WHY CONSERVATIVES get paranoid about Obama.
I mean since Obama has become president conservatives have often wondered: is he really this bad at his job, or is he some kind of evil genius trying to intentionally frak up this country? . . . Now, consider this syllogism.
1. An unpatriotic act is one that unjustifiably harms this country.
2. Obama has declared that adding $4 Trillion to the debt was an unpatriotic act.
3. As President, Obama has added $4 Trillion to the debt.
4. Therefore Obama is knowingly, intentionally, and unjustifiably engaging in conduct that harms this country.
Now, tell the truth liberals, is there anything at all unreasonable about that syllogism? No.
But there is a reason why that syllogism fails, because there is a hidden premise in it. Let’s call it step 2.5 and insert it back into my syllogism:
1. An unpatriotic act is one that unjustifiably harms this country.
2. Obama has declared that adding $4 Trillion to the debt was an unpatriotic act.
2.5 Obama actually means what he said.
3. As President, Obama has added $4 Trillion to the debt.
4. Therefore Obama is knowingly, intentionally, and unjustifiably engaging in conduct that harms this country.
And as far as I can see, that is the only logical defense to the charge that the President is knowingly and willfully harming this country: that he is a cheeseball politician willing to say one thing to be elected and to do another once he actually has power.
Well, that makes it all better then.