He doesn’t like it. Oh, poor Obama! That is really too bad because he’s about to wear it like a name tag. He is going to be called a McGovern liberal from now until November so many times in so many ways, a daily drumbeat of stories about his liberalism in the conservative media (and hopefully ads). He’ll just have to learn to embrace the label the way he’s embraced the policies:
In his radio and TV ads that are blanketing Texas, Barack Obama claims a chief executive can make more money “in 10 minutes” than an ordinary worker makes in a year. Obama wants to end the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, enact a national health plan, offer a $4,000-a-year tuition reimbursement in exchange for national service, and have the government intervene to prevent home foreclosures.
But he doesn’t want anyone to call him a liberal.
For despite Obama’s vow to build a working majority for change – to win a clear mandate for his progressive agenda, rather than engage in Clinton-like “triangulation” – he’s not yet willing to own the l-word.
Oh baby! You are going to own that word like a big ole scarlet letter!
posted February 26, 2008 at 9:27 pm
clinton or obama… liberal or progressive. doesn’t matter to me… both are opposed to rancid conservative republicanism. it will be a breath of fresh air!
posted February 27, 2008 at 2:39 am
Would he rather we called him a conservative?
posted February 27, 2008 at 5:07 am
Supporter, Promoter, Encourager of Immorality, Marxist Communist, Gnostic, False Prophet, Odd-Racist, Harvard Elitist, Social Darwinian, Humanist, Wolf in Sheep’s clothing, Executioner of individual freedoms . . ., there are may “other” valid labels describing what Obama “is.” No matter the attempt to neologism away what the guy really is, he cannot hide the fact that he wants America to disappear from history.
posted February 27, 2008 at 9:15 am
Nonsense. He merely wants America’s history to be more than the history of rich white men subjugating the rest of the world.
What, exactly, is wrong with that?
posted February 27, 2008 at 9:37 am
He merely wants America’s history
America’s future, let’s have no further talk of rewriting history! Good grief.
posted February 27, 2008 at 10:53 am
The blatant racism of this post is so overt that it’s disgusting. Why don’t you just go get some white hoods and nooses? Join the 21st century, people.
posted February 27, 2008 at 11:11 am
Racist? Are you insane? You’re only calling it that because I’m white. If I were black, you would just look at this as a difference between conservatives and liberals. You are the racist, not me.
posted February 27, 2008 at 11:18 am
He’s black and you’re white. Therefore any criticism of him by you is racist. There is no other possiblility. White conservatives are one-dimensional and easy to figure out.
posted February 27, 2008 at 11:22 am
That’s silly and I won’t be responding to such nonsense again.
posted February 27, 2008 at 1:59 pm
I don’t think that Senator Obama has a problem with “the” title liberal, he has a problem with there being a title PERIOD. I think that it is time that we get away from “labeling” ideas. Do we as Americans really need anything else to further seperate us ie..democrat, republican, liberal, conservative…Is it possible that we may quite possibly have a combination of each “labels” ideas?! Not sure what Senator Obama’s claim about the amount of money a CEO makes has to do with him being called a liberal(?) Anyways, let’s try to come together so that we are on a better and more positive path than we are right now! I bet we can all agree on that! PEACE!!
posted February 27, 2008 at 2:39 pm
We ought not calling him a liberal. He’s not, he’s a hard core leftist. Thomas Jefferson was a liberal, JFK was a liberal. Barack Obama is a lefist.
posted February 27, 2008 at 4:22 pm
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Why is that liberal? Does that mean the same amount of money (going to these programs) but spent on the war machine is conservative?
The labels are frustrating. But if you insist on labels, programs to help the middle class in America can be labeled common sense.
posted February 27, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Leftists spend money on well-meaning but unconstitutional areas. Conservatives spend money on constitutional areas.
posted February 27, 2008 at 7:03 pm
I am agreeing with you, Christopher. His idea of “change” is too much change for me, for most people.
But, we have a government of checks & balances, so, like any movement – feminism, civil rights, etc. – it requires a radical to shift the system a smidgen.
posted February 27, 2008 at 9:36 pm
same old ,same old talk !I’m so sick of it! but I guess it will never change. OH how some of these so called” CHRISTIANS” go on about the christian message. My God’s message and his son Jesus Christ would be to help the poor, not give tax cits to the very wealthy , to share with those in need.I think he would say to help those help them selves, by giving a tuition reimbursent for college when they do two years of comminty service,sounds like a very godly idea to me! No; I hope we don’t continue wasting time and keeping us off the important messeges of ourtime. I don’t think leftist and liberals are bad words after all thats what they called JESUS!!!!!!! elaine
posted February 27, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Where in the Bible does it say that the government should take care of the poor and pay for the tuition to college?
posted February 28, 2008 at 12:34 am
where in the constitution does it say that any social spending is prohibited? nothing like “interpreting” the constitution. i guess that you would consider social security and the new deal unconstitutional. why don’t you try to impeach the next president for supporting medicaid and see how far you get? maybe you should pay just the est. 54% of your federal tax that’s used to fund military and war and refuse to pay anything else. that’s pretty radical.
mr. taylor wouldn’t know a “hard core leftist” if he saw one. his political spectrum is so skewed that reagan seems liberal.
moonshadow, i’d disagree with you here: “most” of america, or a majority at least for now, want the changes that obama is talking about.
posted February 29, 2008 at 9:23 am
ZZ,
Obama’s mamma is WHITE!!!
My mamma is white.
Go drink your koolaid and realize that racism is dead accept in the Black Community where hating other races is called a civil right.
posted February 29, 2008 at 10:34 am
Where in the constitution does it say that it’s the duty of the federal to pay for the medical expenses of the nation?
posted March 1, 2008 at 3:39 am
article 1 section 8:
donny, you’re an idiot. some blacks are racist, but you’re a bona fide idiot to say that racism is only espoused by blacks and no other race. you can crawl back under your rock now.
posted March 23, 2008 at 11:03 am
Obama wants to end the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy,
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Did you not get a check from Bush after he was elected?
Will you not get another check in less than a month?
Those of you that NEOCOMMS that got a check got a tax cut.
Are you wealthy?
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where in the constitution does it say that any social spending is prohibited?
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What?? Social spending is not the job of the government. It is the job of the Church. One of the problems is that is that NEOCOMMUNIST want to destroy religion and take religion out of schools and town hall meeting etc. where needs can be identified and presented to the Church.
Imagine if every body on your block grew a few vegetables and once a week these vegetables were gathered and taken to a soup kitchen.
I soon will be raising chickens and getting free range eggs.
I will sell what I can but the rest (several dozen per week) will be taken to a soup kitchen. This is just one example where people can provide for the poor WITHOUT government intervention.
a soup kitchen.