While perusing Facebook this morning, I was struck by an article posted by one of my friends.  The article was entitled, “One Year Out: President Obama’s Fall” and was written by conservative Charles Krauthammer.  Enough said right? Krauthammer has never seen a liberal or moderate idea with which he could identify or give praise.  In his feeble mind, the only good ideas are conservative ideas.  I’m always bothered by people who can’t see outside their own ideologies and since Krauthammer is one of those people, my first impulse was to move on and scan past the article, maybe find a cool YouTube video.  But alas, I was intrigued .. and then infuriated.

In the article, Krauthammer makes the argument that President Obama is failing not because of his accomplishments (or lack thereof) during his first year, but because he’s liberal.  Now, those of us who are progressive see Krauthammer’s premise for what it is; a gargantuan pile of cow dung.

Krauthammer points to Obama’s health care initiative as one of many big liberal ideas which spooked America, turned them off, and caused Obama’s poll numbers to plummet.  Bullsh*t.

If you didn’t know health care was on Obama’s agenda when he was elected, then you weren’t paying attention.  The guy was honest about his intentions, he just hasn’t worked to bring them to fruition.  This is an Obama failure, not a liberal failure.

If Obama were truly a liberal, he would’ve fought for universal health care, or at least a public option.  But he hasn’t.  In fact, he hasn’t worked to promote any truly liberal initiatives.  This has disappointed liberals and is one of the key reasons why Obama’s poll numbers are plummeting among liberal voters.

So nice try Krauthammer.  I know you hate liberals and would love nothing more than to wrap them up in President Obama’s failures.  The problem is simply that it’s just not true. I guess it’s true what they say; the truth never gets in the way of a good story.