Why Obama Is No Roosevelt

The Wall Street Journal ^ | 11-02-10 | DOROTHY RABINOWITZ

[GunsareOK]

For all his other faults, at least FDR fought WWII to win.

[HereInTheHeartland]

Thanks for sharing this. I was almost tempted start my first thread ever here on FR to share this. Excellent writing by the author.

So many very good lines in the article:

” popular enthusiasm for him has gone the way of his famous speeches—lyrical, inspired and unburdened by the weight of concrete thought. “

And this one:

“What’s clear now is that we’ve heard quite enough about the “angry electorate”—a peculiarly reductive view of citizens who’ve managed to read all the signs and detect an administration they were not prepared to live with.”

[Dr. Eckleburg]

This is a GREAT article by Rabinowitz.

"...Nothing wakened their instincts more than the administration's insistence on its health-care bill — its whiff of totalitarian will, its secretiveness, its display of cold assurance that the new president's social agenda trumped everything.

But it was about far more than health-care reform, or joblessness, or the great ideological divide between the president and the rest of the country. It was about an accumulation of facts quietly taken in that told Americans that the man they had sent to the White House had neither the character or the capacity to lead the country..."

Obama is tone deaf. He returns the bust of Churchill, proving D'Souza's complaint that he's an anti-colonialist, and he denigrates the "special relationship" between England and the U.S.

How stupid is he, not to know that Israel and Britain are the 51 and 52 states?

He's toast. Thank God.

[wagglebee]

There is no doubt that FDR was at least a quasi-socialist who saw the Depression as an opportunity to force aspects of socialism on America. However, though he was misguided, he believed that his policies would strengthen the American economy. On the other hand, Zero is a full-fledged Marxist who is either too stupid to realize that his policies will destroy America's economy or realizes this and is doing it anyway because that's his intent.

Additionally, FDR did understand that America had very real and very dangerous foreign enemies and he was prepared to stand up to those enemies no matter what. FDR understood that world peace REQUIRED American military strength. Zero WANTS America to be weak.

I think, if it's looked at objectively, Zero is far to the left of FDR.

[CoastWatcher]

These people are delusional! FDR??
This Jackwagon isn’t even Jimmy Carter!

The world would be safer if Jerry Lewis were President.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

The title is from the dems’ perspective. The article itself is from the conservative’s perspective and it’s great.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Zero is far to the left of FDR

That's what Rabinowitz is saying. It's a great article.

[randog]

Interesting juxtaposition of Obama with Stalin and Mao. Although there are many dissimilarities (Obama hasn’t managed to slaughter millions...yet), one similarity jumped out immediately—”failed leadership”.