Yes, you read that correctly. Of course, I mean conservative in the sense of old-fashioned, unwilling to shake up the status quo, etc. “Records show McCain more bipartisan” in today’s WashTimes would tend to underscore that. Indeed its title is somewhat circumspect given the specifics: In fact, by several measures, Mr. McCain has been more likely to team up with Democrats than with members of his own party. Democrats made up 55 percent of his political partners over the last two Congresses, including on the tough issues of campaign finance and global warming. For Mr. Obama, Republicans were only 13 percent of his co-sponsors during his time in the Senate, and he had his biggest bipartisan successes on noncontroversial measures, such as issuing a postage stamp in honor of civil rights icon Rosa Parks.
If you read the rest of the article, for which a whole raft of Democrats declined to comment (no surprise), it seems clear that Obama is the most traditional of pols, almost never journeying out of the safety zone of his party. Obviously Bill Clinton did that often, most notably on welfare reform, not our Barack. It’s hard to know what the MSM is swallowing him so hard as the “agent of change” given the facts. It’s embarrassing even. But so it goes.
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1. Godzilla:The MSM is into elitism, that’s why they’re backing Obama primarily.
Sep 15, 2008 - 1:16 pm 2. ricpic:Traditionally partisan, rather than conservative, might be a more accurate way to define Obama, politically.
Sep 15, 2008 - 1:42 pm 3. Insufficiently Sensitive:My party, right or wrong.
Sep 15, 2008 - 2:03 pm 4. srlucado:Obama has never had anything on the ball. Never. Hillary was right when she said that all he has done is give a speech.
Why or how the press fell in love with him is a mystery to me…but none of his claims have had any merit, and his loudest claims have turned out to be the least true.
Still, the media fawns. Astounding.
Scott
Sep 15, 2008 - 3:27 pm 5. Lem:..it seems clear that Obama is the most traditional of pols, almost never journeying out of the safety zone of his party.
Bank of America has a logo for Obama called – Keep the change
Sep 15, 2008 - 5:29 pm 6. Minerva:The Crash I have been waiting for for a year has finally happened. Well, time for the hunger belt so from now on I will only read Roger and VDH… ;o)
Sep 15, 2008 - 5:33 pm 7. California Dreamer:BO is really just a junior state senator from Illinois. I’m just waiting for Charlie Gibson to schedule his interview with the special lens that makes Charlie look larger than BO. NY has dropped to a 5 point spread with a +/- 3.9% error. It is starting to look like the 50 state strategy is correct since even states BO thought were in the bag will be contested.
Sep 15, 2008 - 7:44 pm 8. David Warner:The corporate media is conservative too. Hence their support for go along/get along Barry.
While Palin was standing up to corruption,
Obama was sucking up to the corrupt.
While Palin was kicking ass and taking names,
Obama was kissing ass and playing games.
K Street knows who their enemies are…
Sep 15, 2008 - 11:10 pm 9. AlanC:Roger,
Don’t know where this should go but it definitely needs a discussion.
The link is from Insty but the mean is from AFP. Obama tried to get Iraq to postpone a strategic framework agreement till after the election.
McCain protested this blatant interference in US foreign policy.
Quotes:
“He asked why we were not prepared to delay an agreement until after the US elections and the formation of a new administration in Washington,” Zebari said in an interview, according to Taheri.
NOW, Obama is screaming that this is a smear. BUT his defense is:
In fact, Obama had told the Iraqis that they should not rush through a “Strategic Framework Agreement” governing the future of US forces until after President George W. Bush leaves office, she said.
THESE TWO STATEMENTS ARE IN EXACT AGREEMENT!!!!! WHAT THE F*** IS HE YELLING ABOUT??
Please someone tell me what’s going on.
Sep 16, 2008 - 7:46 am 10. ic:The word is “reactionary” not “conservative”.
Sep 17, 2008 - 10:50 am