Mark Steyn Channels Libertarian Leanings

Libertarian Leanings, August 5, 2009:

But let's be realistic.  The objective of Obama and the Democrats is
not health care reform.  The objective is an enduring progressive
congressional majority that they hope to achieve by forcing Americans
into a dependence upon progressive government for life supporting
medicines and medical care.

Libertarian Leanings, August 15, 2009:

Neither Clinton nor
Obama care in the least what gets passed, as long as it gives
progressive politicians control over special interests and their
money.  Health care reform and climate change legislation are designed
for maximum political control, which means there is one thing we can
know with a certainty.  Whatever comes out of this health care reform
exercise, the least likely is a better health care system.

Mark Steyn, March 6, 2010:

Yes. Because government health care is not about health
care, it’s about government. Once you look at it that way, what the
Dems are doing makes perfect sense. For them.

But not for the rest of us.

Boy, Are We Dumb

As Mark Steyn points out, we're still just too stupid to understand the magnificence of Obama.

So what went wrong? According to Barack Obama, the problem is he overestimated you dumb rubes’ ability to appreciate what he’s been doing for you. “That I do think is a mistake of mine,” the president told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. “I think the assumption was if I just focus on policy, if I just focus on this provision or that law or if we’re making a good rational decision here, then people will get it.”

But you schlubs aren’t that smart. You didn’t get it. And Barack Obama is determined to see that you do. So the president has decided that he needs to start “speaking directly to the American people.”

We don't get it.  That, you see, is why Scott Brown got elected in Massachusetts.  So in order to prevent any more such disruptions to his agenda Obama plans to to speak directly and more effectively to us, and to do that he's decided to make significant changes.

WASHINGTON—Coming off one of the most difficult weeks of his
presidency, Barack Obama has beefed up his political staff and is
expected to deliver an uncompromising State of the Union address. Aides
said Sunday that the White House wasn't making any abrupt policy
shifts, even as the message was retooled to focus more sharply on job
creation.

No policy change? Retool the message to focus more sharply on job creation?  You know, I'm not sure we're smart enough to get that message.