Fool Us Once, Shame On Us

Fouad Ajami: "There is a widespread sense of unstated embarrassment that a political majority, if only for a moment, fell for the promise of an untested redeemer—a belief alien to the temperament of this so practical and sober a nation." (HT: Carpe Diem)

Ajami gets it. As I have said many many times, the big story of our day (and the question that historians will struggle with) is not that Obama has failed and will ultimately fail, but that we expected anything less. Fool us once, well, you can see the result all around us. Fool us twice, well, that is a much much more serious problem...

UPDATE: and on a semi-related note, there is more class and decency on display here than the current occupant of the White House can ever hope to have. I agree with the sentiment expressed in the post's title.