If the Democrats continue to cling to this preposterous fear mongering, without a word of admonition from high-ranking Democratic officials who are all too happy to let the practice carry on underneath and around them, eventually my generation will dismiss them entirely as out-of-touch, embittered dinosaurs who are using race just to win votes.

After nine months in office, President Obama has assured us all of one thing: He is clearly a child of the 60s. Thus far, his approach to foreign policy in dealing with the world’s most insipid international dictators, has been more flower power, hug-a-thon and free love, than iron fist. Whether he’s yukking it up with Hugo Chavez, chewing the cud with Saudi King Abdulluh, suggesting a cozy fireside chat with Ahmadinejad, or pulling up a lawn chair to watch North Korea’s nuclear fireworks display,

The Obama administration is in crisis mode. The president’s push for healthcare reform is not going well, and it’s reflected in his approval numbers. After seeing a slight bump for his sharply worded address to Congress – which likely came only from folks in the “I Hate Joe Wilson Fan Club” – public approval has slipped again as Democrats and Republicans continue their bipartisan effort to patriotically come together. . . and totally oppose a new healthcare proposal.

In less than a year, Leon Panetta's CIA has been reduced to irrelevance and Panetta himself has either been ignored or emasculated by the very folks who were supposed to be his biggest supporters.