Parody Master Don Surber picked up the song I was thinking about in regards to Obama’s “it’s all about me” reaction to President Bush’s remarks in Israel.

The reaction from the candidate and the left has been laughable and telling. Phrases like, “if the shoe fits”, and “me thinks he doth protest too much” leap to mind. In fact the entire reaction makes it clear that the remarks are right on target.

I’ve read the remarks several times. I’ve yet to find a reference to Barack Obama. What I did find were several points that should give the left pause, but won’t.

There are good and decent people who cannot fathom the darkness in these men and try to explain away their words. It’s natural, but it is deadly wrong. As witnesses to evil in the past, we carry a solemn responsibility to take these words seriously. Jews and Americans have seen the consequences of disregarding the words of leaders who espouse hatred. And that is a mistake the world must not repeat in the 21st century.

Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along.

Probably my favorite phrase from the speech. It is the difference between the left and right on national security and dealing with terrorist and dictators. Following the July 7th bombings in London I wrote a post with the title My Dog is a Terrorist. Here’s what I said at the time:

The terrorist perform their actions not because of Bush/Blair/Iraq/et. al. but because infidels exist. That’s you an me my friend. Getting along with these extremists is a one way proposition. They have no desire to get along with us, no matter how hard we try to get along with them. Their goal isn’t accommodation, but elimination. Period.

President Bush’s words speak to that understanding.

We have an obligation to call this what it is — the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history.

It’s a truth that Obama and the left just don’t seem to understand.