Posted on 02/26/2008 10:11:22 PM PST by ThePythonicCow
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One Reagan adviser had predicted such a win shortly after Reagan had become the de facto nominee the previous spring. In a memo about the coming general election contest with Jimmy Carter, Richard Whalen wrote Reagan's "secret weapon" was that "Democrats fail to take him very seriously."
Are Republicans making the same mistake with Barack Obama?
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In just the past week, conservative commentators have accused Mr. Obama of speaking in "Sesame Street platitudes," of giving speeches that are "almost content free," of "saying nothing." He has been likened to Chance the Gardner, the clueless mope in Jerzy Koscinski's "Being There," whose banal utterances are taken as brilliant by a gullible political class.
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The assumption behind much of this criticism is that because Mr. Obama gives a good speech he cannot do substance. This is wrong. Mr. Obama has done well in most of the Democratic debates because he has consistently shown himself able to think on his feet. Even on health care, a complicated national issue that should be Mrs. Clinton's strength, Mr. Obama has regularly fought her to a draw by displaying a grasp of the details that rivals hers, and talking about it in ways Americans can understand.
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Universal health care is one of those leftist rallying cries that will not die, until it delivers us unto tyranny first.
It's one of the more serious of the leftist cancers.
I also think he believes in his leftest views.
But...
His leftest view implemented will produce the exact opposite of his stated goals. That’s why he’s a fool. Foolish behavior produces the opposite of the desired outcome. Not only will the poor be poorer, so will everyone else.
Basically his solutions are feel good solutions that don't take into account the long term consequences. You can't take from productive people and give it to nonproductive people and increase a nation's wealth. It does just the opposite. Money is a tool. Take away that tool from people who know how to use it and give it to those who don't and we as a nation produce less. The less we produce the poorer we all are and the less we can do on any number of fronts.
Cult of Personality
by Living Colour
Look into my eyes, what do you see?
Cult of Personality
I know your anger, I know your dreams
I've been everything you want to be
I'm the Cult of Personality
Like Mussolini and Kennedy
I'm the Cult of Personality
Cult of Personality
Cult of Personality
Neon lights, A Nobel Price
The mirror speaks, the reflection lies
You don't have to follow me
Only you can set me free
I sell the things you need to be
I'm the smiling face on your T.V.
I'm the Cult of Personality
I exploit you still you love me
I tell you one and one makes three
I'm the Cult of Personality
Like Joseph Stalin and Gandhi
I'm the Cult of Personality
Cult of Personality
Cult of Personality
Neon lights a Nobel Prize
A leader speaks, that leader dies
You don't have to follow me
Only you can set you free
You gave me fortune
You gave me fame
You me power in your God's name
I'm every person you need to be
I'm the Cult of Personality
I think what we need to do is focus on his policies i.e. apparently pro-partial birth abortion, etc. He’s pro-illegal but then so is McCain! So that’s a no-go. I don’t want to be in Iraq 100 years but I don’t think we should ive it to Al Quida by 1/30/2009 either.
I probably agree with some of his ideas if I understand them properly - the American worker has been left behind in NAFTA, etc. I don’t want to talk to someone in India for tech support. Why can’t we make our own steel? I’m afraid we are bankrupting ourselves. We need our own energy, we do need to re-invest in the US. Drudge says gas could go to $4/gallon. The euro is now $1.50.
I’m not saying I’m voting for Obama....I can’t handle the liberalism....but I can see how he makes sense. I don’t like what our side has been doing. That’s why I liked Fred - I thought he would have taken us back to reality.
I know but I was just trying to generate some enthusiasm...
one of the reasons why I support reimportation of drugs from canada is that it would put a heavy strain on their system. Price controls would collapse as canadians would be paying for cheaper drugs for us (and there are a lot more Americans than canadians). Combine that with a harper govt and you could see the end of socialized medicine there.
I agree.
I’d rather have Americans making money
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MTc2NDRkOGY5NmUwOGZiMWE3NDEzOGE3YzdiYTAwNGM=
They flock to FLA and S Texas in the winter for the health care.
The idea of Universal healthcare has been around since FDR. Truman picked up the banner after FDR died, and it was also part of Nixon’s agenda.
Clinton *raised* taxes and did not balance the budget. The Republican Congress did the latter by refusing to spend the additional tax revenues that came from the tax increases that the Democrats and Clinton had passed in ‘90 and ‘93.
Thanks! That helped to see the bigger picture. That’s the sort of thing we’ll need more of to hold the White House.
I think this $4/gallon gas prediction has got me freaked out. There was a caller to Rush the other day who was going on and on about how the cost of energy is going to kill our economy. His restaurant used to cost $5500 for energy a short time ago (can’t remember how long) and his most recent monthly invoice is 11k. This guy, who has been in business for years, must be thinking that no one will be able to afford to eat out anymore if this keeps up. The guy made sense and Rush agreed with him. They said the Sierra Club and their ilk are ruining our economy.
...for both parties.
;o(
Of course, to be fair, ‘Read My Lips’ was also complicit in passing the ‘90 Democrat Congressional tax increase.
I know he’s a liberal and really for a single payer plan. But that’s not the debate he’s having vs Hillary. He appears to want less coercion, no universal mandate and even democrats can identify with that and dumping hillary because of it.
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