Many critics feel that the Obama administration is trying to recreate the Progressive policies of Woodrow Wilson, or Franklin Delano Roosevelt. I can see how they might jump to that conclusion, but I feel I have to disagree. Mr. Obama is channeling a person from our history, but not a Progressive president. At least I'm pretty sure that P.T. Barnum never held the office.The Obama White House seems to echo Mr. Barnum's deeply held, and widely quoted, belief that "there's a sucker born every minute." And the American public is their choice of sucker to con.Take the situation with Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called Christmas Bomber. The administration now claims that even though he was read his Miranda rights, was provided with an attorney and immediately thereafter refused to answer any questions, is now providing "useful" intelligence data to FBI interrogators. Yeah, right, sure he is, Scooter! Fortunately for the administration, this claim is...(Read Full Post)