Fearing Hope Itself II
A quickie follow up link to the fear of hope itself post. I love when this happens. Tony Blankley very nicely fleshes out my concerns on which Obama will emerge as a President, if elected, the Saul Alinsky acolyte I fear, or the calm centrist hoped for by the likes of Adelman, Powell, Buckley et. al.
By all means read the whole thing Is Obama Secretly Sensible? Don't Bet on It
here is the opening graf:
As Obama's election has seemed to become more likely in the past six weeks, a quiet but public debate has arisen among both Republicans and Democrats that wonders which Obama we might get. Will it be the prudent, moderate, pragmatic, sensible president who will apply non-ideological, centrist policies? Or will it be the Obama who sought out the company of radicals, black racists, faculty-lounge Marxists and studied the methods of Saul Alinsky?
and his very powerful close, emphasis mine:
We live in dangerous days. The world economy teeters on the edge of the abyss.... An envious world smells a momentarily vulnerable America. The political beneficiary of Republican failure, Obama, believes our Constitution is fatally flawed. He may be a committed Marxist. And if he held the presidency for four years, it would be the longest stretch that he ever held a full-time job. God save the republic.
It occurred to me that in endorsing McCain I am not exactly guilt free when it comes to projecting hopes onto a candidate at odds with what his record portends. Mea Culpa, but still, my hoping McCain will preside as a moderate conservative is no where near the delusion that Obama would preside as anything but a lefty liberal. The record we've been allowed to see leaves no room for a reasonable conclusion to the contrary.
By all means read the whole thing Is Obama Secretly Sensible? Don't Bet on It
here is the opening graf:
As Obama's election has seemed to become more likely in the past six weeks, a quiet but public debate has arisen among both Republicans and Democrats that wonders which Obama we might get. Will it be the prudent, moderate, pragmatic, sensible president who will apply non-ideological, centrist policies? Or will it be the Obama who sought out the company of radicals, black racists, faculty-lounge Marxists and studied the methods of Saul Alinsky?
and his very powerful close, emphasis mine:
We live in dangerous days. The world economy teeters on the edge of the abyss.... An envious world smells a momentarily vulnerable America. The political beneficiary of Republican failure, Obama, believes our Constitution is fatally flawed. He may be a committed Marxist. And if he held the presidency for four years, it would be the longest stretch that he ever held a full-time job. God save the republic.
It occurred to me that in endorsing McCain I am not exactly guilt free when it comes to projecting hopes onto a candidate at odds with what his record portends. Mea Culpa, but still, my hoping McCain will preside as a moderate conservative is no where near the delusion that Obama would preside as anything but a lefty liberal. The record we've been allowed to see leaves no room for a reasonable conclusion to the contrary.
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