Conservatives for Obama? is the title of a new column by Thomas Sowell of the Hoover Institution. He points out that there are stories of conservatives who say they are going to vote for Obama over McCain. For some this is due to general frustration over the failure of Republicans to adhere to conservative goals of limited government and lower spending and individual frustration with McCain when he broke ranks with conservative on such issues as immigration and campaign finance.
For true conservatives who are seriously considering supporting Obama, they would need to realize that Obama will only take them further away from whatever they want to see accomplish politically.
The fact is Obama is an extremely liberal politician. In 2007, National Journal rated him the most liberal senator in the US Senate. From same sex marriage to abortion to energy/environment to health care to taxes to judges, Obama subscribes to very liberal positions. All one has to do is look at his voting record and public statements which aren't often highlighted in the media.
Obama has used his rhetorical skills to trumpet "change" while downplaying his radical positions and exactly what constitutes "change."
The problem for Obama, if he continues in his stealth mode and actually gets elected, is the public won't be as accepting of his radical policy positions. And there will be deep embarrassment for those conservatives who stuck their necks out for him.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Conservatives for Obama?
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The problem the person has in posting the editorial comment under this head line, and I have an assumption that the problem is wide spread within the full group that is the MNfamilyconcil, is that you mix up what a conservative political platform is with what a religious right agenda movement is. They have nothing to do with each other. They need to be sperate.
By all means the Religious special interest groups such as yourselves, have the right to your opinions, but there are millions of people that started the conservative movement with no religion in mind. To be a conservative is not always to be relgiously agendaed in thought, or vote.
When we have true seperation of Church and state, is when we will be able to get down to the real politics, and issues at hand.
I am a Conservative, Man who will not be voting for 4 more years of the same! This particular administion is anything but conservative. We have bigger government than ever, we have moved away from the real aspects are the conservative movement.
Has anyone not noticed how many trillions of books of republicans that are not with this admistration?
Small government, with social practices left at the state level, is what it was about, until this admistration was bought by the religious propaganda.
There is a slippery slope between the conservatives and the religous self interest groups.
Greed, power is the back bone to both.
Fear is what the propaganda was then, and is now.
Where has the republicans gotten us so far?
Do anyone of you actually know that we provide universal health care for Iraq? And Afganastan? But not for its own people? Your money, your tax dollars, can not feed its own people, house its own people, come back from tragic natural disasters, but it can feed, home and provide for what you would call the enemy.
That is what any Conservative would want to change.
Tell me you do not? Because if you do not, then you are the enemy. You are not patriotic.
Where has the republicans gotten us so far?
Do anyone of you actually know that we provide universal health care for Iraq? And Afganastan? But not for its own people? Your money, your tax dollars, can not feed its own people, house its own people, come back from tragic natural disasters, but it can feed, home and provide for what you would call the enemy.
That is what any Conservative would want to change.
Tell me you do not? Because if you do not, then you are the enemy. You are not patriotic.
I am a conservative! I wrongly voted for Bush, I have too much evidence now to see the criminal acts, What I thought, and now I know, is that my vote was bought by the fear tactics and greed and power of the religious extremists.
I will be voting for a non republican for the first time in my aged life.
I will be voting for Obama.
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