Mayor of Gamesmanship

The former mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani, has stirred up a hornet's nest this week by essentially saying that President Obama is one notch above traitor.  The Commoner blog doesn't usually side with the president, but considering that we have a president who fits in pretty snugly with mainstream conventional American thought when it comes to the most basic politics, this outburst by the Republican politician seems more along the lines of falling in line behind the few who are disrespectful to a president who happens to be the "wrong" color from their point of view.  Moreover, Giuliani's remarks seemingly extend beyond his evident bigotry and dislike of Obama; he's pretty much saying that any American that doesn't agree with his world viewpoint, call it "conventional" or "right-of-center" if you will, is unpatriotic.  Political gamesmanship at its worst.  In Giuliani's America, any American that dare says that America, herself, let alone other nations, has some flaws of its own that needs to be reflected on, at least, is beyond the pale.  In other words, dissent is treason in Giuliani's America, but that view, in itself, is directly contrary to the standard set by the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

[Originally posted on Commoner on 2/20/15 under the title, "Giuliani's Nonsense;" revised on 2/23/15.]