In a Nutshell, my Opposition to Obama
He’s a liberal who favors increased federal spending and a larger federal government, has been less than and candid about past associations, refuses to disclose a number of details about his past. He has switched positions on a number of key issues.
Seems to underestimate the threats abroad while downplaying the success of our strategy in Iraq. He talks a good game about postpartisanship and a “new kind of politics,” but since elected to public office, he has failed to accomplish any significant reform. He has never bucked his party on any major issues. Indeed, he consistently votes the party line. While campaigning for change, he doesn’t have much of a record as a trend-setter. He’s more a follower than a leader.
UPDATE: And here’s another, Paul Mirengoff of Powerline “considers Barack Obama’s radical associations [,] .. . . . asking whether these associations portend a radical presidency if Obama is elected.”
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Excellent nutshell. How I wish we could all be that succinct! (pointing the finger at myself first.)
Comment by Randy — October 12, 2008 @ 7:50 pm - October 12, 2008
I’m with Mark Steyn:
Of course, I was saying this in February but welcome to the party, Mark.
Who ever thought we’d live to see the day when the most conservative leader in the Free World was the President of France? Strange days indeed.
Comment by V the K — October 12, 2008 @ 8:00 pm - October 12, 2008
Very good nutshell. However, I am outraged over the outrage over a few people that have made some bad comments at McCain and Palin rallies about Obama. Has Obama condemned Madonna for comparing McCain to Hitler? The list of people such as her in the “entertainment industry” are nearly endless. The one industry that is going to come an end very soon will be the Bush/Cheney Hate Industry. I thought that the Clinton Hate Industry was bad …. but, the Bush/Cheney Hate Industry is worse
Comment by Swampfox — October 12, 2008 @ 8:41 pm - October 12, 2008
nice synopsis. Hope to share something similar with a liberal soon!
Comment by Patrick — October 12, 2008 @ 9:00 pm - October 12, 2008
Come on now, Dan… I know what the real reason is.
Comment by SoCalRobert — October 12, 2008 @ 9:14 pm - October 12, 2008
Look - even Fidel Castro can see right through my transparent racism.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081012/D93ON3T00.html
Comment by SoCalRobert — October 12, 2008 @ 9:18 pm - October 12, 2008
Opposing socialism is racist.
Comment by American Elephant — October 12, 2008 @ 9:24 pm - October 12, 2008
Castro, yikes. The poor man took power around 1959 and rules Cuba to this day. Perhaps Obama can get Castro to run a TV ad for him.
Comment by Swampfox — October 12, 2008 @ 9:25 pm - October 12, 2008
Great nutshell, Dan. You might add, instead of “Country First”, Obama’s slogan might be “Me First.”
Of course, in that regard, he really is a typical politician. We sure are long on THOSE these days - eh?
Comment by Peg — October 12, 2008 @ 10:13 pm - October 12, 2008
Excellent nutshell, Dan. I might add that, rather than having the slogan “Country First”, Obama could adopt: “Me First.”
Of course, in that regard, he really is the typical politcian…. We sure are long on those!
Comment by Peg — October 12, 2008 @ 10:15 pm - October 12, 2008
You nailed it! The two big things are bigger gubbement and more partisanship. We don’t need either of those if we are going to solve the problems we have.
Comment by Hunter — October 12, 2008 @ 10:57 pm - October 12, 2008
You suffer from cognitive dissonance. A gay man supporting the republiKKKans is like a jew supporting Hitler or a black man thinking slavery was wonderful. I pity you and your self-hatred.
Comment by Jay Stewart — October 12, 2008 @ 11:12 pm - October 12, 2008
Do you want to back up your insult with some evidence, Jay. Or, are you so narrow as to understand what Republicans stand for. You’d rather hurl insults than engage us.
Comment by GayPatriotWest — October 13, 2008 @ 1:14 am - October 13, 2008
Ah yes,
According to liberals like Jay, valuing the institution of marriage and the function it performs for society (something Jay has probably never even bothered to consider) is akin to slaughtering Jews and enslaving blacks.
Funny you should bring up slavery Jay, because you are enslaved by ignorance.
We are free here, Jay. Free to live our lives as we see fit with whomever we see fit. Free thinkers. We lack your insecurities and phony victimhood.
Now, git along back to the Victocrat plantation where people actually believe your crap.
Comment by American Elephant — October 13, 2008 @ 2:06 am - October 13, 2008
Thanks for this Obama summary. Thanks actually for your entire blog — I’ve just discovered it. I’ve been a Democrat since Clinton ‘92 but am voting McCain this year because … well … your nutshell commentary sums it up.
I’m embarrassed to say that I was sucked in by liberal friends in the arts back in ‘91 when I went off to a music conservatory. Being a musician who spends more of her time at a piano than in a history book, I didn’t even know what I was voting for except “gay rights” and “women’s rights.”
Obama has indeed “saved” me, because after he and the DNC spit on Clinton, I decided to open a book: “The Forgotten Man” by Amity Shlaes. This before the Bailout, even. I have opened other books since then and come to realize I am more conservative than I thought. In fact, I am not a liberal at all, unless one considers equal rights “liberal.” I looked further into abortion even and while I am pro-choice, I would not lay down my life for the right, whereas I would lay down my life for preventing a communist takeover of the United States.
I compared the speech rosters of the DNCC and the RNCC and found that the RNCC included more female speakers who had actually *done* something (Fiorina, Whitman) versus the DNCC which had the daughter of a civil rights activist and the granddaughter of a former President. Which Convention would I take my ambitious nieces to? Hardly worth thinking about.
So thank you for this blog. This week alone I have been called a racist by two “friends” for not voting for Obama. I am surrounded by a particularly close-minded menagerie of liberal artistic friends up here in the northeast who cannot understand why a gay girl like me won’t vote for their Savior. At least until after the election, I will have fewer dinner parties and more dates with a book on the couch.
Comment by Chris — October 13, 2008 @ 2:11 am - October 13, 2008
Why I’m not supporting Obama - he’s not concerned with fiscally responsible government. He’ll raise taxes to match his increased govt spending.
Why I’m not supporting McCain - pretty much the same, except he will raise the national debt to keep up with spending.
Comment by sonicfrog — October 13, 2008 @ 2:51 am - October 13, 2008
A gay man supporting the republiKKKans is like a jew supporting Hitler or a black man thinking slavery was wonderful. I pity you and your self-hatred.
Perhaps we should support the party of slavery and anti-Semitism like you?
Comment by ThatGayConservative — October 13, 2008 @ 3:45 am - October 13, 2008
Hey, Jay Stewart, DailyKos called. They need to use the idiotic rhetorical cliche and want to know if you’re done with it.
Comment by V the K — October 13, 2008 @ 6:51 am - October 13, 2008
What party’s members started a treasonous war to start their own country where black people could be treated like property? The Democrats.
Which party were almost all KKK members a member of? The Democrats.
What party supported Jim Crow laws? The Democrats.
What party did a President who put a Klansman on the Supreme Court belong to? The Democrats.
What party does Grand Kleagle Robert Byrd belong to? The Democrats.
And if 90% black support of this party is NOT cognitive dissonance, I don’t know what is?
Comment by Attmay — October 13, 2008 @ 6:53 am - October 13, 2008
#17: Oh, come now, Attmay. That’s really not fair. The Democratic Party has come a long way since the days of slavery and Jim Crow laws. Joe Biden is on the record courageously noting that his running mate is “the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean.” Now, you have to admit that’s progress.
Comment by Sean A — October 13, 2008 @ 8:42 am - October 13, 2008
#11: “I pity you and your self-hatred.”
Right back at cha, Jay.
Comment by Sean A — October 13, 2008 @ 10:37 am - October 13, 2008
Dan, Thanks for the succinct talking points. I’ll be watching the final debate with a bunch of liberals. I’m not expecting much from the debate, but I’ll be repeating your points to them as to why I can’t vote for the ‘new guy’.
Meanwhile, my nephew is in town - he works for Chucky Schumer, he was trying to explain to my son (who used to work at Indy Mac) that Schumer never intended to have his letter leaked, and really, it’s all someone elses’ fault.
Comment by Leah — October 13, 2008 @ 11:24 am - October 13, 2008
Leah, that reminds me. Harry Reid never intended to mention that two huge insurance companies either, which sent the market tumbling. I suppose Reid never meant for that information to get out either… it was someone else’s fault… even though he said it himself.
Comment by sonicfrog — October 13, 2008 @ 12:11 pm - October 13, 2008
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Pingback by Obama scares me to death… « Reid’s Rhetoric — October 13, 2008 @ 12:37 pm - October 13, 2008
This is awesome!
Comment by Colocelt — October 13, 2008 @ 2:15 pm - October 13, 2008
Sorry… I meant to add… I look forward to more bloggers and conservatives coming out with their reasons why we are not supporting him…. I am still waiting for reasons to support him other than inspirational rhetoric and still come up empty.
Comment by Colocelt — October 13, 2008 @ 2:18 pm - October 13, 2008
My opposition to McCain: no honor.
Comment by jimmy — October 14, 2008 @ 2:41 am - October 14, 2008
Given that you support Obama, jimmy, who gives millions of dollars to public schools to teach black racist beliefs and revisionist history from education professors who wish they had done more firebombing, murdering, and attacking of policemen, civilians, and US soldiers, it’s no surprise that you would find McCain to have “no honor”.
After all, if he were an honorable man like Obama, he would support firebombing houses and calling white children “pigs” like Obama does.
Comment by North Dallas Thirty — October 14, 2008 @ 2:12 pm - October 14, 2008