I Think, Therefore I Am Wrong

From Shitsville:

Is Obama Naïve?   [Michael Ledeen]

I don't think so. I think that he rather likes tyrants and dislikes America. I think he'd like to be more powerful, I think he is trying to get control over as much of our lives as he can, so that he can put an end to the annoying tumult of our public life. As when he said (about health care) to the Congress, "Okay, you've talked enough, now it's time to do the right thing (my thing)." And he's trying to end American power in the outside world. He's saying "I'm going to stop us, before we kill again."

Can anyone advise what the second paragraph has to do w/ any of Ledeen's first paragraph?

There is nothing unusual about elitist hatred of freedom. Back in the 18th century, when book publishing really got going, British authors were infuriated that they had to submit to the judgment of a marketplace. They didn't want to be judged by people who were obviously inferior to them, and there was a great rage among the intelligentsia, including some very famous men. And in modern times, we can all name famous intellectuals who fawned all over Mussolini, Stalin, Fidel, and even Hitler.

We've spared you the penultimate paragraph, but we can't leave the last one out:

Democratic leaders' envy of tyrants' power can be understood. But it can't be forgiven.

Have you ever felt like grabbing some crappy little asshole & slamming him against a wall a few times, just to show him who's the boss? We have too.