National Review Writer Takes Stand Against Intelligence

SOWELL'S STAND AGAINST INTELLIGENCE.... Thomas Sowell's latest column for National Review notes that President Obama and his team are "brainy." That, Sowell argues, isn't encouraging. (thanks to reader B.A. for the heads-up)

As Sowell sees it, bright officials in positions of leadership can be dangerous. For example, he argues, FDR and his team were deemed "brilliant," but their policies were responsible for the Great Depression. Seriously.

Sowell went on to argue, "Make no mistake about it, Adolf Hitler was brilliant."

So, President Obama is not to be trusted because he's intelligent, and FDR and Hitler were, too. National Review actually published this, on purpose.

The column concluded:

Someone recently pointed out how much Barack Obama's style and strategies resemble those of Latin American charismatic despots -- the takeover of industries by demagogues who never ran a business, the rousing rhetoric of resentment addressed to the masses, and the personal cult of the leader promoted by the media. Do we want to become the world's largest banana republic?

There's that phrase again, "banana republic." The far-right was fond of the phrase for a while several months ago, and perhaps Sowell intends to bring it back.