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Obama’s Centrism Could Drive the GOP Out of Business
Pajamas Media ^ | January 13 | Jennifer Rubin

Posted on 01/13/2009 1:00:29 PM PST by AJKauf

Perhaps it is all a gigantic head fake. Maybe President-elect Obama is going to dash Left as soon as he utters the words “So help me God” next week. But so far, there seems to be the most astounding and sweeping repudiation of a president’s own base of support in the offing since … well, since forever.

The president-elect may end up pleasing conservatives more than McCain would have...

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 111th; agenda; bho2008; conservatism; gop; rinopurge; rnc
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1 posted on 01/13/2009 1:00:29 PM PST by AJKauf
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To: AJKauf

How much is that bridge you’re selling?


2 posted on 01/13/2009 1:02:16 PM PST by bassmaner (Hey commies: I am a white male, and I am guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.)
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To: AJKauf

Centrism... LOL. Even Bush has veered far to the left recently. Obama is anything but centrist. This whole nations has slipped so far left since decades, that someone like Obamarx passes as centrist?


3 posted on 01/13/2009 1:03:32 PM PST by SolidWood (Sarah Palin - America the Beautiful)
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To: AJKauf

If he didn’t become a raging lefty and did move to the center, then I would bless him if only because I love this country so much that I want it to thrive irrespective of who is in power.

However I don’t think he’s centrist, just a political prostitute has set a new standard.


4 posted on 01/13/2009 1:03:47 PM PST by Niuhuru (Fine, here's my gun, but let me give you the bullets first. I'll send them to you through the barrel)
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To: AJKauf

Did he say head fake or fake head?


5 posted on 01/13/2009 1:03:53 PM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: AJKauf

She’s been drinking more than 7 cups of coffee.


6 posted on 01/13/2009 1:03:55 PM PST by Perdogg (Only the hypnotized never lie)
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To: AJKauf
Yeah, just like Clintoon's centrism drove the GOP out of business after 1992.

Oops, wait, it didn't. The GOP took control of both houses in 1994. What gives?

7 posted on 01/13/2009 1:04:08 PM PST by dirtboy
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To: AJKauf
The president-elect will end up pleasing terrorists more than McCain would have...
8 posted on 01/13/2009 1:04:26 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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I think Obama realizes that he is such a huge celebrity and novelty that he can govern any way he likes and he will be re-elected.

If he governs to the right, he will pick up enough conservative votes to add to those he got this last time around, and retain all the libs who got all excited about voting for skin color last time and the yellow dog dems. At the same time he will effectively eliminate any apparent need for a new RINO president ala what McCain and others called for recently. Who needs Chuck Hagel or whoever if Obama is doing enough to please conservatives who don't come to FR but who thought they'd give this guy a shot?

9 posted on 01/13/2009 1:04:47 PM PST by Darkwolf377
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To: bassmaner; freekitty

Someone is off their Prozac and thinks were morons.


10 posted on 01/13/2009 1:04:53 PM PST by ExTexasRedhead
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To: AJKauf
the most astounding and sweeping repudiation of a president’s own base of support in the offing since … well, since forever

Ummm....there was this George Bush fella fairly recently.

11 posted on 01/13/2009 1:05:04 PM PST by murdoog (http://babydoc3.livejournal.com)
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To: AJKauf
The RINOcrat party, formerly made up of republicans, is a self inflicted wound. Everything they have “accomplished” is through pure stupidity.
12 posted on 01/13/2009 1:05:42 PM PST by RetiredArmy (Great patriotic stuff at www.patriotstore.us.)
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Actually I would not mind seeing the present GOP/RINO party go the same way as the Whig party.
We need a political party that espouses conservative positions - not another group that advocates a headlong dash towards Godless socialism - but just at a slightly slower speed than the Dems...
13 posted on 01/13/2009 1:06:26 PM PST by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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Is that what they’re calling Culture of Death, Big Government Liberalism these days?


14 posted on 01/13/2009 1:06:40 PM PST by Antoninus (America didn't turn away from conservatism, they turned away from many who faked it. - Mark Sanford)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

The thing to remember here is the necons are cozzying up to Obama. That’s all you need to know. Pajamas is invested with neocons.


15 posted on 01/13/2009 1:08:23 PM PST by Captain Kirk
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To: AJKauf
[0bama will] end up where Bush is — with the choice of using force or acquiescing to the idea of a nuclear Iran.

And THAT is a fact. No amount of flowery orations on the necessity to get along without Iran as a nuclear power is going to convince them to stop enriching uranium.

16 posted on 01/13/2009 1:08:23 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Obama is living proof that stupid people should not be allowed to vote.)
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To: AJKauf

centrism???? WTF???????? How is that centrism??


17 posted on 01/13/2009 1:08:43 PM PST by GeronL (sanity prone freeper)
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To: AJKauf

I’ve always thought he was trying to lull us all to sleep.


18 posted on 01/13/2009 1:08:57 PM PST by Boiling Pots (The USA has become one huge pyramid scheme. Thanks George, John, Nancy and Harry.)
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To: AJKauf

Does the author consider socialism a centrist ideology.

I see there is a big wickie war going on with Carol Browners socialist ties. Currently this information is censored:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Carol_Browner


19 posted on 01/13/2009 1:11:11 PM PST by DManA
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To: AJKauf

The man is a Democrat who ran on tax cuts. Who the hell knows who his base is?


20 posted on 01/13/2009 1:12:14 PM PST by Tublecane
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