Comments on: Obama’s Centrism Could Drive the GOP Out of Business

By: Uncle Joe

Uncle Joe — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:10:36 +0000

Why is the US right wing so obsessed w marxism/trotskyism? Obama is no more an extreme leftist that is GWB. Painting all non-conservatives as extreme leftists and communists (a somewhat dead and ineffective insult) is a sure path to future and permanent defeat. It merely shows the congealed paralysis of current right wing thinking.

By: Alan Moroney

Alan Moroney — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:13:20 +0000

“Obama the most liberal candidite since McGovern” – ridiculous!
John Kerry was far more liberal, he just happens to be a longterm senator used to deal mongering to get the best for Mass.
Obama is pro death-penalty, for example. And Chicago is not exactly a hot-bed of liberalism, unlike much of the north-East from The Jersey Shore and Northwards

By: Chuck Pelto

Chuck Pelto — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:41:36 +0000

TO: Jennifer Rubin, et al.
RE: Only

Obama’s Centrism Could Drive the GOP Out of Business — Jennifer Rubin

….if he is a true ‘centerist’. As oppposed to the Clintonesque, put up a good show, ‘centerist’.

Regards,

Chuck(le)
[Deeds Not Words. -- Motto of the 22d Infantry Regiment, US Army]

By: El Gordo

El Gordo — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:41:49 +0000

Bilgeman,

the KELO decision was voted for by the LIBERAL 5 on the supreme court.

“Conservatives on the supreme court just ruled that the police can stop you in your car or break down the door of your home and just say it was all a mistake. Then arrest you for whatever infraction they happen to find.”

That is NOT what they ruled, but since when do liberals bother with facts or details?

By: vivo

vivo — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:08:54 +0000

129. ReConUSMC:

I’m glad that you realize what your country is made up of, they are your neighbors and coworkers. Get a grip!

“Mc Cane was a Joke but he still got 48. % of all votes …… that is amazing ….”

Yes, amazing. That tells you what kind of brain they have.

By: TruthHurts

TruthHurts — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:17:59 +0000

Watch out Jennifer..People will say you’re in love…The ONLY people who thought that Obama was some “liberal extremist” were people who would be potential posters on pajamasmedia…No one, left of HRC believed that National Journal cherry-picking “liberal ratings”…One point that I agree with is that Obama IS making the GOP obsolete..In fact he’s serving notice on the whole “left-right” notion…Obama is a member of the “Party of Lincoln”. At one time (long ago) that meant the GOP..Today, it simply means pragmatic competence..Of course, most of your colleagues won’t pick up on this fact until it’s far too late. Now, if the Israel’s-never-wrong fanatics can simply pause; Obama may get the middle-east back to some sort of normal chaos.

By: Jeff Perren

Jeff Perren — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:37:18 +0000

“We need a real alternative. Not politcians who quibble about the amount or kind of the massive unfunded spending, but who oppose the very idea and have the guts to stand firm against it even, no, especially when told that these are exceptional times.”

Bravo! From your keyboard to the RNC’s ear. Sadly, I don’t think they’re listening.

By: Bilgeman

Bilgeman — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:27:56 +0000

#147 Jonesy:

As I said about Obama, I hold about Bush.

By their judicial appointments ye shall know them.

My buddies on the Left would scoff and roll their eyes, drop their bongs, and gnash their teeth when I pointed out that Bush was NOT a Conservative, but a right-of-Centrist.

Consider that after eight years, Abortion is still legal, the Government can seize your property for the benefit of a private party if that party can convince the government that it can realize higher taxes from the property seized,(”Kelo”) and that the police do not have to be held accountable to the same laws they claim to enforce.

Only earlier this year did the Roberts’ Court (finally), decide that the Second Amendment to the Constitution means exactly what it says,(and they even hedged their bet…a bit…in “Heller”).

“W” is a Centrist.

By: Jonesy

Jonesy — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:32:48 +0000

Conservatives on the supreme court just ruled that the police can stop you in your car or break down the door of your home and just say it was all a mistake. Then arrest you for whatever infraction they happen to find. Have these conservative justices ever heard of “unreasonable search and seizure”?

I think liberals is exactly what we need on the court, now more than ever.

By: TL

TL — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:16:59 +0000

Adding trillions more to Bush’s trillions should leave a lot of reasons for an opposition party. True, the Republicans we’ve seen of late, like Bush and McCain, won’t do for an opposition. We need a real alternative. Not politcians who quibble about the amount or kind of the massive unfunded spending, but who oppose the very idea and have the guts to stand firm against it even, no, especially when told that these are exceptional times.