Newsmax Columnist Suggests Military Coup to 'Resolve the Obama Problem'

The conservative magazine Newsmax published a column suggesting a "peaceful" military coup might be necessary to save the United States from President Obama's "radical ideal" for the country, Talking Points Memo (TPM) reported Wednesday. The column, written by John L. Perry, was removed from the magazine's Web site shortly after it was posted Tuesday. (The full text can be read here.) Perry noted in the column that "describing what may be afoot is not to advocate it."

"Imagine a bloodless coup to restore and defend the Constitution through an interim administration that would do the serious business of governing and defending the nation," Perry wrote. "Skilled, military-trained nation-builders would replace accountability-challenged, radical-left commissars. Having bonded with his twin teleprompters, the president would be detailed for ceremonial speech-making."

Perry also said Obama is turning the U.S. into a "Marxist state" and that the president's agenda is inviting the imaginary coup Perry helpfully envisions in his column. "Don't dismiss it as unrealistic," he warns.

Perry writes a weekly column for the magazine that is often devoted to sharp criticism of the president. TPM's call for comment was not returned.