All Together Now, “For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow…” September 12, 2008
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Sunny at Liberal Conspiracy:
“Barely had Barack Obama been crowned Democratic nominee for presidency that the doubtful editorials started. How badly will he disappoint us, the liberals, lefties and greens started asking in earnest. Everything from his stance on national security, foreign policy, the environment and even (bizarrely) abortion rights have been held up as examples of his betrayal and coming disappointment.”
Anyone that will be “disappointed” by an Obama Presidency will have only themselves to blame: the alarms have always been blaring away in the background.
Certainly, he opposed Iraq – calling it “a dumb war, a rash war” – but he’s now selected the dumb, rash Joe Biden as his VP…on the basis of his foreign policy experience. He’s still happy to speak of the “war on terror“, is an uncritical supporter of Israel and has had policies regarding Pakistan that were so bad that Bush has subsequently adopted them.
“Indeed, Crashing the Gate is all about winning. That’s what animates the on-line activists—that’s why the number of hits on the Web sites rises as elections approach. The issues aren’t secondary, exactly, but there’s a clear consensus that worrying about the fine points of policy is an empty exercise without real power, and that power comes from party unity.”
This reminded me of a comment by Dennis Perrin (who has, incidentally, been interviewed at Lenin’s Tomb):
I’d like to see how liberals react to having a president in wartime, especially with the global terror wars that are going on, and see if they can apply the criticism that they’ve thrown at the Bush administration for the past eight years, if they can expand that to someone that they like. Or that they feel represents their interests.
Certainly, activists have a fair rationale for prioritising campaign support until the elections, but in emphasising “unity” they run the risk of apologising for Obama’s near-inevitable “fine points of policy”. And a unified front is worthless if it’s propped up to hide bloody slaughter.
Heh.
And a unified front is worthless if it’s propped up to hide bloody slaughter.
I agree with this. But surely we should give the guy a chance before comparing him to Bush already? Somehow, I get the feeling a community organiser has a different worldview than a blue-blooded Texan
Yeah, I wouldn’t be wittering on about what a shit McCain is if I didn’t think that Obama is going to be a lot better. If he gets in, though, he’s still going to become the enemy.
Thanks for dropping by,
Ben
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