Well, Politics Is War, And In War,

If Obama's Vision Of The Public Sector Is Socialism, Then So Too Were The Visions Of Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, And Richard Nixon.

By Every Measure, John Kennedy's Sex Life Was Compulsive And Reckless. At One Level, It Had Clear Public Consequences. Knowledge Of Kennedy's Behavior Gave Fbi Director J. Edgar Hoover Absolute Job Security, As Well As The Potential Power To Derail Kennedy's Re-election Had He Survived Assassination.

George Washington, Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses Grant, Rutherford Hayes, James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt And Dwight Eisenhower All Rode Their Wartime Heroics Into The White House.

In Early 1961 A New President, John F. Kennedy, Was Told By Military Leaders And Civilian Officials That The Kingdom Of Laos - Of No Conceivable Strategic Importance To The U.s. - Required The Presence Of American Troops And Perhaps Even Tactical Nuclear Weapons. Why? Because If Laos Fell, Asia Would Go Red From Thailand To Indonesia.

In Another Life, Before Taking The Veil Of Journalistic Purity, I Practiced The Black Arts Of A Political Operative, Including 'debate Prep.