I absolutely dread the thought that Obama turns out to be like Carter as President or Dinkins as mayor of NYC. Maybe far worse.
On Aug 7, 1:39 pm, RICHARD BROWN <[email protected]> wrote: > The establishment media gave us Carter and now Obama by catering to > the herd mentality...the same mentality that has obsessed with the > death of Jackson to no end. > > On Aug 7, 7:02 am, Bruce Majors <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The Transitive Property of Marginalization, and the Unconscious Statism of > > Pundits Who Like Presidents > > > Matt Welch <http://reason.com/staff/hitandrun/134.html> | July 22, 2009, > > 12:20pm > > *Salon* Editor in Chief Joan Walsh, while getting President Obama's back on > > the health care > > debate<http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/07/21/obama_health_c...>, > > tries to make a tremendously significant and complicated policy overhaul > > mostly about the political party not in power: > > > I know Obama has a nearly impossible task, dealing with Blue Dog Democrats > > and crazy Republicans -- from Wild Bill Kristol, chickenhawk, telling the > > GOP to "go for the kill" and do whatever it takes to defeat Obama on > > healthcare, to Sen. Jim DeMint's similarly sinister prediction that if > > Republicans defeat Obama on healthcare "it will break him." GOP zealots are > > clearly more interested in killing or breaking President Obama -- > > politically, of course; I don't think they are assassins, personally -- than > > helping Americans get the healthcare they need. It's a little creepy, but > > once you've watched a crazy "birther" hector moderate Republican Mike Castle > > about Obama's birth certificate and other related delusions -- well, then > > nothing Republicans do can surprise you. > > > Though Walsh would surely bristle at the label, I think she's demonstrating > > here (even in half-jest) what Jesse Walker memorably coined as "the paranoia > > of the centrists <http://www.reason.com/news/show/134156.html>." By > > portraying Republicans as "crazy," "nearly impossible" to deal with, > > "interested in killing or breaking Obama," and obsessed with "Obama's birth > > certificate and other related delusions," she is attempting to marginalize > > the minority national party away from the Adult's Table, in much the same > > way that pro-war Republicans at the height of George W. Bush's popularity > > aimed to tar anti-war Democrats as being "on the other side." Put another > > way, what does a (mostly) fringeobsession with Obama's birth > > certificate<http://reason.com/blog/show/134874.html> have > > to do with Obama's health care plan? Precisely nothing. > > > [image: This is a visual depiction of The Burden of Proof]Democrats and > > their supporters, like any temporary majoritarian with hands on the wheel of > > state, need to remember an important point: The burden of > > proof<http://www.reason.com/blog/show/131509.html> is > > not on the minority party (or other citizens) who say "no" or even "hold on > > a sec." The burden of proof is on the politician who wants to make a major > > change in public policy and the use of taxpayer dollars. (And for the > > record, I say this as someone who finds much of our current health care > > system to be disgraceful.) It wouldn't matter a bit what Bill Kristol > > thought (or whether he, uh, served in the military?) if the Obama > > administration had crafted a health care plan that passed the smell test for > > 60 percent of the population, or even all of his own party's senators. I > > know it's irritating and all, but you really do have to convince the rest of > > us sometimes, instead of just pressing the "Do Something" button. > > > Having opened fire on the minority, Walsh then turns her scope onto the > > media: > > > According to the Hollywood Reporter, Obama had to move his Wednesday press > > conference, which is expected to zero in on the importance of serious health > > care reform, an hour earlier, because three of four national networks balked > > at preempting their top-rated shows. According to THR: "Fox declined to air > > the press conference outright. NBC and ABC fell into line late Monday after > > the White House shifted the event's time from the previously announced 9 > > p.m. to the lesser-watched hour of 8 p.m." What shows were they worried > > about? "America's Got Talent," "So You Think You Can Dance," "Wipeout" and > > "I Survived a Japanese Game Show!" > > > Now, I love my reality TV, but that's a disturbing, indelible picture of how > > skewed our media priorities are. > > > How did *Salon* react when "media priorities" forced President Bush to > > reschedule <http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-132046046.html> his prime-time > > press > > conference<http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/04/2005...> > > about > > Social Security reform in 2005? Like > > this<http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/04/29/headline/> > > . > > > [Link via Ann > > Althouse<http://althouse.blogspot.com/2009/07/its-time-to-stand-up-with-presid...> > > ] > > > Opponents of Health Care Overhaul = Birthers, Vol. > > 3http://www.reason.com/blog/show/135291.html > > > The sender also included this note: > > > More lies from the media whores of the tax predator ruling class > > > -- > > Sent via a FeedFlare link from a FeedBurner > > feed.http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/publishers/feedflare --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
