Not in 'Our House' You Don't

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American Spectator:

Liberals are often unwittingly honest about how they see America. These revelations can be as illuminating to the rest of us, as they are unintended by the liberals making them. We just have to listen a little, to learn a lot.

Late last week, liberal commentator Chris Matthews of MSNBC was playing apologist for attempts to blame the current economy on the past presidency. Seeking to justify a "blame Bush" approach, Matthews said: "If you bought a house and you discovered it had termites and you found out the electricity didn't work, and every time you plugged the toaster in, you got a short, and by the way, there was a fire because of the bad electrical system. And everything was wrong with that house. Wouldn't you blame the guy you bought the house from?... That's what we're doing!"

There are several problems, and several unintended insights, with Matthews' unguarded moment.

First, "the house" to which Matthews refers is presumably America's economy. If so, Obama did not buy "the house," as Matthews asserts. He did not even rent "the house." Writing in Federalist Paper #69, Hamilton described the founders' vision of America's government: "…[A] government, the whole power of which would be in the hands of the elective and periodical servants of the people…"

The President, and every other civil servant, just works at "the house" Chris Matthews is so eager to give him. And even then, they are only "periodical servants" -- i.e., they work there temporarily. While Chris is so eager to turn the keys over to the President and government, the American people still own "the house." At least that was the original intent, and how most of us still see it.

Second, following along with Matthews' biased assertion that the house "had termites and you found out the electricity didn't work, and every time you plugged the toaster in, you got a short, and by the way, there was a fire because of the bad electrical system," didn't Obama seek and get the job to fix "the house's" problems? He was not drafted into some thankless assignment.

As those outside of MSNBC might recall, he spent a considerable amount of time and a considerable sum of money -- roughly three times more than the other "bidder," John McCain -- to get the job. Now he has it… temporarily and at the pleasure of the real homeowners.