Comments on: Obama Around the Web

By: Andrew Dalton

Andrew Dalton — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:45:39 +0000

Yes, I consider McCain to be uniquely dangerous because of his crusading altruism wrapped in patriotic, pro-American language. (He criticized George W. Bush for failing to use 9/11 as a opportunity to call Americans to sacrifice.) Among the crop of 2008 Republicans, perhaps only Huckabee was worse.

By: Joseph Kellard

Joseph Kellard — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:53:41 +0000

Let’s just not jump to conclusions that since Obama’s policies are so obviously terrible, that Republicans (McCain, Bush, etc.) would me *much* better — that voting for them would have represented anything considerably — or even marginally – better.

This is particularly true when considering the only other choice instead of Obama. That was McCain, who is as anti-capitalist a Republican as I can recall, and being one he will typically talk tough about Iran, but I never bought into it. Bush did the same thing with regard to Iran and did nothing — nothing! Actions speak louder than words.

Let the country hit rock bottom with Obama, but the Republicans better have someone considerably better than McCain in 3 ½ years. I’m not holing my breath, but I and other Objectivists are working to try to pass along the better ideas that will make it at least possible.

By: Myrhaf

Myrhaf — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:54:34 +0000

Republicans do appease, but there’s always something furtive and half-assed compromising about their appeasement. They appease from pragmatism, but not proudly, because they can sense, however dimly, a contradiction between appeasement and a strong defense of America.

Obama appeases proudly and militantly because he is sure it’s the right thing to do. If it means a weaker America, that’s fine with him . To the left America is the main source of evil in the world. It is time for America to be humiliated and brought down a few notches.

Same thing in domestic affairs. Republicans expand the state because they think they have to. Democrats do it as a moral crusade.

The one good thing about a leftist president is: clarity. No more nonsense from a Republican president about freedom and standing tall while he goes about destroying freedom and appeasing our enemies. Now we know what direction we’re heading, and that’s good. Five months into his presidency, Obama’s poll numbers are already weakening and Democrats are getting nervous.

By: Joseph Kellard

Joseph Kellard — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:07:59 +0000

While I did not vote in this election, I think it’s important to keep this mind when evaluating Obama’s actions: What would McCain have done? Or what would Bush have done, if given another four years? And, remember, we’re in these domestic and foreign mess in large part because of the likes Bush, as well as McCain, who has been a Republican leader in the senate for years.

Bush went a whole 8 years doing nothing about Iran-North Korea. McCain talked tough, too, just like Bush did (“You’re either with us or against us”)—but do you think McCain would say anything different on Iran than Obama? Maybe so, since Republicans talk tough, but when in office and faced with the reality of the situation (NK nuking Hawaii), they’re yesterday’s leftists, at best. They wilt. Moreover, McCain was/is a committed anti-capitalist, and I have no doubt he would be taking over the banks and auto industry, too. It all started with Bush! And, don’t forget, McCain was a champion of mandatory volunteerism!

By: TW

TW — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:08:06 +0000

What Wehner’s article really brings home for me is the extent to which Obama’s and the Democrats’ lying is enabled by the media. Some people debate whether we have a “liberal” media or not. I don’t think we have so much a liberal media as a Democratic Party media.

In the past I have read some Objectivists saying that we should vote for Democrats because there’s really very little danger that they could actually bring about the destruction of property rights and capitalism (oh how wrong that view looks now), while the Republicans very well could impose a theocracy.

The fact that Republicans will always have their lies and other shenanigans ruthlessly exposed by the Democrat media, while the Democrats will always get a pass, is another excellent reason why those Democrat-voting Objectivists are wrong.