If you’re not familiar with the Manchurian Candidate, it’s a political thriller novel written by Richard Condon in 1959. A film adaptation was first made in 1962 and then remade in 2004.

It’s about the infiltration and attempted overthrowing of the United States Government by communists. Any conspiracy theorists reading this will appreciate that the 1962 film was written by George Axelrod. Hmmmm….

Today, the financial news service Bloomberg referred to the president as a “Manchurian Candidate” citing what many are beginning to see as Obama’s war on business.

“It is no wonder that markets are imploding around us. Obama is giving us the War on Business.

Imagine that some hypothetical enemy state spent years preparing a “Manchurian Candidate” to destroy the U.S. economy once elected. What policies might that leader pursue?

He might discourage private capital from entering the financial sector by instructing his Treasury secretary to repeatedly promise a brilliant rescue plan, but never actually have one. Private firms, spooked by the thought of what government might do, would shy away from transactions altogether. If the secretary were smooth and played rope-a-dope long enough, the whole financial sector would be gone before voters could demand action.”

While we hope the writer is wrong, it’s certainly not a huge leap to make. Consider Obama’s actions while the US economy tanks. What has he done? Attacked Rush Limbaugh. Attacked Jim Cramer and Rick Santelli. Tried to expand spending and the size of government. Tried to lay the foundation for nationalized health care. What do any of these things have to do with revitalizing the economy?

Nothing.

The American economy is a house that is burning down. Rather than just pointing a fire hose at the house, Obama is telling us the house needs different furniture and a new landscaping architect.