Posted by
jarhead on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 8:45:36 PM
Obama’s press conference on the 29th to address Wright’s comments is exactly what has been going on with this guy from day one. He appeared out of nowhere with no history or accomplishments trumpeting himself as the answer to all our problems. But slowly, VERY slowly, the picture is developing. For all the smooth talk and grand speeches the real Obama comes into focus:
- First he had a friendly relationship with Bill Ayers which has evolved into his condemning what Ayers did 40 years ago but you have to understand that he is now a respected English teacher at a university in Chicago. How could Obama be responsible for what Ayers did when he, Obama, was on only 8 years old? BUT Ayers as late as 2001 was unrepentant of his previous deeds and only regrets not doing more. And while Obama does not REGULARLY consult with Ayers on the issues just what is it that two such politically motivated men do when they DO talk?
- When asked about raising the Capital gains tax in the last Democratic debate, despite having the evidence before him that raising the tax was bad for government ‘revenue’ because it was bad for business, he would raise it anyway as a matter of ‘fairness’. That sounds a lot more like ‘from each according to his ability and to each according to his need’ than it does ‘life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness’. Marx would love him but Jefferson would be appalled. (Perhaps we see here what he has in common with Ayers-a bloodless coup that would not make Che happy but would achieve his ends.)
- The Reverend Wright’s speeches this week have caused Barack to try to distance himself even further from the good reverend while making these recent speeches out to be a shift in what the reverend was doing in his church for 20 years for the benefit of not only Barack but his wife (when you hear some of her speeches you hear shades of the reverend) AND his children. The truth is that the reverend has changed nothing. Barack backed away from having the Reverend give the invocation at his announcement for President at the last minute over a year ago because he knew the reverend might just do what he’d been doing for years. That was before the recent exposure of his sermons, his church’s Africa centric posture and its support of and awards for Louis Farrakhan.
- At a private fund raiser in San Francisco Barack disparages some voters in Pennsylvania as clinging to their guns, faith and dislike of those ‘not like them’ because of economic issues. The clear message being that if he and his rich elite friends can put the right bait (derived from increased taxes) in front of these folks they will drop their guns and faith and join the glassy eyed, oratorically drugged Obamites.
- Both Hillary and Obama will raise taxes on income earners while assuring us that they will protect the middle class. For Hillary that means families earning less than 250K a year. For Barak that means anyone earning less than 50-75K. Think about 50K as the top end of the middle class earner.
- Tony Resko.
- He is the MOST liberal senator by virtue of his very skimpy voting record. NO-ONE is to the left of him. And not once has he demonstrated in the U.S. Senate the slightest desire or ability to bridge the gap and bring folks together.
All this brings into focus the most important aspects of a President and what is expected of him. First and foremost is leadership which, in this very complex and dangerous world, means having a close knit group of trusted advisors that he can turn to for advice, counsel and possible placement in his administration. Who will Obama turn to? The Rev.Wright? Bill Ayers? Tony Resko? Do we yet know all the various and disreputable inhabitants of this man’s inner circle?? As I said above-Marx would love him but Jefferson would be appalled. Obama is full bore socialism, high taxes to pay for government largess, glib obfuscation at every seamy expose and, ultimately, the decline of the once great nation of America should he be president.