Obama The Ideologue

Obama is supposed to be the one to get us beyond partisanship in Washington if you listen to the MSM but what they really mean and want is for conservatives and Republicans to cave to the demands of liberal Democrats. I am all for partisanship when one side is standing up against higher taxes, losing the war or appointing activist judges that believe in a living Constitution. Obama has voted a very straight far left line and is the most liberal member of the Senate and does not reach across party lines on any legislation so how is he post partisan?
The always brilliant Jennifer Rubin has a must read piece posted at Pajamas Media that examines just how ideological Obama is and how the MSM villifies Bush by projecting their faults onto him.

It is a common complaint from George W. Bush’s critics that he is an “ideologue” or even the “most ideological president in history.” His critics, including the Democratic presidential contenders, often have argued that he ignores empirical evidence, whether about foreign policy or science, in order to maintain his devotion to predetermined and deeply held philosophical beliefs.

So shouldn’t pundits be wary of and be on the lookout for politicians who disregard the facts, overlook inconvenient evidence, and plunge ahead with their philosophically fixed plans, impervious to the real world? Well so far they seem utterly unconcerned that Barack Obama has racked up a fairly consistent record of doing just that.

Let’s take free trade. Obama’s own advisors and the overwhelming majority of economists agree that free trade agreements have created millions of jobs and benefited us both economically and diplomatically. Yet Obama advocates a new era of protectionism. He falsely tells crowds in the Rust Belt that NAFTA has cost us jobs (actually we have gained 26 million jobs since it was signed) and is responsible for untold economic distress. Ah, but you say, he doesn’t really mean that — this is not really ideology run amok, but pandering. Perhaps.

She also looks at taxation, the war and how to deal with Iran so read the whole thing. Obama is a far left radical ideologue and as Carol Platt Liebau, a conservative writer and radio personality, noted about her time working with him at the Harvard Law Review, he is polite and listens but always does what he thinks and wants.