The member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and conservative Republican in Ohio opines: "So President Obama thinks America has gotten 'a little soft' and that we’ve lost our competitive edge. As Jonah [Goldberg] notes [elsewhere], it’s apparently lost on the president that the logical consequences of many of his policies would reduce more Americans to dependence and indolence."
He contines his commentary: "There is a soft America and a tough America; a dependent America and an independent America; an entitlement America and a productive America. Which policies are more likely to produce a soft, dependent, and entitlement society? Which ones are more likely to produce a tough, independent, and productive society? The president seems blissfully unaware."
More commentary from Mr. Kirsanow: "The Obama brand of liberalism not only is likely to contribute to a 'softer' America, but a soft-headed America as well. We condemn tea-partiers and veterans as racists and potential terrorists but we release actual terrorists from Guantanamo because the evident cruelties of that country-club facility are too terrible to bear. We demonize the hard-won, self-made success of risk-takers, but shovel millions of their hard-earned dollars to prop up the uncompetitive but politically correct enterprises of the well-connected. Government policies proliferate that punish effort, risk, and success but reward sloth, identity, and failure."
PETER KIRSANOW OP-ED: President Obama & 'Soft' America
