Posted on 11/03/2008 10:50:05 AM PST by WilliamReading
There is a certain sort of academic conservative who embraces the Platonic ideal of the pholosopher-king as President. I have never understood it: the philosopher makes a much better legislator than an executive. Consider, for example, Daniel Moynihan or S.I Hayakawa. The Presidency demands a form of decisiveness that would be uncommon in an intellectual.
Oops, you are right about that. I wonder why he didn’t mention in his essay that he supported John Kerry for President? Maybe he is trying to pull a fast one. Kerry supported the Iraq War originally.
Plus, apparently Hart endorsed Obama way back in January.
It would be hard to call Jeffrey Hart a conservative . .he is way to the left of George Will.
Sounds like the thinking of this idiot (Bemused) on a local message board (he’s the most effete person I’ve ever seen). He thinks Obama was inadvertently created by those who voted for Bush:
http://users.boardnation.com/~waff/index.php?board=12;action=display;threadid=6318
Yes of course, a US Constitution worldview is the one. But we are being asked to choose between McCain or Stalin, I’ll take McCain. Stalin can GTH.
So let me this the “logic” of this mental defective straight:
He claims to be a conservative who is disappointed that George W Bush has not been conservative enough. Therefore, he will be voting for the most radical left wing liberal to ever seek the presidency even though a)Bush is not running, and b)Obama’s positions are the antithesis of everything conservatism stands for. Right......
If this guy is a “conservative” then I am the King of England.
Calling Obama a conservative.. is similar to calling Adolf Hitler a “Community Organizer”
“He invaded Iraq on the basis of abstract theory”
Listening to Republicans praise abstractions like “democracy” and “freedom” makes my Burke ache, too. But anyone who can’t see that we invaded Iraq first and foremost because of 9/11 is an idiot, pure and simple. The Wilsonian rhetoric was superficial, in my opinion. You may just as well posit that Reagan clung too tightly to the abstraction of “Star Wars.”
By the way, it is perfectly fine for a conservative to excoriate Bush. But to vote for Obama when you could easily abstain or vote Libertarian or Constitutionalist is inexcusable.
Bill Ayers is considered a "thinking man" because a left wing indoctrination center hired him because of his radical views.
Should a domestic terrorist like Ayers become our president as well?
The author of this article is obviously NOT a thinking man himself.
Not a big surprise: he backed Kerry in 2004.
What was his reasoning? Having trouble getting enough Gatorgirl action by supporting McCain?
I have never been attracted to leftist females.
Obama’s temperament is very conservative. That’s just so obvious when he talks about changing the US and the world. Or when he admits he never has any doubts. Or when he says he and his followers can heal the planet.
If the Repubs had Congress, and the country was in better shape, it would almost be entertaining watching Obama crash and burn.
Unfortunately, we have a Rat Congress and the country can’t take four years of The One.
He was opposed to US Military action in the way that my dog is opposed to going to the veterinarian. She may on some level know that it's good for her but she cannot reason her way into entering the building.
Obama's policies have more in common with Hitler and Stalin than they do with Nixon and even less with Reagan.
Hart's been in New England too long - first he supported the French looking doofus Kerry and now this.
It's been a long time, but when I read Burke in my wayward youth, I seem to remember him being no fan of change for change’s sake, and I don't recall him ever being a proponent of the sort of radical political and economic change that Obama is going to give us.
It seems disingenuous, at best, for Mr. Hart to hand pick three issues- the war, social security privatization and abortion, and say that somehow Obama’s views are more inline with Burke, ergo, in all cases Obama is the conservative.
And of those issues, social security privatization? Seriously? I don't think social security was what Burke had in mind when he referred to the social fabric.
Another rat leaving the ship when it’s on fire. Good. One more name to the list of phonies that we have. One day, he’ll want to come back, and we should remember his lavish endorsement of both John Kerry in 2004, and of The One this year.
In the final debate obama said that the US should militarily intervene anywhere that genocide and ethnic cleansing is occuring. Apparently anywhere except Iraq or anywhere else that the US has a national interest.
I have yet to hear from any of the talking heads who say that the US shouldn’t have invaded Iraq, what exactly we should have done about Saddam. We know the sanctions were gutted, he was training thousands of terrorists for strikes against the west and he was most likely behind the 93 WTC bombing.
It requires foresight and forethought. Those who depend on books already written are totally unaware of potential consequences, because they're not written down on paper yet!
I’m sure Obama thinks Muhammed was also a “community organizer.”
Yes, but how did we get into a position that this is what are choice is? No matter who wins the election, much rebuilding needs to be done.
I see he is Executive Director of the Florida College Republicans. Hopefully he has been kicked out by now.
“seem to remember him being no fan of change for change’s sake”
My favorite Burkeian image is that of a cow (common man) going about his life unbothered by the flies (intellectuals) buzzing around his head.
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