A Hollow Man Attacks a Straw One

The President's speech last night was full of fire and gestures. Actually the fire may have been a gesture. But it was worth the watching. In addition to a number of peculiar statements, including the mysterious reverence for that cheerleading mascot of liberalism, that sacred cow of modern American culture, that disaster whose grotesque failure we must not name, i.e. education, comes this strange quote:
"But what we can’t do -- what I will not do -- is let this economic crisis be used as an excuse to wipe out the basic protections that Americans have counted on for decades. I reject the idea that we need to ask people to choose between their jobs and their safety. I reject the argument that says for the economy to grow, we have to roll back protections that ban hidden fees by credit card companies, or rules that keep our kids from being exposed to mercury, or laws that prevent the health insurance industry from shortchanging patients. I reject the idea that we have to strip away collective bargaining rights to compete in a global economy."

Really? Let's find these miscreant mercury poisoners now! These worker killers! These credit card lackeys!

If this was sincere, this man needs medicated.