Foul Sea Change

I’ve tried to mentally block out the notion of an Obamessiah presidency.  While I’ve vowed to respect the office if not the person (and, more accurately, the person’s policies; I have little indication that Obama’s not a good, if dull, human being who is the beneficiary of a dicey economy and a scandalously in-the-bag media), I strongly suspect that Obama, whatever his merits as an individual, a father and a human being, will be the worst president of my adult lifetime. 

Gary Miller?  He’s even less sanguine:

In a universe where reason prevailed, the 11th hour bombshell that the presumptive president-elect openly expressed contempt for the American Founding and admiration for Marxist dogma would be met with a 50-state rejection. 

It appears, however, that we do not live in such a universe…With 3-4 vacancies looming on SCOTUS, it is clear that President Obama will use the opportunity to nominate justices for whom “redistributing wealth” is part of the job description.

One of the most glaring differences between Left and Right is that conservatives share a distrust of tinkering with the wheels and levers of government (and those who enjoy the tinkering too much); liberals revel in it, and see it as the highest expression of political art.

And that – combined with an interventionist agenda (“share the wealth!”), the complete lack of vetting, and a personality cult-like following – is going to be a problem in all the ways Gary noted, if Obama wins.

15 thoughts on “Foul Sea Change

  1. You’ve executed your marching orders well, Mitch. “Socialist” is the meme du jour, of course. Calling Obama a Muslim, a terrorist and unqualified hasn’t worked. So naturally the right turns to good old-fashioned red-baiting.

    Angryclown doesn’t think that’s gonna be a winner for you, but he has to admire your complete unwillingness to actually run a civil presidential campaign.

  2. Sorry, no one will be able to steal that title from Pressident GW Bush. Even Hoover was supplanted.

    Whine all you want, Obama will be in the top 10, and those of you wallowing in the 18% club will have no hair left cause you will have pulled it all out!

  3. How can you say that the “unqualified” meme hasn’t worked?
    Obama picked Biden, didn’t he? Mission accomplished!

  4. Ok, so where’s my dividend check for the various products produced in our fine state – dairy, beef, pork, crops, coal, taconite.

  5. Ok, so where’s my dividend check for the various products produced in our fine state – dairy, beef, pork, crops, coal, taconite.

    Sorry dude – we spent it on light rail. Hope you don’t mind.

  6. we spent it on light rail. Hope you don’t mind

    Not at all 😉 Don’t forget about the bicycle trails, grants to arts programs, zoos, etc….

  7. Those aren’t government cows, pigs, and plants, but you might have a “beef” with our governments (present and past) on the coal and taconite thing. Maybe. The thing is, I don’t know how impressed you’ll be with the check you’ll get from those items. 🙂

  8. Terry boasted: “How can you say that the “unqualified” meme hasn’t worked?
    Obama picked Biden, didn’t he? Mission accomplished!”

    So you’re thinking that forcing Biden into the VP slot should go down as the greatest of the wingnut accomplishments in this election? It’s nice that you set realistic goals, Terry.

  9. angryclown said:

    “So you’re thinking that forcing Biden into the VP slot should go down as the greatest of the wingnut accomplishments in this election?”

    Who said that? How much do you expect a meme to accomplish, angryclown?

  10. “Change” seems to be doing pretty well at the moment, Trojan Man. You know, in all the states won by John Kerry in ’04, plus a fair number of swing states and former red states. You kooks still rule in the backward Jesus-loving states of the south, though, so you shouldn’t feel too bad.

  11. It’s not the change that Obama wants that bothers me, it’s the folding money! Hah! That joke gets funnier every time I tell it!

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