Obama to betray “lefties” as W betrayed “righties”?
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:Â standing up to threats abroad and protecting us at home.
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Calling all lefties: Repeat that to yourselves 10 times each night, until you get it.
Comment by ILoveCapitalism — November 25, 2008 @ 10:18 pm - November 25, 2008
America’s going to hell in a handbasket, but at least it’s going to be an entertaining ride.
Comment by Attmay — November 26, 2008 @ 12:16 am - 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.
Comment by Leah — November 26, 2008 @ 12:00 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.
Comment by Ignatius — November 26, 2008 @ 12:30 pm - November 26, 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.
Comment by DoorHold — December 1, 2008 @ 4:31 pm - December 1, 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.
Comment by D WAR — December 18, 2008 @ 7:31 pm - December 18, 2008