Posted on 10/08/2008 7:29:45 AM PDT by vietvet67
I prefer to give people the benefit of the doubt. I've said to myself and to others more than once: "While it is true that Democrats are seriously misguided, at least they believe they're doing what is right for the country." And by that I have meant that their motives are far less insidious than is our wont to portray them.
Whenever I hear a Democrat equating President Bush with Adolf Hitler, I am reminded to resist the urge to retaliate by applying to the opposition party abject maliciousness. It's easier to believe that liberals are more delusional than pernicious. Surely the average Democrat at least imagines his way of thinking-a way that resists thinking things through-serves his country well. Can I assume that most Democrats are not actually trying to undermine America?
Very rarely do I run across a Democrat that makes me question this assessment. I have good friends who, still under the spell of unions, would vote Democrat even if an actual ass were braying at the teleprompter (Al Gore is as close as it gets). These friends, who are devout Catholics, are conservative on just about every issue, but convincing them to vote Republican would be tantamount to having them go Shinto. They are truly good people, but fuzzy-headed enough to still believe that Republicans are for The Man and Democrats are for working stiffs. Never does the idea of interdependence or commensalism between the two cross their minds.
For people like this, Barack Obama's economic message, that he will focus on "fairness" and the middle class above all else, is every bit as effective as the Marxist rhetoric used to win over half of Europe in the last century. To any struggling, unmindful person who just wants to protect his mousy family from all the fat cats living at his expense, the party that asks, "Why him? Why not you?" sounds very vote-worthy.
But here's the thing: While I continue to use this idea of "populistic ignorance" to describe Democrats, including most of their leaders (Joe Biden might serve as their poster child), I'm not so sure about Obama. When I compare him to other prominent Democrats, I come away with a very different appraisal, one in which my own fear becomes nearly as pronounced as the admiration felt by his followers.
In thinking of Hillary Clinton, for example, I don't sense in Obama Hillary's obsessive drive for historical significance. In thinking of Hillary's husband, I don't see an Obama lusting for narcissistic fulfillment (not to mention just plain lusting). In thinking of Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid, I don't find in Obama fecklessness or stupidity. In thinking of Ted Kennedy, I can't imagine an Obama of old money entrenchment built upon the encouragement of class warfare (not yet, anyway).
It is probably very true that we will find in Obama all these things and more, but the point is, if they are in there, he hides them very well. And that's what frightens me about him.
I have known many "players" in my life, notably in big corporations, who might have easily written, as Obama has, that they "serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views." All of them turned out to be the ones who truly did have malicious intent. They were the ones who were survival-of-the-fittest professionals, ready to adapt to any circumstance and say whatever had to be said in order to win the game. They were the ones who built careers on the backs of people of more substance but less savvy, people who were either forced or were willing to lie face-down and be walked on. They were the ones whose artful dishonesty came with eloquence and a smile, concealing designs that were, in the end, hardly conceivable as virtuous. Often -- very often -- they were completely unqualified to lead. Always they found majorities who loved them.
The reaction to Obama by the people of America is disturbing, to say the least. I have not seen anything quite like it in America. Ronald Reagan, for example, was also very popular, but his name evoked enthusiasm and, at his death, reverence. But never the sort of idolatry inspired by Obama. Even Obama's detractors do not seem to loathe him, at least not in the way that they have loathed the Clintons or Gore or Kerry. I have heard more than one Republican say, "Well, if I have to put up with him for four or more years, at least he's tolerable." Obama's mass appeal is uncommon and frightening.
So, I am now imagining a very real scenario -- similar to what I have seen on a smaller scale in the corporate world -- about to be played out on a national, and possibly global, level. Our country seems to be ready to put into the seat of power a man -- good-looking, charismatic, silver-tongued, to be sure -- who has almost no experience, has never served in an executive capacity, has barely held a real job, and has no record of success other than his remarkable campaign.
This is a man who in less than two years has arisen as a political messiah. He has mesmerized an emergent block of college-age voters (whose chief sources of information, by the way, are comedians). He has inspired "Obama youth" corps and Maoist-style choirs of praise. He has been dubbed "the One" by his Matrix-saturated worshippers. He has captured the hearts and minds of half of America, nearly all of the media, and most of the world itself.
This is also a man whose voting record (meager as it is) puts him in the "far left" category. He brazenly proposes heavy taxation in the face of a tax-hating citizenry. He is unapologetic about his support of entitlements and has consistently voted for bills laden with pork and earmarks. He believes redistribution of wealth is moral, not immoral, despite his supposed biblical roots. He supports every form of abortion, including infanticide. He has alarming ties to extremists, criminals, radicals, and foreign thugs. He started out as a lawyer who learned, and eventually taught, shakedown tactics. He is not afraid to use the race card even as he touts his biracialism as proof that he is "beyond" race. And his idea of defending our country from enemies is to first understand them.
If Obama is just another bumbling Democrat, who, armed with a lot of really bad policies, simply wants to do America proud, well, then, if elected, he will muddle through the next four to eight years trying to implement change, will be hindered by the American political system, will enervate liberals and thus energize conservatives, and, eventually, the tide will turn. Like the aftermath of a very disagreeable season, we will have weathered the storm, will survey the damage, and will send in the rescue teams to rebuild.
But then again: What if Obama doesn't have America's best interest at heart? What if his candidacy has to do with the willful and radical recreation of the country, one that embraces Marxist ideals, i.e., socialism in some form or another? What if the "change we can believe in" -- the central theme of his campaign -- is directed subversion of the Republic in favor of the sort of Utopian, collectivist state that radicals like Bill Ayers have been dreaming of since the Sixties?
Who needs revolution when one can use evolution? If Congress turns decidedly left, Obama will have a good chance to help the Supreme Court do the same. At that point, the Left's idea of a "living" Constitution, which allows interpretation to supplant the process of amendment, will be used to make us all believers.
Bambi has malice aforethought for America and Isreal
O has earned NO benefit of doubt.
He hates this country. I see no difference between his philosophy than Rev. Wright’s.
> O has earned NO benefit of doubt.
Or more accurately, O has earned the benefit of NO DOUBT.
There is NO DOUBT that he is up to NO GOOD.
When Obie had the chance to stand up for Israel in last nights debate, he chose to sit, while John McCain rose in support.
If????
There is more than enough to justify a concern about Obama's intentions.
Who’s afraid of 8 years of peace and prosperity under President Obama? We had 23 million new jobs under the last Democratic President, job losses and war without end under the present R incompetent. Not to mention the DJIA rising from 5,000 to 11,000 under Clinton, compared with the stock market crash going on today. I’m proud to be a Democrat and will gladly cast my vote for Barack Obama in a few short weeks along with the other 3 voters in our family.
What ((IF)) you were right?...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freerepublic2/
First of all he’s a dem
Secondly he’s a puppet of mansour and ayres
He’s funded by illegal foreign funds
He pals with domestic terrorists...
I mean... instead..
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/barack_obama_and_the_strategy.html
The last Deomcrat President
a) Paid no attention to the al Quaida threat looming and allowed Osama to go freely about his business
b) Bombed a country in a desperate attempt to deflect attention from the fact he was lying about not having sex with an intern in the White House
c) Was a sex fiend accused of rape
d) Was responsible for hobbling our national defense
e) Was so childish that upon leaving office, stole and vandalized the White House
Need I go on.........you and yours can be free to vote for who you want but you are walking into a communist trap.
What If Obama Doesn't Have America's Best Interests at Heart?!
Only his.
Wow. This explains what I think about Obama. There’s a real eeriness of the worship-like enthusiasm too many have for him.
It’s a little difficult to explain but it is not like anything I’ve seen during my life. I am truly frightened of an Obama presidency. In addition to his far, far leftist mind set, I fear for the physical safety of America. IOW, it may turn out to be that we have an outright enemy presiding over our country.
If you think we're headed for peace and prosperity under an Obama administration, you haven't read a serious analysis of his tax plan.
I have to add that he transferred technology to China - they couldn’t get a missile to go straight until he did this
He also went along with ACORNS demands for mortgages to be made available to people who couldn’t afford them by demanding that Fannie and Freddie buy them from banks. Even Clinton admits that he is at fault - something I never thought I’d hear. Republicans tried to institute new regulations and were voted down by Democrats.
Are you as proud now?
“I fear for the physical safety of America.”
This is my #1 concern. All other issues come in a distant 2nd. There is also the possibility of our enemies taking advantage of our economic situation.
Now is not the time to gamble with America’s future..
“If you think we’re headed for peace and prosperity under an Obama administration, you haven’t read a serious analysis of his tax plan.”
IT’S NOT A TAX PLAN. IT’S A WEALTH TRANSFER VEHICLE and why in the ever lovin’ _(*&*__^^^*_+ that did not come out of John McCain’s mouth last night I will never understand!
bttt
September 11th was planned under Clinton. What you think is peace might be the calm before the storm.
Just fixin' the title...
Obama cares about Obama, and he will take any route necessary to ensure Obama's advancement.
I think his political views are a result of his upbringing -- I doubt he has any actual loyalty to them, except to the extent that they advance Obama. But he is trapped by them.
What if? It's a given.
"The only way America will ever be defeated by death-worshipping theocrats who've crawled out from under a Dark Ages rock is with the help of the mullahs' fifth column - academia, the media, the judiciary, public education, Hollywood and the Democratic Party.
Of the two suicide cults America confronts, liberalism is by far the more lethal."
-- Don Feder, In The War On Terror, Liberals Are More Dangerous Than Muslims -- A 9/11 meditation, September 19, 2006
No kidding !!! It's very troubling to see the zombies so dangerously blind.
My dearly departed, lifelong Dem, union-belonging dad, who, when alive, lived adjacent to you there in Westmoreland Co. would never have voted for Obama. he would not have voted for john mccain, he’d sit home. there are plenty like him in southwestern PA, the bitter gun-clinging religious zealots. we’ll see how many, i suppose. it’s not over yet.
“They cast the blame on the right for............exactly what they are doing or plan to do. They have proven that for years, and fail to even hide it in this election.”
Exactly. Cover their tracks by blaming the right in order to put us in a defensive position. Simple marxist tactic.
Having the support of the clueless left they present their agena openly and without fear of being challenged.
I pray that our collective consciousness wins the day.
That is why the black racists, felons, communists, abortionists, anarchists, terrorists, homosexuals, kos kidz, fascists, liars, criminals, thieves and other registered democrats want Obama to win.
They are all united in their hatred of our Republic.
That’s a serious question.
This morning there is a post that Obama was a socialist in 1996.
He has a long time association with terrorist Ayers.
“He supports a Muslim politician in Kenya that incited people to violence.
There remains questions of whether he is even an American citizen.
He is funded by Arabs.
His first act as a state senator was to try to get official recognition for an Islamic day.
There is more than enough to justify a concern about Obama’s intentions.”
Absolutely jaw-dropping stupifyingly amazing that American voters do not see this, isn’t it?
And even more amazing that the McCain/Republicans just roll over and take the lies, the voter fraud, dirty dealings and the insults and abuse heaped on them by Obama/Democrats. That’s just infuriating.
If he doesn’t get off his duff and get out there and hit Obama every day, he’s handing the presidency over to Barack Hussein Obama.
Why is he not mentioning such things as Obama trying to turn Missouri into a police state? Obama trying to turn our children into ‘Hitler youth’?
Email Republican headquarters/McCain. FReep ‘EM OUT!
REMIND McCAIN THAT HE HAS AN OBLIGATION AS OUR CANDIDATE TO FIGHT BACK!
To h*ll with bipartisian BS!
To h*ll with PC!
To h*ll with ‘conducting a respectful campaign’as McCain has said, and vowed to do.
RESPECTFUL CAMPAIGNING WENT STRAIGHT OUT THE WINDOW WITH OBAMA’S NASTY, BRUTAL COMMENTS SUCH AS;
‘lipstick on a pig’ and ‘You can wrap AN OLD FISH in a piece of paper called change. It’s still going to stink after eight years.’
Take off the gloves, McCain!
Hit the Marxist/Muslim hard with Ayers, Acorn, Violation of Logan Act, abortion, 2nd admendment, Campaigning for Odinga!!
FReep ‘EM!!!!
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THE CONSERVATIVE ACTIVIST’S
(all the Republican movers and shakers)
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FReep THE MSM!
SEND THEM DAMAGING INFO ON OBAMA. DEMAND THEY DO THEIR JOB AND INVESTIGATE.
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Obama goes to Kenya on the tax payer’s dollar to campaign for the murderous Islam-backed Odinga!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=S8QcpdUtxNQ&feature=related
SHORT VERSION:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1P_P8lBCsE
Obama talks about Ayers giving him a job:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=D-45A6I
I conceed: yours is the more accurate definition.
The only solace in your wishful thinking, is that after two years of an Obama administration and a Democratic-led Congress, is that we would have an opportunity, like 1994. We could once again vote in conservative Republicans to balance the budget and not give the farm away to Obama.
If???????
See tagline
I’ll give you credit not one fear word in your post. I’ll bet you could have sold Jonestown as a tropical paradise.
It's equally as important we ensure that they lose. Make 50 calls to voters.
Good one! That’s Funny!
So far we can’t even get Hussein Obama to even prove he is an American by birth.
Muslims don’t support Jews!
There are roughly 3 possibilities with Obama.
1. He is simply a naive politician chasing a goal and like the dog with a car or the Head Coach who gets hired at 30 years old.....is a bit surprised it actually is happening. The key here is who is pulling his strings and how far will he let them take it. Is he clueless and doesn’t even get he is a puppet, or is he just along for the ride and realizes it, but only wants to be the man.
2. He is a very clever politician without a core, and doesn’t really believe anything in particular. Think Bill Clinton from Chicago. His main goal would be to stay in power, get re-elected and have a popular legacy. Willing to pivot as it suits him.
3. He is a true believer/hard core leftist and actually has intentions to go hard left. The key here is this: were his radical associations a way to get ahead, or were they out of true belief?
The best case scenario is #2..the Clinton one. Why? When faced with his popularity, he wouldn’t go too far left and wouldn’t have a problem throwing the left under the bus. If the GOP controls in 2010 or 2012 and O gets re-elected, he could be pulled rightward. He’ll throw the bones to the far left in the beginning, but if the backlash begins, will tell them “hey I tried” and move to the center. It will be infuriating, but it means he can theoretically be moved by a passionate GOP in the congress (that is another matter entirely I am afraid).
Clinton, in my view, really doesn’t have a core belief. He didn’t have to go hardcore left to get elected in Arkansas, but he would have if he were in Chicago. He would have been a Republican if that is what it took in another state.
While that is despicable on another level, that is the best hope of the 3 choices.
Hopefully we won’t have to find out.
yeah, by the way, what is going on with that? heard anything new?! It would be sweet to find out that this is truly legit! He would fall just as fast as he has risen. BOOM!
WE also got the first World Trade center bombing! You dems love to forget about that don’t you? I would hardly call that peace. The terrorists thought that the bombs would bring down those buildings and kill thousands. Just because the bombs failed to do what they were intended to do everyone choses to forget about the first bombing. The people who died that day are just as dead as those killed on 9-11. Why don’t you go right on back over to DU and peddle your trash, no one here is buying it. You are probably a sleeper troll who probably comes out before every election to demoralize us.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but from what I understand, It was Clinton that stopped us from drilling,which we would have oil right now and it was Clinton that enforced even more loans to people who could not pay them back. That was under Clinton’s leadership. Obama is just a nightmare waiting to happen! Sometimes the best thing for our nation is to look past partylines, and vote for the Best qualified, such as McCain/Palin.
All those shining Clinton years--all those accolades you mention--that all happened with democrat control of all three branches of government, didn't it? You dems...you're simply amazing, you are!
Very high DUH factor on this article, but I might read it later
I can understand your point of view. I voted for Gore and opposed going into Iraq. McCain, however, is not Bush. McCain easily works with Democrats and would have had Joe Lieberman as VP if he had had his way. I am also concerned about Obama’s connections with William Ayers. The more I read about it (lots of blogs on the Internet), the more I am convinced that his connection with Ayers is not casual and that Ayers is still an unrepentant radical. Obama was also ranked as the most liberal senator of all and I don’t believe that he will unify the country from that position. There are too many unanswered questions - is he a socialist? Bernie Sanders, a senator from Vermont, is openly socialist and Obama is at least as liberal as he is.
As far as the economy is concerned, you cannot lay all the blame at the feet of the Republicans. Democrats pressured banks to make loans to poor people so they could own their own homes. Republicans did not. Republicans wanted to rein in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac but were prevented from doing so in particular by Barnie Frank, Democrat of Massachusetts.
When I was young, I was more or less a social democrat, but I no longer am. The government messes up things! It all sounds good on paper - the government will provide for you, but people emerge stronger and more resilient when they provide for themselves, IMO. You don’t place as much value on what you don’t work for.
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