Posted by
TOTA on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 1:30:14 AM
John Kerry is a
classy guy. These people will say anything, and their leftist supporters will forgive it, because none of them has a shred of class or genuine dignity. Let's see who comes out and condemns Kerry's rudeness. Don't hold your breath. If a significant republican had said something equally stereoptypical about Obama - say, that his favorite meal is chicken and ribs - the election would be over. Kerry was their nominee last time, next to Obama, Pelosi, and Reid, he's about as big as they come. Such a witty, clever man.
Does anyone recall the 1996 GOP primaries during which Buchanan made a serious run at the nomination? Some liberal republicans denounced him, thinking themselves the conscience of the party. Right or wrong, they saw in Buchanan a dangerous man who might permanently send their party into the wilderness.
Obama is further to the left than Buchanan is to the right. But the sum total of democrat conscience is one senator from CT, Joe Lieberman. Not a single additional democrat has come forward to question the potential threat that Obama poses to democracy, to America, and to the democrat party. He is by far the most liberal man to ever seek the white house, and not a single conservative democrat aside from Joe Lieberman has a problem with it?
I still maintain that Obama cannot win. By election day, the chaos on wall street will be a month in the past, in all likelihood. If it flares up again, it's hard to see it benefitting Obama any more than it already has. And with any luck, the GOP will clarify their message: Obama means a permanent change to a dependent middle class. He wants working Americans on a firm leash.
Millions of Americans, perhaps ten million or more, will go into the voting booth without a firm commitment to either candidate, and Obama's radicalism and life-long associations with radicals will loom large for many of them. Meanwhile, I can't imagine more than a handful of conservatives sitting this one out. Some may have a literally visceral hatred for McCain, but will vote for him anyway to save their kids and grandkids from the enslavement of socialism.
TOTA