, that he's flubbing everything because he just doesn't care. Or worse, it's the suspicion that American failure—particularly American failure overseas—neatly fits with his ideological prejudices.
The Mencken Dictum
The Mencken Dictum
The Mencken Dictum
I understand all of the talk on the right about impeaching President Obama, I really do. It's not just incompetence that has led to the collapse in Iraq, to renewed conflict with Russia, to the fact that the Germans hate us now, to the chaos at the border, and so on. It's the president's dereliction of duty. It's not that he is trying his best and getting it wrong. It's the suspicion, the near-certainty, that he's flubbing everything because he just doesn't care. Or worse, it's the suspicion that American failure—particularly American failure overseas—neatly fits with his ideological prejudices.