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Obama to betray “lefties” as W betrayed “righties”?

November 25, 2008 by GayPatriotWest

Sort of reiterating a point I made two-and-one-half years ago, Glenn Reynolds observed yesterday that as lefties are now worried about the coming Obama betrayal, “righties have been blaming Bush that way for years, so I guess it’s only fair that it’s someone else’s turn now . . . .”

Just another reminder that while so many in the media blame the current economic mess on conservative policies, the outgoing incumbent president failed to implement many conservative reforms.  Yeah, he passed tax cuts and those seem to have helped us get out of the recessions left by his predecessor and magnified by 9/11, but he didn’t offer corresponding cuts in federal spending or effect any serious deregulation of the economy.

Since there was no conservative reform of the financial markets these past eight years, conservative policies cannot be responsible for their failure.

His successes see to lie in the areas where he was most conservative:  standing up to threats abroad and protecting us at home.

Filed Under: Economy, National Politics, Where W went wrong

Comments

  1. ILoveCapitalism says

    November 25, 2008 at 10:18 pm - November 25, 2008

    [Bush] didn’t offer… cuts in federal spending or effect any serious deregulation of the economy. Since there was no conservative reform of the financial markets these past eight years, conservative policies cannot be responsible for their failure.

    Calling all lefties: Repeat that to yourselves 10 times each night, until you get it.

  2. Attmay says

    November 26, 2008 at 12:16 am - November 26, 2008

    America’s going to hell in a handbasket, but at least it’s going to be an entertaining ride.

  3. Leah says

    November 26, 2008 at 12:00 pm - November 26, 2008

    I don’t think we’ll see as much criticism of Obama from the left like we’ve seen of Bush from the Right.

    Prime example? Domestic Partnership just isn’t enough in California – we MUST have gay marriage.
    Along comes Obama and he is in favor of Civil Unions and suddenly I’m seeing all these blogs where people are saying – how wonderful, who cares what it’s called as long as we have the same rights.

  4. Ignatius says

    November 26, 2008 at 12:30 pm - November 26, 2008

    It’s hard to betray a party that has no principles except acquiring and maintaining power. If that means moving to the center, they’d rather not but if staying in control requires it, there is no betrayal.

    Obama is a figurehead. He’ll make speeches, perform press conferences, go to funerals, etc. and the policy decisions will be made by others. His role is to milk the emotionalism and symbolism for all it’s worth. The media’s role is to shield him. When he stumbles, we’ll be distracted with sympathetic stories of his childhood, pictures of life in the White House with the kids hiding under desks, etc. This is all manufactured. It’s all bullsh*t.

  5. DoorHold says

    December 1, 2008 at 4:31 pm - December 1, 2008

    They won’t turn on him, even if he cheats on his wife, IN the Oval Office, then repeatedly lies about it. Or if he supports something really atrocious, like allowing babies to die because, whoops, we meant to kill “it” in the first place. They’ll find a way to support him NO MATTER WHAT he does.

  6. D WAR says

    December 18, 2008 at 7:31 pm - December 18, 2008

    I am one of those individuals who is gay and voted for Obama specifically to keep Palin out of power. The issue was never McCain, but Palin. If McCain was elected, she was only a heartbeat away from becoming president.

    Yes, I am sorely disappointed to see Obama pick a divisive individual in Warren. I knew in the election that Obama was weak on gay and lesbian civil rights. Like most politicians, he talked the talk, but never walked the talk.

    Yet, I still yearn for a strong America where individuals count and the tyranny of the majority becomes a thing of the past.

    Under Palin, I would imagine that tyranny would triumph.

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