Posted on 12/03/2006 7:43:28 AM PST by freespirited
Barring several series of near seizure-like corrections, Barack Obama will take the Presidential oath of office in January of 2009. It will be a cold January morning, his beautiful wife and daughters will be by his side and they will shiver as he places his hand on the Bible and swears to uphold the Constitution of the United States . His presidency that will follow, if reflective of anything at all of his legislative record, will then seek to dismantle that same Constitution.
I have a long track record of predictions on Obama, and all of them have come true. I have no reason to believe that this one will conclude any differently.
There are reasons that this event is destined to take place, and given the option of knowing them but remaining silent or mentioning them in the hope that the scene I've just mentioned never comes to path - I choose the latter. If any of these were to take significant turns, the formula might collapse. This is given the fact that the nation will be in a holding pattern for the next two years with absolute gridlock on pretty much everything (with the possible exception of amnesty for illegal aliens.)
RAGING LIBERALS - In 2006 the message of the voters was not Ned Lamont. Rather it was the " Crash Dummy Class of '06. " Democrats who looked, and tried to talk like people of faith - at least long enough to get elected. George Soros, the Daily Kos, Al Gore, Susan Sarandon, and not to be forgotten Howard Dean, have made their go at it. They failed. But since their party won the midterms - they believe they've been justified. Their anti-American rhetoric will increase. They will express dissatisfaction with Pelosi/Reid and demand an increased presence in the 2008 picture. The democratic primary voter will reject this increased extremism and look for a "consensus builder." They will long for someone who is "above the Frey." Obama will fit that profile and will bring "together" the left and right in his own party. He will do it with a sense of style, smoothness, and humor - a stark contrast to Hillary, Gore, Kerry, et al.
DIGUSTED CONSERVATIVES - Still reeling from the "ginormous" let down of the Senate under Bill Frist, and the second term Presidency of George W. Bush, normally energized conservatives will look to a field that offers a pro-choice/pro-gay mayor from New York, a Mormon from Massachusetts - who was pro-choice/pro-gay but genuinely seems now not to be - but may have hired illegal aliens, blah blah blah, or John McCain (whose single biggest problem is that he IS John McCain.) Normally eager "tax-cutting, government shrinking, let's defend our nation, pro-life, pro-family" voters, organizations, and leaders will be assaulted with speeches on Romney's health care reform, or Giulianis crime initiatives, or John McCain. Whoever emerges, will have not one tenth the oratory skills of Obama and they will come off looking as tired, dry, and stale as day-old toast.
EXHAUSTED MODERATES - Are tired of the stale toast, and be looking for anything exciting. Mind you moderates by definition don't truly stand for anything so it doesn't really matter what the candidate stands for. These people voted for Kennedy, Reagan, and Clinton all based on one thing, "how does he make me feel?" Realizing this Obama will be a lightening rod on the campaign trail. He will draw record crowds for every appearance he makes (something he's already begun to do.) Money will flow in as a result. Obama's strategy of talking about cooperation, sounding bipartisan, and seeming to curtly rebuke both sides of the aisle will seem to validate his "ability" to "stay above the Frey."
ENERGIZED BLACKS - Because the voices of great men like Bishop Harry Jackson will not yet have become distinct enough within American media, and because the media in ignoring the Bishop will instead return again and again to the alter of Al Sharpton, and Jesse Jackson, the true voice for alternatives for black voters will not be heard. Instead, as the media is already doing, their will be near non-stop fawning over the Senator from Illinois as he flashes the big smile. Black voters, who in the majority vote for party and not conviction anyway, will see Obama as the personality that no one since Dr. King has been able to live up too. Obama will be invited to each and every significant black pulpit in America . He will rail with poetry, sing with soul, rhyme when appropriate, and never will the IRS even think of threatening even one of these houses of worship for illegal political action.
GULLIBLE EVANGELICALS - The most reliable base of voters for the Republican Party since the days of President Reagan have been the social conservatives. Church-going born-again Christians who believe in God, the importance of His word, and the significance of living out their faith in an open and compassionate way every single day have been the backbone of the GOP. This past Friday Rick Warren, through the implied endorsement of allowing Obama to speak at one of the largest evangelical churches in America gave Obama the opportunity to split evangelicals who will be misled by Obama's words instead of opening their eyes to his actions. In my gentle admonition to Rick Warren over the past couple of weeks I reiterated time and again that it was this opportunity being extended to Obama that would be manipulated by both the press , and Obama himself to pose as a "person of faith." Warren's stubborn action of insisting upon having Obama speak at Saddleback Church in southern California has had that exact effect.
From this point forward should the trend of any of these five areas shift significantly Obama's chances could be compromised. But there are credible reasons to believe that they won't be.
So mark this date down, because it is the first time anyone accurately predicted that Barack Obama will be the next President of the United States.
And you have no idea how much I hope this prediction does not come true!
And you thought you had a nightmare with the possibility that Herself, the Cold and Joyless, would be running for the job.
Because Barack Hussein Obama, Jr., is of sufficiently dark pigmentation (regardless of the fact his mother is definitely Caucasian), he will be considered as "one of the brothers". When in fact, Obama has less in common with the vast majority of Americans of African descent than the Shah of Iran. His ancestors on the white side were from Northern Europe, and on the Kenyan side tribesmen who had been converted to Islam.
It is true, that many of these Americans of African descent have converted their faith from some form of Christianity to a form of Islam known as the Black Nation of Islam, incorrectly believing this was the religion of their African ancestors. In fact, the presence of Islam among African tribesmen is a relatively recent phenomenon. The imams of the Muslim faith were for centuries pretty much limited in their penetration of Africa, making excursions there only to points along the coastline. The most important reason for Arabs to settle there was to expedite the slave trade from the interior, members of one tribe captured by members of another tribe, and sold in slave trade markets to the Arabs. Apparently the Arabs paid well, as they were the predominant dealers in African slavery from the first (at the time when Athens ruled most of the eastern Mediterranean) until well into the 20th Century.
Thus, well over half of the slaves that eventually found their way to North and South America, were handled at one time or another by Arab slave traders. The slaves were captured in the first place by other African tribesmen. The ancestors of Barack Hussein Obama, Jr., were very likely the tribesmen that captured the neighboring tribesmen and sent them on their way into slavery in Cuba and Louisiana.
And why would a person believe this? Because the Obama ancestors have descendants still in Africa. The captives became the slaves, and the ancestors of the vast majority of Americans of African descent.
I suppose electing Obama President would be one way to express expiation for the terrible burden of being descended from slaveowners.
But what about the slave traders, and the tribesmen who captured the slaves in the first place? When are THEY going to get their just retribution?
"If the 2008 Republican candidate is someone the Social Conservatives adore (name someone)- Obama may very likely win."
Yeah, those horrible social conservatives like Ronald Reagan
just never get elected/sarc
I don't believe Reagan is running in 2008.
And I don't believe that any of the doctrinaire Social Conservatives who are mentioned for 2008 come close to Reagan in appeal or have any possibility of winning in 2008.
On the other hand, that is why I asked for a name. I'm sure I will soon get a list of the Social Conservative Senators, Governors and school board members who have a shot of being elected President in 2008.
I hope you are right, because a lot of what I've been reading really scares me for 2008. I guess I have read too many stories about Hillary and remember 1991 too vividly not to be more than a little bothered by all the calls for forming another party for 2008 or to stay home and not vote.
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