January 04, 2011
J. Robert Smith
Jeffrey Lord at The American Spectator has a must-read analysis of Stanley Kurtz' book, Radical-in-Chief: Barack Obama and the Untold Story of the American Left.
President Obama's inner socialist comes as no surprise to AT readers. AT contributors have been sleuthing and documenting Mr. Obama's leftward tilt since the 2008 presidential campaigns.
But Kurtz's book is important, in that Kurtz's findings and conclusions may well reach audiences that are less conservative and that are less diligent in understanding not only Mr. Obama's roots, but the strategy the President and his cohorts are employing to impose socialism on an unwilling majority.
Make no mistake, President Obama's "Socialist Realignment Strategy" has the stuff of a coup -- a coup using legislative and executive authority to ram through radical changes that empower Washington politicians and bureaucrats as never before. Americans have witnessed this strategy in action since Mr. Obama assumed power in January of 2009. Stopping ObamaCare would be a critical practical and symbolic victory in the war for freedom. Read More
