[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: President Taggart

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
President Taggart
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1236572356.shtml


   As I posted about 10 days ago, I have begun re-reading Atlas Shrugged.
   I'm immediately drawing parallels between Barack Obama, President of
   the United States, and James Taggart, President of Taggart
   Transcontinental. Why not Mr. Thompson, the Head of the State? We
   don't meet him until late in the book, and he's a relatively minor
   character despite his title. And, he's a one dimensional ruffian,
   which Obama is not.
   No, Jim Taggart has that same blend of a sense of entitlement,
   immaturity and incompetence I see in Mr. Obama. I fear that like
   Taggart, Obama will also lash out in frustration. "Nobody can blame
   me!" or words to that effect will flash on the TelePrompter.