Monday, December 21, 2009

Exhibit A: Why We Are Stuck With Obama

Consider the following opinions, all taken from the same article:
I am afraid -- actually, certain -- we are losing the heart and soul that made America unique in human history. Yes, we have enemies, but the greatest danger comes from within.
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Watching the freak show in Copenhagen last week, I was alternately furious and filled with dread. The world has gone absolutely bonkers and lunatics are in charge.
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Mugabe and Chavez are treated with respect and the United Nations is serious about wanting to regulate our industry and transfer our wealth to kleptocrats and genocidal maniacs.
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Instead of provoking thought and inspiring ideas, the man hailed for his Ivy League nuance insists we stop thinking and do what he says. Now.
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Washington has its own freak show and it also features Big Government theocrats.
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No person of conservative or moderate sensibility could possibly support a federal takeover of the massive health system.

Why am I posting a bunch of excerpts seemingly from a typical right-wing blog post, you ask? Because the clown who wrote them actually voted for Obama. Really. How do you oppose "big government theocrats," government takeover of health care, the UN and crazy internationalism and vote for Barack Obama?

If you wonder how we managed to get stuck with Obama as president, look no further than Michael Goodwin, the author of the article I am referencing. It was clueless independents and worse, some Republicans, that helped put Obama in the White House. Here's Goodwin again,

President Obama, for whom I voted because I believed he was the best choice available, is a profound disappointment. I now regard his campaign as a sly bait-and-switch operation, promising one thing and delivering another. Shame on me.
I can understand Democrats and those who hold liberal positions voting for Obama. But that someone like Goodwin, who holds the opinions and attitudes that he expresses here, could choose a left-winger like Obama over McCain is simply baffling.

2 comments:

  1. Agreed. It was like it was a perfect storm for Obama to get elected...and he's acting like the whole country voted for these liberal values and policies he is pushing. I had this moderate friend of mine, who is actually quite fiscally conservative, who voted for Obama. He's very disappointed. Conservatives can't just get angry at these folks though, we need to convince them that we can put things back on the right track if they vote for us next time.

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  2. Yeah, it's good that they've finally seen the light. We need them in 2010 and 2012.

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