tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post8168237150340168655..comments2023-10-26T05:08:20.977-04:00Comments on Connecting.the.Dots: Conservative Crush on ObamaROBERT STEINhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11999996852219220599noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-13683542326757493672008-03-02T16:06:00.000-05:002008-03-02T16:06:00.000-05:00www.catholicsforobama.blogspot.comwww.catholicsforobama.blogspot.comKatherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13687197922675722032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-12801115661168668142007-11-06T19:43:00.000-05:002007-11-06T19:43:00.000-05:00Here's what I see: repubs are so disgusted with th...Here's what I see: repubs are so disgusted with their own party that they themselves are looking for a hero too. They see that there are none on the right.<BR/><BR/>They may, like Betty says, appear on the surface to despise the left's positions. But they know in their heart how bankrupt their own policies are. All they have left is their opposition to liberals....not actually a philosphical argument or logical disagreement. Just their hatred left to gnaw on.<BR/><BR/>I see this manifest itself on left blogs where the trolls launch their little hatebombs. Sometimes they ridicule our buckling dems and say "Nah Nah Nah you thought your guy was so pure of heart and was going to stand up to big bad bush but HA HA he didn't aren't you stupid liberal HA HA"<BR/><BR/>and it is a dead give away. All they have left is to taunt and say, see your guys are as bad as our guys. How good is that for an argument....your people are just as evil and corrupt and criminal as ours! It isn't true, except in a very slight degree. But it is all they have left. Even THEY are hurting for a hero, wishing silently and fervently for someone to do the RIGHT thing. <BR/><BR/>Kind of like someone who is in real bad shape with addiction just WISHES their sister or mom or dad (who they can't stand) would PLEASE step in and clean up their mess and take care of them and pay the bills and smooth out their DUI troubles.<BR/>But like many addicts, they cannot admit much of this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-77328581802540107532007-11-06T16:57:00.000-05:002007-11-06T16:57:00.000-05:00Betty's comment is definitely something to watch f...Betty's comment is definitely something to watch for, and we've seen it already several times, but for what it's worth, Andrew Sullivan said straight up on Bill Maher that he's supporting Obama in the election as a whole, not just in this instance.<BR/><BR/>It does happen, at times, that people will support a candidate with whom they disagree on many issues. Frankly, if Democratic voters looked at their candidates based solely on their policy stances, they'd all <A HREF="http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/11/05/kucinich/" REL="nofollow">line up behind Dennis Kucinich</A>, and ideologically he's further from Hillary Clinton than some of the Republican candidates are.el rancherohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03481794179892215503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-21102695595778659292007-11-05T22:35:00.000-05:002007-11-05T22:35:00.000-05:00I would be very interested to hear which Obama pol...I would be very interested to hear which Obama policies are horrifying.<BR/><BR/>I find his approach of being willing to talk with the world and (shockingly) actually listen to the world's responses very refreshing.<BR/><BR/>I find his attitude of domestically helping those that need it while insisting on personal responsibility refreshing as well.<BR/><BR/>Sullivan is on to one of Obama's biggest pluses in my book. He brings the new breeze of youth...a new generation of politician not entrenched in the '60's battle between the newly born neocons and the dirty filthy hippies. I am of the Boomer generation, and quite frankly, it's time we turned the reins over to a new way of looking at things. <BR/><BR/>The greatest draw Obama brings to me, though, is he inspires me. His eloquence, his physical grace, his rhetoric all make me listen, think, ponder the possibilities of the US returning to being a respected, contributing, caring member of a world community as well as a country that looks to serve it's citizens rather than the other way around.<BR/><BR/>A crush on Obama? No. <BR/><BR/>A serious desire for an inspiring leader? Most assuredly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-7061036800420324932007-11-05T20:07:00.000-05:002007-11-05T20:07:00.000-05:00These two are dead-on. Look, Republicans dislike ...These two are dead-on. Look, Republicans dislike all of the Dems with their brains. But they can't...quite...manage...to hate...Obama...with their GUTS. Their gut simply doesn't turn over when they hear him speak they way it does when they hear Clinton (either of them), or Gore, or Kerry, or Edwards speak. The way MY gut turns over when I hear Bush or Rudy Mussolini speak.<BR/><BR/>The last candidate who could make the other party's GUTS comfortable was Reagan. You saw how far that got him...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-90915031842066318212007-11-05T19:16:00.000-05:002007-11-05T19:16:00.000-05:00Betty Cracker's right. The Republicans will go on ...Betty Cracker's right. The Republicans will go on about how the Democrats had a quality candidate but were too shallow and too sleazy to nominate him.<BR/><BR/>Fortunately for the Dems, it won't wash.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-67868602504053197812007-11-05T13:22:00.000-05:002007-11-05T13:22:00.000-05:00I'm not so convinced their approval of Obama is ge...I'm not so convinced their approval of Obama is genuine. I think he simply makes a handy cudgel with which they can beat Hillary Clinton. If they're honest, Sully and Pegs would admit Obama's actual policies horrify them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com