Tuesday, 4 November 2008
Who Is Obama?
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The most bizarre aspect of this election season in the success of Sen Obama. A guy who has done very little throughout his career. In fact no one can can point to anything that Obama has actually accomplished. Yet it seems that he has become a blank canvas. One in which people can project their hopes and desires. An example of this thinking is Larry Sabato. Last week Larry was speaking at the Filson Historical Society's Gertrude Polk Brown Lecture series. Here we have one of the supposed experts in election politics and he made this prediction on an Obama presidency.
Obama has zero executive experience in office. He has no executive experience in business. He was no military experience. He has no relevant experience what-so-ever to be president of the United States. How can anyone tell how he will lead? I guess we can make assumptions based on his career.
The only argument that can be made in favor of moderate governance is that Obama only cares about aggrandizing as much power unto himself as possible. In that case he will stay in the middle to ensure re-election in four years.
Of course the flip side of that argument is the fact that power corrupts. It will make him even more arrogant than he already is. It will empower him to attempt doing whatever he wants. He knows the lapdog media will do nothing to challenge him. If anyone tries to stand up to him, he will try to destroy them. We have already seen evidence of this disturbing behaviour a number of times already. Joe the Plumber was destroyed by Obama supporters digging up dirt by illegally referencing government databases. In Missouri, Obama supporters in the AG office promised prosecution for defamation to anyone who criticized Obama. Obama kicked reporters from his plane who worked for newspapers that didn't endorse him.
When I look at his history, I see an unrepentant liberal who used Chicago style thuggery to silence those who are opposed to him. One that has no relevant experience for the office in which he aspires. I expect his lack of experience will make his administration a disaster. There is no way anyone can jump into that type of executive role without experience and expect to succeed. It just isn't possible. What makes the prospect of his administration worse is the fact that he is a smug, arrogant liberal who thinks he can do whatever he wants. A dangerous combination that could be bad for this country.
But then again, maybe I am just projecting. But at least my projection is based upon the reality of what I have learned about Obama. At the end of the day, no one has any idea how he will govern. He just doesn't have any experience upon which to judge him. And that might be the biggest reason to vote against him today.
Obama, as president, will be a moderate liberal who will focus on the economy and reach out to some Republicans, like Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar, in his appointments.I had to laugh when I read those comments. How does he know how Obama will lead as president? What evidence is available to suggest such a moderate presidency?
He predicted that liberal bloggers will be saying soon of Obama's presidency that he has betrayed the party.
Obama has zero executive experience in office. He has no executive experience in business. He was no military experience. He has no relevant experience what-so-ever to be president of the United States. How can anyone tell how he will lead? I guess we can make assumptions based on his career.
- He went to Harvard where he admits he sought after the most liberal professors
- He became a community organizer in Chicago where he befriended former terrorist William Ayers. He was involved in the Annenberg project whose goal apparently was to provide radical liberal instruction to students in school.
- He sought out the church he attended for the last 20 years. The church which was lead by a radical leftist preacher, Jeremiah Wright. A church which he took his kids every weekend.
- In the state Senate he ducked most big issues by voting present. He did vote for a number of left wing pet projects like infanticide and reduction of second amendment rights.
- He never stood up to the corrupt Chicago political machine.
- In his brief tenure as United States Senator he quickly obtained the most liberal voting record in the Senate.
- He ran to the left of every major candidate in the the Democratic primary
- He has attempted to sound more moderate in the general election. This is the only place where he has shown any moderation in his entire political career.
The only argument that can be made in favor of moderate governance is that Obama only cares about aggrandizing as much power unto himself as possible. In that case he will stay in the middle to ensure re-election in four years.
Of course the flip side of that argument is the fact that power corrupts. It will make him even more arrogant than he already is. It will empower him to attempt doing whatever he wants. He knows the lapdog media will do nothing to challenge him. If anyone tries to stand up to him, he will try to destroy them. We have already seen evidence of this disturbing behaviour a number of times already. Joe the Plumber was destroyed by Obama supporters digging up dirt by illegally referencing government databases. In Missouri, Obama supporters in the AG office promised prosecution for defamation to anyone who criticized Obama. Obama kicked reporters from his plane who worked for newspapers that didn't endorse him.
When I look at his history, I see an unrepentant liberal who used Chicago style thuggery to silence those who are opposed to him. One that has no relevant experience for the office in which he aspires. I expect his lack of experience will make his administration a disaster. There is no way anyone can jump into that type of executive role without experience and expect to succeed. It just isn't possible. What makes the prospect of his administration worse is the fact that he is a smug, arrogant liberal who thinks he can do whatever he wants. A dangerous combination that could be bad for this country.
But then again, maybe I am just projecting. But at least my projection is based upon the reality of what I have learned about Obama. At the end of the day, no one has any idea how he will govern. He just doesn't have any experience upon which to judge him. And that might be the biggest reason to vote against him today.
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