Wednesday, January 17, 2007

 

Sen. Empty Suit steps up

The male Oprah Winfrey, aka Barack Obama, filed papers with the Federal Election Commission to set up a presidential exploratory committee. According to John Hawkins, an Obama for President campaign is good news for the GOP:

"[Obama] is an unaccomplished, inexperienced, empty suit liberal who probably couldn't beat the top 7 or 8 Republican candidates in a general election. Plus, as an added bonus, liberals will have to beat up on him to stop him which will, by the very standards they've put in place, cause them to be accused of racism. All in all, he's a nice addition to the field -- for Republicans."

I took issue with Obama a few weeks back. I think my wise words bear repeating:

Barack Obama has a pretty face and he can impress an audience with pretty talk; thus, it's no wonder that certain media outlets and talking heads are hyping him as the next president. What these talking heads don't want to talk about is Obama's voting record -- and for good reason. Maybe, just maybe, the media mavens know that once his voting record becomes an issue, voters will fall off the Obama for Prez bandwagon as quickly as they'll supposedly jump on. Here's a brief overview of his record on important issues:

Abortion -- Obama believes that American women, young and old, should have an unfettered right to an abortion at any stage and for any reason.

Health Care -- Obama says that health care is a "basic human right." Therefore, he supports a government-run national health care system.

Gun Control -- [Last] year, Obama voted against shielding firearms manufacturers from lawsuits due to gun violence and in favor of legislation that would ban the sale or transfer of any and all semi-automatic firearms.

Immigration -- As an Illinois state senator in 1998, Obama voted to give welfare and Medicaid to undocumented immigrants.

Judges -- Obama voted against the nominations of both John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court, and he participated in the filibuster of Alito. ...

[Obama] will certainly wow the left-wingers who turn out for Democratic presidential primaries. However, he'll have a hard time convincing swing-state voters in a general election that he's not Ted Kennedy sans red nose and boozy bloat. As far as presidential politics goes, Democrats will never be successful as long as they have to concede entire regions of the country, i.e., the South, the Texas to North Dakota agricultural belt, etc., to the GOP. Obama, despite his pretty face and pretty tongue, will have a very difficult time convincing voters in Kansas, Texas, West Virgina, or Tennessee that it's a good idea to give welfare to illegals or that it's a bad idea to let hunters purchase semi-automatic rifles.





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