Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) is catching heat when, in a moment of candor, she said she fears Barack Obama might harbor anti-American sentiments. She says she misspoke and regrets her comment. But why?

The views of the far Left, of which Obama is a card-carrying member, are internationalist, collectivist, redistributionist, anti-capitalist, anti-individual freedom, anti-private property, anti-business and anti-free speech, while America’s greatness is founded on capitalism, freedom, individualism and its belief in the sanctity of private property and individual liberty.

When you oppose all of our country’s founding values, you need to get used to being called anti-American.

UPDATE: Anti-Americanism (defined by me as including those wanting the United States to get a comeuppance and be relegated somewhere in the middle of the pack of nations as well as those who want to destroy it) is nothing new, even for presidential candidates. Here’s George H.W. Bush in 1988 describing his opponent’s view of the United States:

“[Dukakis] sees America as another pleasant country on the U.N. roll call, somewhere between Albania and Zimbabwe. And I see America as the leader — a unique nation with a special role in the world.”