Posted on 10/06/2008 8:59:48 PM PDT by BRK
THE MORE I LISTEN TO AND READ ABOUT “the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate,” the more I like him. Barack Obama strikes a chord with me like no political figure since Ronald Reagan. To explain why, I need to explain why I am a conservative and what it means to me. ---SNIP--
(Excerpt) Read more at dmagazine.com ...
However, to embrace Obama is not the answer. This man's perception of Obama as a thoughtful pragmatist is a frightening spectacle and to me shows how utterly empty Obama is. He is functioning as a mirror, somehow reflecting the desires and thoughts of way more people than I thought possible.
The device used here is the CHANGE mantra and Obama does not need to make these radical claims himself as these groups just ASSIGN values and positions as they all see fit depending on the changes they want. Just imagine what you want, and Obama fits the bill. He is a master of the wink and the nod, and therefore people do not believe him when he says things that are against what they believe. They think he is “just saying those things” to get elected and that once he is safely in office he will fullfill thier secret desires. Even his former church mates, whom he threw under a bus and denounced publically, will all be voting for him and they probably expect that a President Obama will carry out payback for all thier greivances against the USA.
And now I see, to at least some conservatives, he is the new Ronald Reagan. If Obama wins and it is looking more and more like he will, there are either going to be legions of disappointed groups out there or Obama is a supernatural being who can change the perception of reality depending who he is talking to. There are simply no policies that will placate all sides of every issue, and Obama is building up huge expectations. I fear his strategy after the election will be the Third-World strategy (Chavez anyone?)of claiming that "enemies" are stopping him from saving the world and that more power will be needed in the executive branch. The end result may be that all the power that people believe that Bush/Cheney have usurped will be freely given under Obama.
I think a McCain ad called “Mirror Man” could be produced and quote what all these differing groups believe about Obama and just troll their respective websites for what members have assigned for Obama. I think it will be an easy task to find supporters on many sides of almost every major issue. It would not even have to be opposing views; the idea is to expose the technique and its impact on the voters. Then people can ask themselves if they are projecting their own desires onto Obama or if there is actually a substantive rational, basis for thier selection.
right.
and i’m santa claus.
The Obama team has modeled their campaign on Reagan vs Carter and thinking it will break TO them at the end.
This reads like a conveniently placed work.
“Georgetown Cocktail Party” alert
Hmmmm. Makes complete sense. At this point in our nation's history we need a traitorous, socialist in the White House....
Is this one of those “lifelong card carrying Republican” callers to Rush who bashes everything conservative?
Liberalism is a mental disease.
Just remember for every back sliding Republican the MSM finds, there are a 100,00 Reagan Democrats...
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Wick Allison Endorses Obama...In Other News, Squirrel Learns to Water Ski [Jonah Goldberg]
From a reader, speaking for a few others:
Wick joins jeffery hart in endorsing obama. why do i get the feeling this will be ignored at the corner today?
Me: Well, you're hearing about it now. As for why folks aren't making a bigger deal of it, the answer is really quite simple. It's not a big deal. And it's not news. Beyond that, I guess it's earth shattering.
For the record, I addressed this Obamacon nonsense here and here.
I'll just add that I think this continued effort to point to a groundswell of conservatives flocking to Obama is hilarious. It's just not true (unless you think Andrew Sullivan is still a conservative). Going by the polls, independents and conservative Democrats support McCain far more than the other way around. The Democrats put up Jim Leach and the mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska as proof of Obama's bipartisan appeal at their convention. Joe Lieberman, the 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee, was a keynoter at the Republican convention.
I have no personal animus — or relationship — with Wick Allison, but his endorsement of Obama really means next to nothing in the grand scheme of things. Indeed, Lynn Forester de Rothschild's endorsement of McCain is a much bigger deal by comparison and even that is not big deal in objective terms.
BaWAHAHAHA....I bet if we do some deep research we'll find he has been a life long RAT!
Socialism Vs. Capitalism. Get the picture?
I’ll bet he also thought Adolf Hitler was perfect for that moment in history too! What a moron. He gave a thousand bucks to his messiah back in July. I guess he has been impressed with “The One” for quite a while. He’s not getting a “click” from me.
The only thing worse than a RINO is a liberal democrat or LIBITARIAN claiming to be a conservative.
I’m a communist for Obama.
And, uh, which one is supposed to represent McCain?
Sure, he can deal with this economic tsunami bearing down on us and get all of the blame when he realizes he can't do anything to stop it.
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