Posted on 06/26/2008 3:03:27 AM PDT by MartinaMisc
What is an "Obamacon?" The phrase surfaced in January to describe British conservatives entranced by Barack Obama. On March 13 the American Spectator broadened the term to cover all "conservative supporters" of the Democratic presidential candidate. Their ranks, though growing, feature few famous people. But looming on the horizon are two big potential Obamacons: Colin Powell and Chuck Hagel.
Neither Powell, first-term secretary of state for George W. Bush, nor Hagel, retiring after two terms as a U.S. senator from Nebraska, has endorsed Obama. Hagel probably never will. Powell probably will enter Obama's camp at a time of his own choosing. The best bet is that neither of the two, both of whom supported President Bush in 2000 and 2004, will back John McCain in 2008.
Powell, Hagel and lesser-known Obamacons harbor no animosity toward McCain. Nor do they show much affection for the rigidly liberal Obama. The Obamacon syndrome is based on hostility to Bush and his administration and on revulsion over today's Republican Party. The danger for McCain is that desire for a therapeutic electoral bloodbath could get out of control.
That danger was highlighted in a June New Republic article on "The rise of the Obamacons" by supply-side economist Bruce Bartlett, who was a middle-level official in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations. He expressed "disgust with a Republican Party that still does not see how badly George W. Bush has misgoverned this country" -- echoing his scathing 2006 book, "Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy." While Bartlett says "I'm not ready to join the other side," his anti-Bush furor characterizes the Obamacons.
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"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
Powell gave $2,300 to McCain’s campaign.
Indeed.
"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
- Rush Limbaugh
"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
Well said.
We are so screwed...
There’s bad and worse...
Dark days ahead.
If only we had a Conservative in the White House (and more in Congress), the DNC would be toast now.
The only “Obamicon” I know of is Robert Novak.
I think so too.
The GOP overlords screwed up bad and its going to cost us all dearly. I can only guess they thought Hillary was a shoe in and that Clinton revived the Republicans in congress back in the 90’s and could do so again. That they’d let McCain have “his turn” as the throw away candidate.
But that isn’t what happened.
Really?
Novak has said he supports Obama?
Why would Powell give $2,300 to McCain only to support Obama?
More WaPo BDS BS. I guess they haven’t laid off enough left-wing shills.
(gack!) It’s Novak!
Who remembers Hagel's tease of a press conference, where he announced that he was going to think about running for President? The reason Hagel is retiring, is that he was going to get beat in the GOP primary.
My question was has Novak said that he (Novak) supports Obama. I find that hard to believe - but who knows...
No, I don’t think Novak has or will publicly support Obama but perpetuating this “straw man” called an Obamacon supports the notion that the GOP has gone too far to the right and many Republicans are all set to jump ship and vote for Obama. Novak may or may not do that himself but clearly he doesn’t think that the GOP needs more conservatives to make it right and he’s blaming Bush for being too conservative... not too liberal.
We had one, but he wasn’t “viable”. Whatever the hell that means. It appears that a Marxist Senator from a racist church, a few years removed from the Illinois Legislature is “viable” So viable means: A person the media supports and/or endorses and the sheeple “baa” and get on in line. This isn’t a Democracy, it’s an American Idolocracy that sees itself as entitled, Government as it’s daddy, and that will soon have more riding in the Socialists Dream Wagon than pulling it.
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