BELOVED LEADER MEETS WITH HIS COURT - AT 7:58 P.M. ET:  It has now been revealed that the president held a secret dinner with some prominent historians on June 30th.

For more than two hours on June 30, over lamb chops, salad, coffee, and dessert, the new president quizzed his guests on a wide range of topics in what was described as a sort of "history book club, with the president as the inquisitor." Those attending were Michael Beschloss, H. W. Brands, Douglas Brinkley, Robert Caro, Robert Dallek, Doris Kearns Goodwin, David Kennedy, Kenneth Mack, and Garry Wills. Collectively, they represent one of the most stellar collections of presidential expertise ever assembled at the White House.

Essentially, they're all liberals.  Harvey Mansfield of Harvard wasn't invited.  Neither was Victor Davis Hanson.  And you can be sure that Mark Moyar, whose brilliant history of the Vietnam war destroys the myths we've been taught to live by, wasn't even on the "possibilities" list.

The story hilariously says that the president held the meeting to get outside the White House bubble.  Huh?  You get out of the White House bubble, which is filled with academics, by meeting with another group of academics, none of whom is likely to challenge you?

The man loves bubbles.  That is now certain.  He also seeks out opinions, as long as they're not too upsetting.

July 16, 2009