George Will is urging Obama to run (like that’s in question) but notes his extremely liberal, socialist end of the spectrum, trackrecord:
What people see in him reveals more about them than about him. Some of his public utterances have the sponginess of Polonius’s bromides for Laertes (“neither a borrower nor a lender be . . . to thine own self be true”). In 2005 the liberal Americans for Democratic Action and the AFL-CIO rated his voting record a perfect 100. The nonpartisan National Journal gave him an 82.5 liberalism rating, making him more liberal than Clinton (79.8). He dutifully decries “ideological” politics but just as dutifully conforms to most of liberalism’s catechism, from “universal” health care, whatever that might mean, to combating global warming, whatever that might involve, and including the sacred injunction Thou Shalt Execrate Wal-Mart — an obligatory genuflection to organized labor.
The nation, which so far is oblivious to his orthodoxy, might not mind it if it is dispensed by someone with Obama’s “Can’t we all just get along?” manner. Ronald Reagan, after all, demonstrated the importance of congeniality to the selling of conservatism.
Project Vote Smart has Barack Obama’s interest group ratings.
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December 16th, 2006 at 10:59 pm
Obama is a dupe just like so many others.
how did rupert murdoch destroy newt gingrich? He gave him a bribe disguised as a 4.6 million dollar book advance on a book that did not merit it.
Same with Obama. 1.9 mil.
You psychotic killer fake patriots need to google:
“mighty wurlitzer” +cia
you will find out how you have been stupified.
December 18th, 2006 at 3:03 am
Well, the media was starting to make me think I was the only one who didn’t love Obama with their over the top lovefest.
Glad to know I was wrong.
Can you imagine a Conservative EVER getting the type of publicity he’s gotten recently?