Friday, January 30, 2009
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"Moderate" in Style, But Not In Substance
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Posted by:
Carol Platt Liebau at
12:23 PM
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The AP's David Bauder thinks that it's Rush Limbaugh who's "challenging the notion of new politics."
Really? In the week after the new President simply told Republicans "I won"? So much for the new tone.
In the week after the new President -- like Bill Clinton before him -- reversed the Mexico City policy? So much for new policy.
In the week that the new President signed on to a supposed "stimulus bill" that's in reality nothing but a wish list for every Democrat interest group (again, as Bill Clinton tried to do before him)? So much for a new, economic-crisis insipred sense of fiscal restraint.
Even as he prepares to do the bidding of one of his strongest supporters, organized labor? So much for independence.
Let's make no mistake. Barack Obama will continue to talk "bipartisanship" and "compromise." But for him, all that will merely be procedural -- i.e., he'll be polite to his adversaries and allow them to make their case. When it comes to substance, he will govern like the liberal that he is -- no "compromise" there.
Writing about the Barack Obama I had known in law school, I noted that:
[U]nlike many of his left-wing compatriots, [Obama] treated his ideological adversaries with respect on a personal level. Indeed, he always offered the small conservative contingent on the Review a hearing, even though his decision-making consistently showed that he hadn’t ultimately been influenced by their arguments. (emphasis added).
There's a distinction between "moderation" and "bipartisanship" and "inclusion" when it comes to procedure/style, and then when it comes to substance. Obama does the former, and hopes that everyone will think it's also the latter. It's not.
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That needed a spew alert!! |
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With all of the personas "The One" is trying to emulate, just who is Barack Obama anyway? He is trying to be all things to all people, past, present and future.
Does this man not know who he even is?
Is he Bill Clinton?
Is he Abraham Lincoln?
Is he Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
Is he John Fotzgerald Kennedy?
I think Obama has an identity crisis going on here and his HUBRIS is getting in the way. |
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...since Mr. Obama is so big on Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals," it only makes sense for those of us who call ourselves conservatives to buy it, read it, and apply it. After all, with the left wing now in charge (or so they appear to believe), we're now the radicals.
I plan to buy the book, read it, and perhaps draft a series of articles about it on my blog, showing how Alinsky's Rules can be applied by those of us who believe in Freedom and Personal Responsibility.
I'll let you know when the first post is available.
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"The AP's David Bauder thinks that it's Rush Limbaugh who's "challenging the notion of new politics.""
Of course Plush is challenging it. Political disharmony is his bread and butter. Well, considering his size, probably more butter than bread.
Cuban
"The new emperor goes beyond mere NAZI socialism or Soviet, Maoist, Castroite communism. The emperor is jump-starting his Brown Shirt "community organizers" with billions of $$$s coercively confiscated from American tax-paying citizens."
Do you feel as stupid as you sound saying things like that?
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very enlightening thank you...
This is a welfare/nanny state redo!
Well the socialists aren't going to give up...wonder if conservatives will. |
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its been over twenty years Carol. Perhaps its time to let it go as your every prediction about Obama shows you really didn't know him at all. |
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...The emperor dictates, the subjects bobble their heads noddingly and droolingly, and obey - or else! The new emperor goes beyond mere NAZI socialism or Soviet, Maoist, Castroite communism. The emperor is jump-starting his Brown Shirt "community organizers" with billions of $$$s coercively confiscated from American tax-paying citizens. The new communities for the National Defense will be like the emperor's personal Praetorian Guard. Like other centralist governments, coercion and intimidation are their forte' - and the real "change" coming to the USA.
God Help the USA. |
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Think of Barry as your boss. You bring him great ideas that will profit the company and make everyone happy. He listens, he smiles, pats you on the head, and then makes utterly stupid decisions. |
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