The latest temper tantrum from the leftist commentariat is that Americans must be stupid because large numbers of us are expressing opposition to Obama’s plans. For example, Joe Klein of Time recently wrote that we’re just “a nation of dodos” for opposing the Beloved Leader’s new “stimulus” plan.

Peter Wehner of the Ethics and Public Policy Center writes about these ideas here.

So anyone who does not believe that it will help us increase our production of goods and services (that is, make more efficient use of resources) for the federal government to borrow billions of dollars which will then be spent on projects that appeal to politicians is a dodo.

On the contrary, Mr. Klein, anyone who believes anything so short-sighted and, well, childish, is a dodo.