A conservative friend in NYC told me last night that he intends to vote for John McCain in the GOP primary. He added, "If Obama is elected president, I would think, 'OK, let's see how this turns out.' But Hillary? "I'd rather vote for Fidel, with Raul on top," he cracked.
Well, to be honest, my reaction to an Obama victory would match that of my troglodytic pal. But would that reflect an underestimation of the danger to conservatism President Obama would pose?
Ross Douthat thinks so. First, he explains that he wouldn't vote for Obama because he (Ross) is a conservative, and Obama is a liberal. That's why I'm not voting for Obama, even though I, like Ross, like Obama. Ross is withholding his vote from Obama for a strategic reason too: out of an entirely reasonable fear that Obama could do for liberalism what Reagan did for conservatism. And then there are the kinds of appointments Obama would make. Go read Ross's post, and shudder.
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I think I've figured out the attraction a lot of us conservatives are trying to resist when it comes to Obama. But I just blogged about it and I've been blogging all night so my fingers are tired. So you'll have to go check it out there - theupsidedownworld.wordpress.com. And I'm really not just being obnoxious or trying to self-promote. My fingers really are tired.
Why is it off limits to discuss Barack Obama's black nationalist church? It's insane... They've really had guest speakers calling for the execution of all white people. Have you seen some of Rev. Wright's comments after 9/11 about white people?
It's certainly not off limits to discuss Barack Obama's church. I wrote my Dallas Morning News column about it last weekend -- I was highly critical -- and we had a blog thread (or maybe two) about it in the past few days. I don't like people who've never showed up on this blog diving in to post incendiary accusations about "Barack Hussein Obama's church" without backing any of it up. Have they really had speakers calling for the execution of white people? Really? Then blog a link to it. I think the Rev. Wright is going to be a real problem for Obama, but I've not heard it credibly reported that they had speakers at his church wanting to execute white people. And one of the posts (which I deleted) implied something about Obama wanting to rape white women. That kind of vile garbage is going to be deleted on sight, and if you think that's political correctness, fine. There are other blogs for you. This one isn't.
The big question would be with an Obama win would be how many Republicans would be in the Senate because if the Democrats can't get sixty votes in the Senate it does not matter what a President Obama would want.
But Democrats will likely get four or five more seats in the Senate this year. With 55 or 56 votes, getting 60 is easy. There are always four to six Republican who get picked off, especially in a Senate where GOP moderates would have more influence.
All you need is Snowe, Collins (if she doesn't lose), Specter, Smith, Voinovich, Murkowski and you have your 60 votes.
Whatever you think of Edwards being a lifelong (and highly successful) trial lawyer, he would at least be honest AND know the Geneva Convention definition of torture.
A combination none of the last three Attorneys General (including the incumbent Mukasey) have gotten right.
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