STUNNING – AT 11:40 A.M. ET:  That's the word for Obama's reckless commencement address at the University of California, Irvine, in which he once again demonstrated his contempt for his country.  In this case he mocked and ridiculed anyone who doesn't believe in the religion of global warming.  Mark Sappenfield, in the Christian Science Monitor, wonders how smart this is: 

Obama said some members of Congress duck the question of human-induced climate change, otherwise they'd "be run out of town by a radical fringe that thinks climate science is a liberal plot."

Let's put aside for a moment the fact that the overwhelming weight of scientific research and analysis backs Obama on climate change. The fact is that 43 percent of Americans don't agree, and another 9 percent aren't sure, according to a new Bloomberg poll. This statement characterizes the belief of that 43 percent: "I think scientists manipulate their findings for political reasons."

Forty-three percent is a pretty big fringe.

And I'd question the assertion that "...the overwhelming weight of scientific research and analysis backs Obama on climate change."  There actually are many shades of opinion on specific aspects of the issue, and science isn't about consensus anyway.  It's about proof and observation.  In addition, many of the skeptics are heavy hitters in scientific fields.

Further...

...the comment brings back shades of 2008, when candidate Obama was speaking at a fundraiser in San Francisco. Addressing the resentment in rust belt Pennsylvania towns, Obama said: "It's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."

Clearly, Obama is not a president for the right. But comments like these – and the ones made Saturday – raise the question of how well he understands the right, if at all.

COMMENT:  I doubt if he cares.  Obama's world exists between his ears.  He's remarkably uncurious.  In his second term we're beginning to see the Obama we feared – ideological, dogmatic, yet strangely uninformed and undisciplined.  Great shape we're in.

June 15, 2014