Much talk is devoted to who is pulling Obama’s strings behind the scenes. As is the case with all presidents, the staunch opposition grabs hold of the age old idea that the president is a puppet of shadowy interests; tentacled cabals with feelers on every facet of your life. But, while superficially true, this is just a way to paint as sinister, the “real” motives of presidential agendas. It is superficially true because money buys influence and running for office is bafflingly expensive, especially running for the president’s office.

So, for what has now become a full two year period, the presumptuous who believe they are the only one suited to fill the role, they gather hundreds of millions of dollars to attain the office. And just as in your daily life, no money given is given (save charity) with out some expectations of return. So yes, presidents are influenced by those that operate behind the scenes. But it is not a wholly sinister operation. But we think choices we would never make are choices designed to oppose us instead of the more innocuous truth; which is that the choices made against our wishes are generally made without considering us in the first place.

The conspiratorial cases made against Bush for an exhausting eight years were generally focused on big business and the Saudi royal family. The truth is that for better or for worse, just as with most of his predecessors, Bush made decisions based on what he felt was for the good and more specifically, the safety of our nation.

Bill Clinton campaigned on populism and I voted against him because I felt his character was suspect. But the very character flaw that bothered me to no end during his campaign, (aside from the philandering) ended up being a good asset for his time in office.

His desire to be liked by people, all people, led him to make decisions that were good for the country. Welfare Reform and balancing the budget, though pushed by a republican congress, were signed by a president, who personally leaned left, would never have concocted these plans himself. Plainly speaking, Bill Clinton did what he thought would make him popular, and fortunately, public opinion was on the right side of history.

Now, what to make of Barack Obama? There are no Rothchilds or Soros’ in his cabinet or in the depths of the Whitehouse; but he is, as is the case with all presidents, influenced by special interests. The only real difference is that Obama’s special interests are his own ambitions.

If it walks like a Marxist and Talks like a Marxist…it’s a Marxist.

There is a fear it seems amongst moderates and political-appeasement conservatives to soften the rhetoric against Obama even though as time passes the obviousness of Obama’s leftist extremism is becoming undeniable.

Bill Clinton governed, as mentioned above, by popularity. If he was on one side of an issue, and had 49% of public opinion on his side, he went with the 51% that felt otherwise.

Barack Obama may still be personally popular, but each and every one of his policies is now in the negative column of public opinion. His personal popularity will tank as well when differentiating public sentiment of government and the man that is our president because impossible…

…and Barack Obama will continue to move on with his agenda despite that. He is the man behind the curtain. This was what we who opposed him during the campaign meant by the danger and relevance of considering his inexperience and his arrogance. He governs while knowing nothing, and believing it is everyone else who is ignorant.