Doomed to implode.
I hope VDH is correct.
Short summary: If Obama had governed like a Conservative, things would have gone better.
Then again, The Messiah has spent his entire adult life seeking out those who hate what makes this country great, and want to destroy it.
To expect him to do the things listed in the article is to expect the scorpion not to sting the turtle.
“I say all of the above not because it is at all believable, but only because that had he taken such a path he would have continued to mesmerize the country.”
VDH, if you’re going to keystroke a column like this, I hope you had the appropriate music playing in the background.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9r8T2pyvwU
Yes, but...
1. Obama’s rhetorical moderation during his campaign was that part of his speeches that people who wanted a Democrat moderate wanted to hear. That was not all he said. He was saying many different things to many different audiences. A complete list of what he said is an exercise in contradictions. Going from the speeches alone - you can’t make a reasonable prediction of what he was going to do, because it was everything to everybody, fill in the blanks, and would be impossible to fulfill even with the best intentions. So, people were eager to make a history with the first black President. They hoped he would do what they wanted him to do based on their own projections.
A better indication would’ve been a history of his actions, as limited as they are, and the company he kept. But the media that fell in love with Obama was quite successful in portraying skepticism about Obama as cookery, did no investigations on him (or kept it secret), and was very enthusiastic in creating an image of a wiser man than he is.
2. On Clinton’s moderation and pragmatism. He wanted to do many things that Obama is doing. but his and Hilary’s overreach was checked in 2 years by Gingrich republican revolution. Only then his pragmatism took over and he embraced Dick Morris’ triangulation. I think it was a wise move on his part, even it was forced. Whether Obama has as much pragmatism in him as Clinton remains to be seen, if Republicans can take Congress in 2010, or at least greatly reduce Polosi’s power.
If Clinton had a luxury of Pelosi’s congress and 60 senators, he would not be as pragmatic as he became. I still think Clinton’s grasp of policy details is vastly superior to Obama’s.
3. For now, conservative democrats and moderates can only dream. They are not quite home with GOP and the Dem party moved very much to the Left. They have no place to call their own.
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Obama can’t help but be what he is: a rank socialist. If I were Obama and held the same leftist convictions he does, I certainly wouldn’t be trying to cram all these socialist schemes down the throat of the American public so fast. He should have taken his time. Plus he’s lied so many times that even diehards Dems can’t fail to notice. Hey, where’s that tax cut for 95% of Americans? Now with his reflexive, racial agitator statements about the police and his anti-capitalist remarks directed at doctors Americans are finally seeing the real Obama.
Surely, Obozo was given advice much as VDH outlined above.
I’m glad he didn’t take that advice, and I hope he never does.
He and his LIEberal/Marxist/Socialist policies must fail, and fail soon in a most spectacular fashion so Real Americans can reclaim America for themselves and their progeny.
We must all work diligently to ensure that VDH’s vision of the Obozo implosion comes to pass — the sooner the better!
“...doomed to implode.”
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I absolutely believe this. He thought his job description consisted mainly of being the spokesman for the liberal Wish List of government control for everything. Reality has begun to intrude on his fantasy world, and he will not be strong enough to handle it.