Comments on: In a Nutshell, my Opposition to Obama

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:57:32 +0000

The opposition to Obama resembles the picture of the solar system before the formation of the planets: an immense amount of material without a coherent nucleus or a center of gravity around which to crystallize. Obama was elected on the strength of vague, content-poor slogans because his media persona, exploited perfectly by Oprah Winfrey, taught him that most Americans are not interested in substance but will be satisfied with the vacuous fluff that fills the media to which they are glued. Now that he is in office, however, the vacuousness is coming home to roost, and like the cunning falcon that he is, he realizes that he is safest being ever in flight on Air Force One so that attention can be deflected from the content-free domestic agenda, which is wholly in the hands of his advisers, to his jet-setting capital hopping. He also believes that he can make history solely by virtue of his narcissistic conception of who he is: Thus, he thinks he can impose peace on Israelis and Arabs simply because of the “assets” (which are what?) that he pompously believes that he brings to the table. At bottom, his is a Presidency just waiting to crash. But the opposition to him is not taking advantage of this constellation of events. Where is the opposition figure that can articulately thrash his inherently racist, self-serving agenda? Why were McCain and Palin the best that could be put forth? If the next three and a half years of his pro-Islamist, racism-rousing, histrionic self-adulation and planned destruction of the United States to fit the agenda of his South Chicago base are not to be followed by another four, opposition has to move from complaint to constructive fielding of a viable opposition candidate.

By: North Dallas Thirty

North Dallas Thirty — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:12:20 +0000

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.

By: jimmy

jimmy — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:41:25 +0000

My opposition to McCain: no honor.

By: Colocelt

Colocelt — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:18:07 +0000

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.

By: Colocelt

Colocelt — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:15:48 +0000

This is awesome!

By: Obama scares me to death… « Reid’s Rhetoric

Obama scares me to death… « Reid’s Rhetoric — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:37:05 +0000

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By: sonicfrog

sonicfrog — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:11:26 +0000

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.

By: Leah

Leah — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:24:26 +0000

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.

By: Sean A

Sean A — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:37:46 +0000

#11: “I pity you and your self-hatred.”

Right back at cha, Jay.

By: Sean A

Sean A — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:42:06 +0000

#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.

By: Attmay

Attmay — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:53:06 +0000

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?

By: V the K

V the K — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:51:47 +0000

Hey, Jay Stewart, DailyKos called. They need to use the idiotic rhetorical cliche and want to know if you’re done with it.

By: ThatGayConservative

ThatGayConservative — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:45:03 +0000

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?

By: sonicfrog

sonicfrog — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:51:34 +0000

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.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:11:47 +0000

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.

By: American Elephant

American Elephant — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:06:07 +0000

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.

By: GayPatriotWest

GayPatriotWest — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:14:55 +0000

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.

By: Jay Stewart

Jay Stewart — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:12:47 +0000

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.

By: Hunter

Hunter — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:57:34 +0000

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.

By: Peg

Peg — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:15:16 +0000

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!