Even as president-elect Obama in 2008 was forming what seemed to be a centrist cabinet, the far left cleaved to the theory that Obama was a stealth leftist radical whose real agenda was their dream agenda: redress the income inequalities of the capitalist system, empower women and minorities, cripple the fossil fuel industry, and open borders and subordination of American sovereignty to the UN. Leftists like former Weatherman Mark Rudd, pal of Tom Hayden (Hanoi Jane’s mentor) and Bill Ayers former Weather Underground bomber and sometime mentor of Obama, cleaved to the theory that Obama would “feint right move left.” The president was a “genius” since he understood that the public and congress were not ready to embrace the leftist agenda and that initially he would take small steps (the nudge strategy of Cass Sunstein) but then move into full gear after gaining momentum. Obama’s centrist appointments were “… but a...(Read Full Post)