Obama Would Be A Clinton Third Term
By Christopher G. Adamo
June 19, 2008
Forget about the rancor of the Democrat Primary season. That is all history now. In truth, the heated rivalry between the two candidates was hardly an indicator of any philosophical or moral differences between them, but only a strident argument about which liberal "messiah" deserved to be president. Even the fierceness of their efforts was itself a reflection of comparable components of raw ambition that each possesses.
One had to win eventually, so the fact that it was Barack Obama does not suggest a prevailing trend from "near left" to "far left" in the nation's heartland, or anything nearly so profound as that. Rather, after a jackrabbit start in the early primaries, follow by mixed messages of tepid support and resounding rejection in later states, his supporters insisted that the momentum had begun to snowball in his direction. And since the Democrat playbook relies so heavily on the bent of the news media, their chosen candidate was bound to eventually prevail.
So, what might an Obama presidency portend for this nation? The thought is frightening indeed. On many fronts, too many fronts, it would amount to a "third term" of the Clintons. And that is bad enough. The telltale signs are far too numerous to ignore, particularly since the Obama/Democrat/media political spin machine is offering its own alarmist rhetoric asserting that a John McCain administration would amount to "Bush III."
The profusion of Obama gaffes, retractions, and obfuscations of the past several months lend ample evidence to the concept that liberalism, whether delivered by Obama, Hillary, or any of the other notable liberal Democrats on the political scene, is merely liberalism. And in the rare event that a Democrat politician attempts to rise even to a slight degree above the cesspool of leftist thought, as has Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, the rest of the pack is on hand to either beat him back into line, or otherwise punish him for committing the transgression of independent thought. In the end, the mindless ideology of the left will prevail, no matter how many of its principals end up as casualties.
Thus can be explained Obama's odd behavior in response to the "Reverend Wright" debacle. First, Obama thought it best to castigate Wright's critics, and deflect criticism by attempting to point out faults among the race of Wright's presumed detractors, including Obama's own white grandmother. Then, when this ploy proved ineffective, Obama did the exact thing he had previously insisted he would not do, which was to disavow Wright who was, it turns out, expendable.
Most telling of all was Obama's inarguably "Clintonian" excuse for the switch, claiming lamely that Wright's latest anti-America rants were a manifestation of some new malevolence that was never before revealed to Obama. No doubt. And everyone likewise accepted the excuse that Hillary, reputedly the most brilliant woman to ever tread the hallowed halls of Washington, could competently manage the international affairs of an entire country while remaining blissfully ignorant of her own husband's affairs within the walls of the White House.
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