Obama Skirts the 'L' Word

Townhall.com ^ | February 8, 2008 | Diana West

[Past Your Eyes]

I can provide you with a link to a bashing board that will tell you what a bunch of farmer/tractor type folks think of some of these candidates and it ain’t pretty. I have an idea that it’s not only farmers who think the way these guys do.

[WOBBLY BOB]

“Lumpenproletariat” ?

[Beckwith]

Forget the "L" word.

Obama needs to worry about the "M" word (Marxist) and the "R" word (Racist).

The Obama File

[dr_who_2]

I don’t care about what the polls say and all the brouhaha about Obama drawing GOP support. If he gets the nomination, it’s a different ball game. He’s a liberal, and the people who aren’t bright enough to figure it out yet will soon enough. The only way a mainstream Democrat (liberal) can win is if the depression comes back or the Republican candidate treats him with kid gloves. The latter is more likely, but avoidable.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Here's hoping we never find out how an Obama administration would "change" freedom of labeling. But misleading? On the contrary, "liberal" aptly describes Obama's point of view (not to mention Mrs. Clinton's). But notice the difference between Republicans and Democrats when it comes to political labels. Republicans struggle over who will wear the "conservative" mantle, while Democrats strike a "Who, me?" pose when it comes to carrying the "liberal" flag. The National Journal put it this way: both Democratic presidential contenders "have emphasized their liberal policy positions. But neither has embraced the liberal label the way Republican presidential candidates have proudly stamped themselves conservatives."

Big Journalism calls itself "objective," which is an oxymoron because believing yourself to be objective is the very definition of subjectivity.

But journalists call nonjournalists who have the precise same attitudes and perspective as journalists "progressive" or "liberal" - or whatever label the simpatico nonjournalists prefer.

And journalists call people who oppose the negative, superficial approach of the journalist "conservative" or "right wing."

[Disambiguator]

Obama Skirts the 'L' Word

Only real black people can say "ligger."

[baa39]

Oh my. Must admit I’m laughing. Also, saw the Churchill quote on your profile, some things never change.

[clyde asbury]

That’s just wrong. Her sexual orientation is irrelevant.

[DGHoodini]

Yep! Been waiting to see it come out in the MSM, as much as they don’t want to point it out...But Obama has a glass policy jaw.

[dr_who_2]

What exactly do you mean by that?

[vpintheak]

Liar, loser, leftist, loony, those are just a few L words that come to mind when talking about osama obama.

[Disambiguator]

It’s just sort of a twist on the whole “n-word” thing that makes fun of PC. Just take it as a bad joke, if that works for you.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Never bother to explain a joke - people will either get it or refuse to in an attempt to bait you.

[weegee]

The L Word is Lesbian. Isn’t there a cable show called “The L Word”?

[weegee]

The GOP needs to break out the S word “SOCIALIST”. Both of the Rats sell it.

[weegee]

Is that some sort of a lion-tiger?

[Babu]

The GOP needs to break out the S word “SOCIALIST”. Both of the Rats sell it.

The dirty little secret is that the Rat Juan McLamez is selling the same crap.

[The_Republican]

For a moment I thought the article was about the Hot show on Showtime! LOL!

[the lone wolf]

I agree. Obama is a doctrinaire Leftist, and he looks good now because he is the alternative to Hillary. This is exactly why Kerry looked good four years ago, in comparison to Howard Dean. But Kerry didn’t have to run in the general election against Dean, he had to run against Bush.

And if Obama wins the primary, he will have to run against McCain. Obama is a lightweight with no accomplishments to his name and he wants to pull out of Iraq when we are on the verge of victory. There isn’t a single thing on the Leftist wish list that he opposes. After he is the nominee and it is too late for the Democrats to change their minds, the truth will begin to come out, just like it did about Kerry.