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| Young voters should take another look at Obama |
| 2009-08-19 |
| A good read/ Michael ends it with: The foreign policy experts call this "realism." I call it stasist. It leaves America standing not for hope and change, but for the status quo and despair. I am sure that you find it inspiring that America elected its first black president (I do, too). And I am sure you appreciate Obamas openness to alternative lifestyles, although you may have noticed that he, like George W. Bush and unlike Dick Cheney, opposes same-sex marriage. The larger point is this: You want policies that will enable you to choose your future. Obama backs policies that would let centralized authorities choose much of your future for you. Is this the hope and change you want? Your friend and admirer, Michael Barone |
| Posted by:eltoroverde |
| #1 They can't help it! They've been fed a diet of egalitarian, cultural Afrocentrism, affirmative action pablum for decades. Stricken with institutionalized white guilt, many young people as well as some not so young, actually believe NOT voting and supporting Barry or a black president, regardless of background and qualifications, would have been a predatory act of exclusion and racism. The same holds true for black youth and many who embrace black chauvanism. Don't blame the youth. They've long been programmed by our left-leaning educational systems. Our chickens coming home to roost I would wager. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-08-19 18:20 |