In my assessment of Obama's first 100 days I rather flippantly commented something to the effect that wherever he followed Bush's lead he did OK but everywhere else he is pretty much making Rush Limbaugh look like a prescient genius.

Dr. Krauthammer, while quoting Victor David Hansen no less, elaborates those policies devastatingly here: Obama's Deeds Vindicate Bush 

Funny, the Townhall headline for the same column was Obama In Bush Clothing, or somesuch, but the Real Clear Politics headline above is a better description.  

Anyway, Dr. K's bottom line:
The genius of democracy is that the rotation of power forces the opposition to come to its senses when it takes over. When the new guys, brought to power by popular will, then adopt the policies of the old guys, a national consensus is forged and a new legitimacy established.

That's happening before our eyes. The Bush policies in the war on terror won't have to await vindication by historians. Obama is doing it day by day. His denials mean nothing. Look at his deeds.

In other words, ignore what they say, if you want the true measure of apolitician, watch what they do.  A good rule of thumb on all public figures BTW.  This is precisely what confounds the left so much about Cheney, his walk and talk match up, and it is a trait with which they are not familiar.   

I would put the intellectual horsepower of Krauthammer and Hansen alone against the top 10 counterparts from the left and it wouldn't even be close.  Seriously, can anyone offer the name of a single liberal commentator as well reasoned and articulate as either of these guys? Anyone?

Have a nice Memorial Day everybody.  And don't forget who the "memorial" part is for.

The annual posting of my Memorial Day essay will be Monday.