“You bad man, you very bad man!”

If you’re a Seinfeld fan, you’ll recognize the above quotation as Bapu’s condemnation of Jerry, after Jerry’s well-intentioned bungling destroys his business and (in a later episode) causes Bapu to be deported.  In both cases, we, the viewer, know that Jerry acted without malice.

Sometimes, though, bad men do act with malice, and Kim Priestap builds a convincing case that Barack Obama is using typical Chicago politic strong-arm tactics to get his way.  It’s not leadership, it’s not vision, it’s bullying, pure and simple.  And if you manage to become a powerful enough bully, then you, too, are a very bad man.