Engram Backtalk Says... "Take Your Pick America"
From Engram, a research professor and BACKTALK Blogger
For a while, McCain's slogan was "America First," which seemed to imply that Obama had a different philosophy.
Perhaps in response, Obama said this in his speech last night:
The times are too serious, the stakes are too high for this same partisan playbook. So let us agree that patriotism has no party. I love this country, and so do you, and so does John McCain. The men and women who serve in our battlefields may be Democrats and Republicans and Independents, but they have fought together and bled together and some died together under the same proud flag. They have not served a Red America or a Blue America - they have served the United States of America.So I've got news for you, John McCain. We all put our country first.
Well, we don't all put our country first, do we?
I mean, isn't fair to say that Obama's pastor of 20 years may not do that?
And isn't it fair to suggest that Obama's associate, William Ayers, doesn't always do that?
Let's be clear about this.
Obama is certainly not guilty by association.
That is, he does not damn America, he is not an anti-American American terrorist, and he does put America first (except, perhaps, that he plans to always seek the European seal of approval before taking any action).
The fact that he comfortably associates with people who don't put America first means nothing more than this: In 2007, these National Journal rankings show that Obama had the most liberal voting record in the Senate. That is, Barack Obama is on the far left end of the normal range of the political spectrum in America. But he is not a fringe leftist, like Ayers and Wright are. He is just closer to them, politically speaking, than a centrist or a conservative is. And the more to the left you lean, the less you are bothered by anti-Americanism (because you partially resonate to certain aspects of the anti-American message).
That's all.
Similarly, anti-American Europeans are more like Obama than Ayers and Wright. They lean far to the left, and they, too, would probably be less bothered by (and more willing to associate with) the likes of Bill Ayers and Reverend Wright than your Average American. Becasue they lean so far to the left, Europeans adore Barack Obama.
Why wouldn't they?
If you are on the left, you probably think that it is exceedingly unfair of me to discuss the anti-American views of Obama's associates.
But I don't know why.
I feel sure that you'd hold it against John McCain if he had worked closely with (or had long sought spiritual guidance from) an unrepentant abortion clinic bomber.
I'd hold it against him, too.
I'd take it as a sign that McCain, while not an anti-abortion terrorist himself, is nevertheless so extreme in his views that he is comfortable aligning himself with right-wing wackos.
That is, it would be an indication that McCain leans very, very far to the right.
In the same way, Obama's past associations, like the National Journal rankings, suggest that Obama leans very, very far to the left.
Related to this, Obama also had this to say in his speech:
But the record's clear: John McCain has voted with George Bush ninety percent of the time. Senator McCain likes to talk about judgment, but really, what does it say about your judgment when you think George Bush has been right more than ninety percent of the time? I don't know about you, but I'm not ready to take a ten percent chance on change.
Well, a McCain victory would be a 10% move in the liberal direction (not in the conservative direction). According to the National Journal, Obama voted the liberal way 65 out of 66 times in 2007, which is why he earned the title of being the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate (with Biden coming in 3rd). Thus, our choice for president is between John McCain, who will move away from Bush by about 10% in the liberal direction, or Barack Obama, who will move us 98% in the liberal direction.
That's your choice America;
take your pick.
For a while, McCain's slogan was "America First," which seemed to imply that Obama had a different philosophy.
Perhaps in response, Obama said this in his speech last night:
The times are too serious, the stakes are too high for this same partisan playbook. So let us agree that patriotism has no party. I love this country, and so do you, and so does John McCain. The men and women who serve in our battlefields may be Democrats and Republicans and Independents, but they have fought together and bled together and some died together under the same proud flag. They have not served a Red America or a Blue America - they have served the United States of America.So I've got news for you, John McCain. We all put our country first.
Well, we don't all put our country first, do we?
I mean, isn't fair to say that Obama's pastor of 20 years may not do that?
And isn't it fair to suggest that Obama's associate, William Ayers, doesn't always do that?
Let's be clear about this.
Obama is certainly not guilty by association.
That is, he does not damn America, he is not an anti-American American terrorist, and he does put America first (except, perhaps, that he plans to always seek the European seal of approval before taking any action).
The fact that he comfortably associates with people who don't put America first means nothing more than this: In 2007, these National Journal rankings show that Obama had the most liberal voting record in the Senate. That is, Barack Obama is on the far left end of the normal range of the political spectrum in America. But he is not a fringe leftist, like Ayers and Wright are. He is just closer to them, politically speaking, than a centrist or a conservative is. And the more to the left you lean, the less you are bothered by anti-Americanism (because you partially resonate to certain aspects of the anti-American message).
That's all.
Similarly, anti-American Europeans are more like Obama than Ayers and Wright. They lean far to the left, and they, too, would probably be less bothered by (and more willing to associate with) the likes of Bill Ayers and Reverend Wright than your Average American. Becasue they lean so far to the left, Europeans adore Barack Obama.
Why wouldn't they?
If you are on the left, you probably think that it is exceedingly unfair of me to discuss the anti-American views of Obama's associates.
But I don't know why.
I feel sure that you'd hold it against John McCain if he had worked closely with (or had long sought spiritual guidance from) an unrepentant abortion clinic bomber.
I'd hold it against him, too.
I'd take it as a sign that McCain, while not an anti-abortion terrorist himself, is nevertheless so extreme in his views that he is comfortable aligning himself with right-wing wackos.
That is, it would be an indication that McCain leans very, very far to the right.
In the same way, Obama's past associations, like the National Journal rankings, suggest that Obama leans very, very far to the left.
Related to this, Obama also had this to say in his speech:
But the record's clear: John McCain has voted with George Bush ninety percent of the time. Senator McCain likes to talk about judgment, but really, what does it say about your judgment when you think George Bush has been right more than ninety percent of the time? I don't know about you, but I'm not ready to take a ten percent chance on change.
Well, a McCain victory would be a 10% move in the liberal direction (not in the conservative direction). According to the National Journal, Obama voted the liberal way 65 out of 66 times in 2007, which is why he earned the title of being the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate (with Biden coming in 3rd). Thus, our choice for president is between John McCain, who will move away from Bush by about 10% in the liberal direction, or Barack Obama, who will move us 98% in the liberal direction.
That's your choice America;
take your pick.
posted by RD at 4:49 PM
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2 Comments:
Obama was being deviously "clever" with his speech. He tells McCain he (Obama) won't question McCain's patriotism, so he'd better not question his own.
In doing so, he's really telling everyone that delving into his past, studying his association with Wright, etc. is also questioning his patriotism. He loves America, and if you disagree with his assessment of himself, then YOU are the anti-American.
Hogwash.
Something else also jumped out at me: Obama says McCain has voted with Bush ninety percent of the time. For one thing, I didn't know Bush HAD a vote in Congress and secondly, I bet there are quite a few Democrats that voted ninety percent with McCain.
I don't want to vote for McCain, I really don't. He was at the very end of my own list of all the candidates,and I was certain he wouldn't make it half-way through the campaign before dropping out for lack of support.
That's not the case, and it is what it is, whether I like it or not. If this election wasn't as close -according to the polls- I'd feel better about some sort of protest vote, or even leaving that box unchecked.
What I REALLY don't want is for this pretender to hold the position of most powerful man in the world. I'd rather have had Hillary in the office. (and I'd rather have a swift kick in the gonads that THAT)
I understand where you're coming from Mike... however, I must admit that Sarah Palin has me pretty fired up and I no longer must go to the voting booth while holding my nose.
Vote McCain-Palin 08
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