There He Goes Again!

In an incredible "attack" op-ed on Barack Obama by Charles Krauthammer in today's Washington Post, "A Sneer, A Tear, A Comeback", there is the following paragraph:

"One does not have to be sympathetic to the Clintons to understand their bewilderment at Obama's pre-New Hampshire canonization. The man comes from nowhere with a track record as thin as Chauncey Gardiner's. Yet, as Bill Clinton correctly, if clumsily, complained, Obama gets a free pass from the press."

Here is the comment I posted.

Obama as Chauncy Gardiner? This is a low blow, even for you. Do I detect a whiff of racism here, or is it just your usual snit when things don't go the way you deign from on high that they should?
Obama has been a community organizer, a law professor, a state senator who spoke out on foreign policy issues, and now a U.S. Senator. How do you like them apples? As Chauncy might say.
Obama may be naive and untested, but he is hardly an empty suit. Sometimes I think that as a columnist you make a bad psychiatrist.
(end of comment)

I suppose that should have been "would make" in the last sentence.
Spellcheck: The character Peter Sellers so memorably played in "Being There" was "Chance the Gardener", and he was addressed as "Chance Gardner" after he was thrust into the public eye.

But getting back to Krauthammer, I suppose I should just accept the fact that he is an "evil genius" and move on. Except that he has a big following and needs to be "kept honest."

As for the politician in today's world who most resembles Chance Gardner, I'd say the winner hands down is George W. Bush, not the "uppity" Barack Obama.