Obama Finds Support from the Right

But perhaps, at least in the realm of Terrorism and foreign policy, I was wrong about this. In addition to Christine O'Donnell's effusive praise for Obama's Terrorism and war actions in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen, Bush CIA and NSA Director Michael Hayden has repeatedly praised Obama's "powerful continuity" with Bush/Cheney in these areas; torture choreographer Condoleezza Rice came out of a meeting with the President on Friday and praised his foreign policy and hailed him as "a defender of America's interests"; and one of the most ardent defenders of Obama's assassination program is the incomparably unhinged anti-Muslim fanatic Andrew McCarthy of National Review.

So here we find at least a glimpse of the post-partisan harmony which Obama and so many of his supporters insisted would be the result of an Obama presidency. Of course, that's not all that difficult to engender if the tactic is simply to embrace their worldview (and Obama is making clear that he intends even more of this "accommodation" after November). As I wrote in the post about Dick Armey:

Beltway "bipartisanship" means that Democrats adopt as many GOP beliefs as possible so what ultimately is done resembles Republican policies as much as possible (anyone doubting that should simply review these "bipartisan" votes of the last eight years). . . . Republicans aren't interested in 'bipartisanship' except to the extent that they can force Democrats to enact their policies even though they have only a small minority thanks to being so forcefully rejected by the citizenry.

That's exactly why Obama -- who is widely criticized for polarizing the electorate -- has found such gushing support among the furthest right-wing elements for what he is doing in the Muslim world in the name of combating Terrorism. Let's hear one more time from the Supremely Crazy Witch Christine O'Donnell on this: "I support Obama's decision to send troops to Afghanistan. I support Obama's decision for drones. I support Obama's decision to treat the American who is recruiting terrorists on American soil, who is hiding in Yemen, I support the decision for our intelligence agencies to do whatever it takes to take him out."

Glenn Greenwald,Salon