Ouch

Spengler thinks he has Obama figured out, and his critique of Obama's economic proposals amidst his analysis of American economic conditions is pretty rough too.

Does Obama hate America, as Spengler contends? I'd like to think not, and asinine economic policy proposals are hardly dispositive evidence, nor is a remote analysis of the views of Obama's mother and wife. Still, Obama's high-sounding, empty rhetoric leaves room to wonder. In all of his talk of hope and change he never seems to put forth fundamental principles on the role of government in society. He says lots of nice things, promises lots of nice things, even has a website listing all the things he would like to do, but he has never laid out anything like a coherent philosophy. What basis does he have for believing his policies will be efficacious in bringing about purportedly desired outcomes? Does he really believe, for instance, that the government ought be in the business of determining who is or is not patriotic?

Is Obama's vacuity a sign of political naivete or deliberate obfuscation of his real principles and motivations? I hope it's the former, but I can't rule out the latter.