Posted on 03/27/2008 9:23:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
It would be fun to watch this bizarre seesaw contest between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, except for the horrifying possibility that one of them could end up being our next president.
Conservatives have long recognized the power lust and ruthlessness that defines the Clintons. Finally, many Democrats opened their eyes to this, too, as they watched Bill Clinton's deliberate ignition of racial tensions in efforts to quell the Obama surge. Who does this upstart Obama think he is, trying to disrupt the inexorable flow of history leading to a continuation of the Clinton co-presidency?
Though Bill's strategy only yielded the Clintons temporary fruit, Obama delivered them bushel baskets of his own with revelations of his longtime association with a stridently racist black pastor. Obama might have been finished but for Hillary's quasi-masochistic penchant for self-destruction.
Hillary just couldn't resist claiming she came under sniper fire in Bosnia, presumably so she could add this combat experience to her resume of otherwise mostly vicarious achievements.
Caught red-handed in this gratuitous lie, she tried to pass it off as a mistake. Bill Clinton often tried to minimize the egregiousness of his deliberate misbehavior by characterizing it as a mistake, as when he called his ongoing intentional affair with Monica Lewinsky a mere mistake in judgment.
It is inconceivable that Hillary's imagined sniper-fire incident was a mistake, and her lame effort to excuse her whopper as a product of campaign fatigue is enormously insulting. Sane people neither forget such dramatic moments nor imagine them if they didn't occur.
Truthfully, I can't describe how disillusioned I would be if I thought the candidate I was supporting were capable of such strange behavior. And this is far from a one-time occurrence. We've all known people, even friends, who embellish. But very few take it to this extreme, and none of those few would we remotely consider to be presidential material.
On the other hand, Democrats have only one other candidate on their side of the aisle, and he's looking increasingly problematic. They should have known Barack Obama's apparent transcendence was too good to be true.
Many of us understood from the beginning the unrealism in the promises of this extreme liberal partisan to be a messianic uniter. But little did we know that he attended a church whose pastor, Jeremiah Wright, has distinguished himself through anti-American and racist rants and as a scholar and practitioner of black liberation theology.
Former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell warned on "Hannity & Colmes" that what we really need to focus on with this Obama/Wright flap, are the tenets of black liberation theology and to what extent Barack Obama embraces them, assuming his pastor and church truly endorse this theology.
Blackwell said he is concerned this theology supports partial-birth abortion, pacifism in foreign policy, and economic socialism. He suggested that responsible voters have a duty to inquire whether Obama subscribes to these views.
As it turns out, Blackwell's observations are just the tip of the iceberg concerning this theology. If half of what I've read about it is true, it promotes anything but a unifying message. Instead of centering on God and his relationship to man, it appears to be unduly man-centered, race-oriented and more political than theological.
Rather than adopting Martin Luther King's colorblind approach, it stresses — according to Anthony B. Bradley of Covenant Theological Seminary — "an unqualified commitment to the black community as that community seeks to define its existence in the light of God's liberating work in the world." The theology, says Bradley, "laid the foundation for many [black pastors] to embrace Marxism and a distorted self-image of perpetual 'victim.'"
Doesn't America have a right to know whether the leading Democratic presidential contender buys into the reputed theology of the church he has attended for 20 years? If Wright's Trinity Church doesn't teach this theology, Obama should have no problem telling us so. But if it does, he has much explaining to do.
It won't suffice for him to dismiss the inquiry with the same casual indifference by which he attempted to trivialize Wright's disturbing sermons as just a few remarks over 30 years condensed into a 30-second sound bite. Even a tenuous connection to black liberation theology undermines Barack's self-description as a unifier.
These disqualifying attributes of both Democratic candidates would ordinarily be enough to motivate and energize conservatives to new levels of commitment to the GOP nominee. But so far, John McCain, especially in light of his recent speech to the World Affairs Council, seems, except for a few remaining issues, to be doing his best to become the first Democratic president to be elected on the Republican ticket.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
David Limbaugh is a writer, author, and attorney. His book "Bankrupt: The Intellectual and Moral Bankruptcy of Today's Democratic Party" was released recently in paperback. To find out more about David Limbaugh, please visit his Web site at www.davidlimbaugh.com.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Yes, a missed opportunity , indeed.
TOO BAD!
John McCain doesn’t have the heart to beat up on his “fellow Democrats”. The big question is what the heck was the GOP electorate thinking during the primary season? They all knew what McCain was all about, and they still made him the nominee. The GOP just doesn’t know how to win.
AOL is running a poll on the three candidates’ negatives. Hillary’s negatives are 61%; Obama’s negatives are 47%; and McCain’s negatives are 32% - total votes over 550,000. I thought AOL attracted a lot of libs so I was surprised to see Obama’s negatives so high.
Barring that, it would be nice if he were to choose Mitt, or at least no worse than Fred as his running mate.
Juan, leave Linseed to plough the back 40.
HF
As I recall, it was because he was too tired looking or some such foolishness.
I’ve read that Obama has stated that he will stop attending this pastor’s church. BUT, we should notice, he HAS been attending for 1,000 or so Sunday’s up til now, except of course on those Sunday’s when the Rev. said stuff that might make Obama look bad. Very prescient, this Obama guy.
“John McCain seems to be doing his best to become the first Democratic president to be elected on the Republican ticket.”
Bingo!
Then, having secured the nomination how many
think the Clintons would put a limit on what it
takes to return to the WH.
McCain would have a chance of beating Obama but
against the Clintons after they have pulled all
stops to get the nomination....much less than zero.
I’ve got the feeling that all the Dems crossing over selected McCain. California Republicans allow Dems to vote R without registering. But Dems won’t allow the reverse.
Well, maybe Lefties saddled us with McCain. That’s no excuse to take our toys and stay home.
I personally think that’s exactly how McCain got selected. It’s not just California that allowed this. Michigan and Florida (where the Dems were told their votes wouldn’t count) most likely flocked to the Republican primaries as well in hopes of propelling the Republican THEY wanted - just in case. Open primaries are a HORRIBLE idea, IMO. As someone said here the other day — allowing open primaries is like allowing the enemy to pick your generals in a war!
Honey, pass the beer and more popcorns. I’m really enjoying see the DemonRats eating themselves for a change.
Did you do that yourself? It made me snort water all over my keyboard!
AOL attracts a lot of liberals. White liberals. Liberals will never say it, but they are racist. That’s why they talk about it so much.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.