The Kenyan socialist

Norm Ornstein, a fellow at AEI -- hardly a leading Marxist organization -- looks at attacks on Obama has "out of the mainstream," or "socialist," and, basically, laughs.

Looking at the range of Obama domestic and foreign policies, and his agency and diplomatic appointments, my conclusion is clear: This president is a mainstream, pragmatic moderate, operating in the center of American politics; center-left, perhaps, but not left of center. The most radical president in American history? Does Newt Gingrich, a PhD in history, really believe that [expletive]?

The whole thing's worth a read, if only to get the explanation for the joke.