Who is Barack Obama, and what does he stand for?
Posted on October 11, 2008
And you aren’t allowed to use the words “hope” or “change”, or any kind of rhetoric. You’re only allowed to use specific examples of specific policies and specific positions he holds.
It’s pretty hard, isn’t it?
Throughout this entire election cycle, Barack Obama has maintained a carefully crafted image. He’s said himself that he “serve[s] as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views”. During the primaries, Obama ran as far to the left as he could to suit the ultra-liberals. Once he got the nomination, he suddenly became a moderate again. He panders, panders, panders. What he says to the elites is not what he says to the bitter clingers in Flyover Country. What he said in the primary debates is not what he says now in debates against John McCain.
So who is he really? Is there any way to tell?
The people someone surrounds himself with speaks volumes. Some people try to ignore that fact, but it’s the truth. You don’t surround yourself with people whose views you have radical differences with. Someone who is ardently pro-abortion would not surround themselves with pro-life protesters; someone who is a vegan lifelong PETA member wouldn’t hang around with Humane Society vets who put the animals to sleep.
That’s not to say no one has friends or loved ones with opposing viewpoints. If you’re pro-life, for example, it doesn’t make you pro-abortion just because you’ve got a friend who is all for abortion. However, when every single friend and relative you have espouse the same rhetoric, the same viewpoints, the same ideals… every single one of them… can you really argue that those people have no effect on the person you are and what you believe?
That’s the case with Barack Obama. He himself tries to stay as blank as possible, which is probably why he tends to vote “present” so many times.
So, again, who is Barack Obama, and what does he stand for? A good way to gauge that might be to look at the people he’s made up his life and career with. The Jawa Report posted a round-up of just who it is Barack Obama associates with.
First, his family. His father, Barack Obama Sr., was a Kenyan bureaucrat and a Marxist economist who pushed for redistribution of wealth in Kenya, and thought there should be no limit to taxation. His mother, Ann Dunham, became interested in far-left radicalism in high school.
Then, there’s his childhood mentor, Frank Marshall Davis, the famous communist poet. And there’s also Jeremiah Wright: his pastor, his friend, and his mentor of twenty years. Rev. Wright has said that we should say “God Damn America” instead of “God Bless America”, called America the “US of ‘KKK’ A”, and in reference to 9-11, said “America’s chickens were coming home to roost”. Rev. Wright baptized Obama’s two daughters, married Obama and his wife Michelle, and served as an advisor to Obama for much of his adult life. Talking about Rev. Wright is, of course, RAAACIIIST!! according to the Obama camp and the mainstream media. But his other spiritual adviser, Father Michael Phleger, is just as radical.
Then there’s his wife Michelle. She’s just so proud of her country. According to Michelle, we’re ignorant. We’re mean. And she’s never in her adult life been proud of her country — until her precious hunnykins got to run for President, and NOW she’s proud! Perhaps that’s why Barack won’t salute the flag or wear a flag pin, or why he feels like America is worthless without him as the President, or why his campaign allowed American flags to be trashed at their convention. Did Michelle put those ideas into his head?
And while we aren’t supposed to talk about William Ayers, I’m going to anyway. The man who launched Obama’s political career is an unrepentant terrorist who bombed the Capitol, bombed the Pentagon (hey, just like bin Laden!), and bombed New York City Police Headquarters. The group he started, Weather Underground, was responsible for even more destruction. Ayers’ girlfriend, Diana Oughton, was killed during the assembly of a bomb including nails for shrapnel. The target was an Army dance at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Thousands of soldiers and their dates would have been murdered.
And this is Obama’s political mentor. And to this day, Ayers has refused to apologize, only stating that he doesn’t regret it and “didn’t do enough”. Another of Obama’s political mentors, Alice Palmer, is a radical and a communist. And when Obama initially joined politics, he joined the socialist New Party. ACORN, the radical group currently committing voter fraud all across the country, also has close ties to Obama.
So what does this tell us? How can anyone who loves their country, loves democracy and freedom, look at that history and those associations and not be even a little disturbed? Obama’s lack of experience aside, would you really want a President who hangs around with unrepentant terrorists and communist radicals? Would you really want a President who is surrounded by people who have shown nothing but hate towards our country? And while Obama can try to make these alliances and associations irrelevant by accusing anyone who points them out of being a RAAAACIIIIST!!!!, they are relevant. And they bring up very relevant questions.
That’s not the change we need. That kind of change is dangerous.
Hat Tip: The Jawa Report
Cross-posted from Cassy’s blog.
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What a desperate tract. The right has had its chance for the last eight years and has failed miserably. You can try to deflect the blame but the bottom line is your going to have to quit your sissy whining and deal with a new direction for America.
So cheer up – you’ll have plenty of opportunity to write more desperate tracts over the next 8 years.
Heh.
The title for this article sounds like a 6th grade assignment. If “the right” can’t answer this without resorting to playground tactics there is no hope for the future of our democracy. Plato was right, democracy is weak because it lets the ignorant vote.
You forgot about Odinga. Fast Barky’s favorite.
And Prof Khalid, and Barky’s fasting on Sundays while at Columbia and travelling to Pakistan. But I know you wanted to be kind.
Explain how Ayers = mentor again?
I think I’m unclear on that part.
He sad on a non-profit education board with him, and a political rally at Ayers house was held for him when he first entered politics.
Mentor means to serve as a trusted advisor and teacher. Do you have ANY evidence that Ayers has been a trusted advisor and teacher to Obama?
And as far as ‘Who is Obama’… you arbitrarily disallowed a bunch of terms and said you wanted specifics. Okay, I’ll bite. Let’s choose an area. Domestic policy? Foreign Policy? Energy policy? Economic policy? I’m good with specifics.
Let’s talk.
Who is Barack Obama, and what does he stand for? Here’s a hint:
ACLU Congressional Scorecard, Senator Barack Obama, (Democrat, Illinois) Lifetime score: 82%
… 82%, therefore 4 of 5 children victims of child rape and molestation are further victimized by the ACLU members favorite legislator. His policies and voting record help the ACLU fight for the child rapist so they can be free to victimize and rape more children.
Fortunately, Louis Farrakhan’s Messiah “Obama” does allow the 5th child overlooked by his 4-of-5 child rape – ACLU friendly policies to be aborted as a living creation of God only to be left in a trash receptacle or soiled laundry hamper until dead.
At least Obama’s abortion policies allows a precious child born alive to die alone, suffering but just for an hour or so, in the trash rather than being haunted by a lifetime of mental anguish by being the victim of child rape by a typical ACLU benefactor. Thanks for looking out for our children Obama, obviously he is the great leader that stands for immorality.
You know, the more I re-read this post… the more I think it may not be worth it.
“… won’t wear a flag pin or salute the flag.”
Um… have you SEEN all of the pictures of Obama wearing a flag pin (as if it mattered)? Would you like me to send you links?
And I’m willing to bet that if you’re not in the military, you don’t salute the flag either. In fact, I’d be willing to bet that the majority of Americans don’t salute the flag. Because the majority of Americans aren’t in the military.
Talk about grasping at straws.
That would make a majority of American’s Freedom Parasites… all of which have a right to freedoms provided by the few fortunate enough to actually proudly serve their country.
A simple thank you would be a start.
Das, I don’t 100% agree. While I DO agree that we owe our military personnel a huge debt of gratitude for our freedoms, to call the majority of Americans “parasites” is unfair. We don’t refer to everyone who isn’t a doctor a “medical parasite”, or everyone who isn’t a farmer a “food parasite”.
And that doesn’t change the fact that Obama, not being military, shouldn’t be expected to salute the flag.
re Obama; I do not expect him to salute the flag… he does not respect what it stands for. He has certainly read and learned the ‘drama’ behind the flag, that is why he can spew patriotic sound bites. He does not have the character and constitutional morality within to truly understand what those sound bites actually mean to the underlings that believe in the flag.
He is from the group that believe they are entitled, he probably expects the flag to salute him
Das,
That seems to be a pretty broad statement. I guess I don’t know what “constitutional morality” means.
We seem to see different people. I see someone with character, and someone who absolutely respects this country’s ideals.
But respecting those ideals doesn’t mean you have to pretend that the flaws and problems this country has don’t exist.
I’ve never understood the “entitlement” thing. Obama has had to work pretty damn hard for everything he’s ever gotten in life.
Unlike another presidential candidate.
Yet it’s Obama who is called elitist and who “has a sense of entitlement”.
Another thing I don’t get.
I seem pretty stupid tonight, I’m guessing.
Unlike another presidential candidate.
Which presidential candidate are you referring to Matthew? McCain or Kerry?
Which presidential candidate are you referring to Matthew? McCain or Kerry?
Actually, the description would apply to both of them. Hell, MOST of them for that matter!
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Character… what is his background shows character? Is it the people he surrounds himself with now and in he past? Is it the path he took to becoming a man of destiny.
Don’t you have even the smallest of concern of how he got to and who helped him get to… You don’t even have the smallest concern as to why supporters of terror are encouraged and eager to his possible presidency.
I find is bewildering that you have no concerns, not even an inkling of intuition that something just doesn’t seem right.
Any individual with no regard for human life has something wrong inside, that lack of ethics and morality is so blinding that I can only imagine what other choices will he make if he can choose to end life and still sleep at night.
Das,
I think that Obama has demonstrated his character throughout this campaign. I like how he’s comported himself, and I agree with many of his policies.
You’re right. I have not an inkling of in intuition that something just doesn’t seem right.
In fact, I find it amazing that anyone would accuse any sitting US Senator of having no respect for the country he serves, of supporting a terrorist agenda (based not on his actions, but on guilt by association), and of having no respect for human life.
The same senators and congressmen who destroyed the economy, have bathroom gay sex, molest children, and take bribes… those guys?
R U a parent? Certainly you would appreciate your daughter hanging out with men 10-15 years older than she. Certainly you would be ok if her friends were prostitutes addicted to crack. It would be ok to be ‘associated’ with a child molester and occasionally watch her friends beat a homeless person to death just for kicks.
We are associated with the people we surround ourselves with, like it or not.
Obama’s friends are racist, anti-American, recreants.
His policy and vote to kill “partial-birth’ aborted living babies, living human beings is absolutely the definition of no respect for human life.
Okay… you have a problem with his stance on abortion. I got it.
I have many friends with varying viewpoints… Christian, atheist, Republican, Libertarian, people who’ve done time. To try and define me by any one or two fo them would give you an extremely skewed view of who I am.
As far as evil unamerican friends… I’m sorry but I don’t see it. A passing connection to Ayers, a poet who was a friend of his grandfather’s that he doesn’t seem to have had a bunch of contact with outside his childhood, a crazy preacher, and his wife?
Really? That’s it? C’mon.
And why is it that this guilt by association lens doesn’t seem to apply equally on both sides?
Do you think there’s a politician anywhere for whom you couldn’t dig up someone in their past that would appear “scandalous”?
No, except maybe the Huckster.
First of all, look into the Ayers connection further. He worked closely with Ayers for 7 years trying to radicalize the public schools. This is fact and can easily be checked online.
To Das: There is plenty that is scandalous in the past of the Huckster! He was called out many times for public corruption while governor and has a bad habit of taking public property for his own as well as breaking the law at campaigning in churches who still keep their tax exempt status. The Judicial Review named Huck as “One of the Top Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians of 2007″ along with Barak Obama.
Conspiculously missing from the list is one man who is a moral paragon. The press got so darned mad at him because they just couldn’t find any dirt. That would be Mitt Romney. Now we are in this economic crisis there are many who wish he would be steering the ship of state through these rough financial waters.
McCain should immediately name his cabinet including Attorney General Rudy Guliani to go after all the Democrats including Obama that were on the take from Freddie and Fanny. Then Mitt Romney for Commerce or Treasury and go from there (just be sure to keep Huck away from any money or government property small enough to stuff in a moving truck).
“This is fact and can easily be checked online”
It’s not a fact, it’s an accusation. Unsubstantiated at that. So far all I’ve read is innuendo and assumption. Can you cite a CREDIBLE source for this ‘radicalization?’ Blogs and sites like Newsmax or Free Republic don’t count.
I have a second-hand source in regards to Obama. A friend of mine used to live in Chicago, she worked for Obama as volunteer while he was doing community work in the 90’s. She worked directly with Barak and Michelle. She says they’re “the real deal.” Good, hardworking people who were earnestly trying to help the community. This comes from a person I have known for 10 years, and whose word I trust implicitly. I’ll take that opinion over this Ayers crap that’s being pedaled on the internet.
People seem so desperate to bring Obama down out of spite more than anything. I just don’t understand it.