Pied Piper Presidents

Something happens and I'm head over heels
I never find out till I'm head over heels
--Tears For Fears

The Left loves to listen to President Obama speak. He can certainly talk. And his supporters seem mesmerized by whatever comes out of his mouth.

The Right still loves to listen to Ronald Reagan. Since Obama took office, conservatives have been busting out old speeches by The Gipper, perhaps to revive the feeling of what it was like to have an inspirational orator in the Big Chair.

Admittedly, some of those old RR speeches have even caught my ear. That guy could sure talk a good game w.r.t. liberty and limited government.

Unfortunately, Reagan's record paints him as just another Big Government president. RR's contribution to the spending hyperbolic reflects hyperbole rather than substance in his words.

It seems that presidents w/ oratory skill become Pied Pipers, enticing their mindless subjects down the path toward chaos.