Some pundits are calling him the next John F. Kennedy. He’s not. He’s the next George McGovern. And it’s time people learned the facts.
Because the truth is that Mr. Obama is the single most liberal senator in the entire U.S. Senate. He is more liberal than Ted Kennedy, Bernie Sanders, or Mrs. Clinton.
Never in my life have I seen a presidential frontrunner whose rhetoric is so far removed from his record. Walter Mondale promised to raise our taxes, and he lost. George McGovern promised military weakness, and he lost. Michael Dukakis promised a liberal domestic agenda, and he lost.
Yet Mr. Obama is promising all those things, and he’s not behind in the polls. Why? Because the press has dealt with him as if he were in a beauty pageant.
Things will change come November. There is not one stae that went for Bush in 2004 that Obama can win in the general election. And McCain could possibly win in places like PA, NH, MN, and afew other states that are traditionally more democrat.
This is the money shot right here. He is an elected SOCIALIST, and Obama is the left of him.
At this stage in the political "process", it is a beauty pageant. Senator Obama appears "moderate" primarily to the extent that he is not Shrill Hillary. His voice is mellifluous and melodic. Hers sounds like a steel shovel scraping a brick wall. He is graceful and dignified. She is inelegant and prone to odd facial expressions.
Never mind that Obama's words are a virtual Mantra of Meaninglessness (hope change hope change hope change) - that will matter a great deal later, but for now the emotion-driven Democrats are looking to fall in love again. And given the composition of one or more of their core constituencies, Obama might well make a swell bride.