Barack Hussein Obama–America’s Lightweight
Eftychis | 14 01 2007If you're a first time visitor, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed, which will keep you up to date with all the latest New School Politics posts. Thanks for visiting!
I cannot recall another pol at any point in American history that was as over-hyped as Senator Barack Hussein Obama.
Today Obama (along with Senator John McCain) was a guest on Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer; it was evident to anyone watching that he is a lightweight politician unable to comprehend the magnitude of the tasks that would lie before him as the leader of the free world. Schieffer asked Obama four times which way he would vote if the Democrats sponsored a bill to cut funding in Iraq. He evaded the question for twenty minutes. On the other hand, McCain said that if the house voted to cut funding for the war in Iraq, he would not endorse a filibuster by the Republican’s of the majority’s decision. From watching twenty minutes of television, it is apparent that there is a great difference in quality between the two men.
America will have to choose between Obama’s “charisma” and actual politicians. As a conservative, I would rather have Hillary Clinton in the white house than Senator Barack Hussein Obama. At least Hillary Clinton has foreign policy experience, has been in the white house before, and would understand the consequences of failure in the Middle East. How can America be sure that someone with the name Hussein will be willing to do whatever is necessary to protect Israel? America can also trust Mrs. Clinton to back Israel in addition to having the comfort of knowing that she would have Bill at her side.
In a time where the world is moving closer to the third world war, American’s cannot and must not allow their hearts to vote over their minds. We have had eight years of lies and miscalculations fed to us by the Bush administration, American’s must vote for someone who is willing to say the truth and do what is necessary to bring the country together. McCain, Giuliani, and Hillary all have significant experience in foreign policy and in national security, that counts for more than anything. All Barack Hussein Obama seems to have is charisma, in another democratic election many years ago a man was elected because of his charisma, his name was Hitler.
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I think we all know that Obama will not be
great american | 14 01 2007I think we all know that Obama will not be Hitler, but what you are saying is exactly right–that voting on charisma and not substance can be disasterous. Obama really has very little experience and has shown even less su and the fact that he is such a slick politician is troubling. I have began to fear more and more that we could be looking at a man who has only 4 years experience in federal office and zero experience in an executive position in the presidency on 1/20/09.
I agree w/ 'great american'. In hectic times like this
Ryan | 14 01 2007I agree w/ ‘great american’. In hectic times like this it is very important that we elect candidates with issue familiarity–who have experience and even more importantly people who are clear and specific in articulating what they will do. Take Reagan vs. Carter. Neither had foreign policy experience but Reagan was always clear about how hed conduct the Cold War–no backing down–and he was pretty successful in doing so. Carter won by being the outsider/alternative candidate–just like Obama–by stressing a new vision but never specifying what that implied. I dont think Obama is a ‘Hitler’–I think we all know that–but I fear if elected he could be similar to a Jimmy Carter which is terrable news for America.
I totally agree that Obama is too junior to be
Constance | 14 01 2007I totally agree that Obama is too junior to be President. I like him and just feel that if he would do his job as a Senator for eight years, he might then be a viable candidate. He has gotten the “big head” due to his popularity and is more focused on himself than his job.
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Obama is an idiot. Everything that comes out of his
Peter Pace | 12 08 2007Obama is an idiot. Everything that comes out of his mouth, is worthless rhetoric. What has he really done that gives him any value to be the president of the united states? nothing!