Rich Cohen — Obama being Swift-boated

Even a stopped calendar is right twice a year, and Cohen is more than right with this grand slam. Basically, he’s right that Obama is getting Swift-boated AND that either Obama thinks his Post-Partisan Politics™ will rise above this, or else he just doesn’t get it yet:

What Obama does not understand is that he is being Swift-boated. (Emphasis added.)

Of course, non-comprehending and Obama’s PPP aren’t mutually contradictory, either. Indeed, they may go together, with Obama thinking, “They can’t be doing this to me, can they?”

As with Kerry’s Vietnam service, Cohen then argues the GOP is going straight for Obama’s perceived strength.

But why is he quiet?

Cohen suggests that maybe he IS worried about the “angry black man” or maybe he's just too cool to ever show that type of anger.

But the result is that we have little insight into his passions: What, above all, does he care about? The answer, at least to the Sunday TV viewer, was nothing much.

Read the whole thing.

If Rich Cohen not only “gets it,” but spells it out, it’s serious. Will B.O. get that?