Posted by
Rick Sunderland on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 9:55:54 PM
The ever brilliant Thomas Sowell makes the point more elegantly than I can:
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/obama_change/2008/10/21/142554.html?s=al&promo_code=6DC0-1
You know, just once when I ask an Obama supporter what they see in the guy, I'd like to hear something along the lines of "Yeah, he's pretty thin on actual accomplishments, but I've been waiting a long time for a grievance culture racist that's gonna take the country hard socialist." It seems to me that I haven't personally met any Obama supporter that has the foggiest notion of what their candidate actually stands for, they just like to listen to the pretty words and feel some sort of emotional fulfillment. I used to wonder how the Germans fell for Hitler ... you know, a strong, charismatic speaker that while light on resume and long on radical connections still manages to give his supporters the warm and fuzzies. I don't anymore.
From here on out I think I'll take the contrarian approach whenever someone wants to talk politics with me ... at least until Nov. 5. Come out strong for what Obama really stands for. “Hey, I don’t care how much money he took from Fannie and Freddie, they’re starting to buy up the banks and that’ll fix everything.” Modern Liberalism is an emotional conviction that easily resists mere facts and rationality, but at least I can perhaps provide some instructive context.