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Yesterday, facing public discontent over the war in Afghanistan, President Obama held a private meeting with one of Washington's venerable "wise men"--former Secretary of State Colin Powell. In doing so, Obama was participating in an age-old tradition. Click through 
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Reinhold Niebuhr at TNR
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Coming next week, from Glenn Beck (and then the week after that, from the entire GOP establishment, and the week after that, from the national newsmedia): Outrage over President Obama's unprecedented reliance on Wise Men! They're unelected, they don't have to face Congress for confirmation or oversight, and the president meets with them in secret to discuss the most sensitive and important matters of national security and government policy. Where's the accountability? Where's the transparency?
And let's not forget the history of Wise Men: The original Wise Men were foreigners, at least one of whom reputed to be an Arab, who betrayed Jesus Christ to the king who wanted him dead. And, by the w ... view full comment
Coming next week, from Glenn Beck (and then the week after that, from the entire GOP establishment, and the week after that, from the national newsmedia): Outrage over President Obama's unprecedented reliance on Wise Men! They're unelected, they don't have to face Congress for confirmation or oversight, and the president meets with them in secret to discuss the most sensitive and important matters of national security and government policy. Where's the accountability? Where's the transparency?
And let's not forget the history of Wise Men: The original Wise Men were foreigners, at least one of whom reputed to be an Arab, who betrayed Jesus Christ to the king who wanted him dead. And, by the way, they were illegals who snuck across the border to avoid detection by the law. Plus, where's the outrage that Wise Men completely excludes women? We all know that Obama is a racist who hates white culture, but we didn't know until now that he's a sexist who hates women! Patriotic Americans must name and shame these so-called Wise Men -- what the hell did this Powell negro ever do to earn the president's ear? oh, that's right, he's black like Obama and Jeremiah Wright -- in order to prevent our once-great republic from becoming just another foreign-influenced, Christ-killing, women-in-burqas satrapy.
To the barricades! Wisdom must be stopped before it infects America!