THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
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Volume X, Issue # 150, June 18, 2008
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
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OBAMA WOULD BE A CLINTON THIRD TERM
By Christopher G. Adamo
WHAT AN OBAMA PRESIDENCY MIGHT PORTEND FOR THE AMERICAN NATION: AN ADMINISTRATION THAT
WOULD AMOUNT TO A "THIRD TERM" OF THE CLINTONS -- ANOTHER ROUND OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEFTWING
LIBERALISM -- WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES & CAUCUSES DECIDED: WHICH LIBERAL
LEFTIST "MESSIAH" WAS TO BE THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE -- WHICH OF THE TWO FRINGE LIBERAL
OPPORTUNISTS & DEMAGOGUES WOULD SEEK THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY UNDER THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY LABEL --
NO PHILOSOPHCAL OR MORAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BARACK OBAMA & HILLARY CLINTON
FULL STORY:
Forget about the rancor of the Democratic presidential primary season. That is all history now. In truth, the heated rivalry
between the two contenders for the Democratic Party's nomination of its candidate for U.S. President was hardly an
indicator of any philosophical or moral differences between the two contenders, but only a strident argument about which
Liberal Leftist “messiah” deserved to be the Democratic candidate for President. Even the fierceness of their efforts was
itself a reflection of comparable components of raw ambition that each contender 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, followed by mixed messages of tepid support and resounding rejection in later state primaries and caucuses,
Obama's 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/Democratic Party/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 Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, or any of the other notable Liberal
Democrats on the political scene, is merely Liberalism. And, in the rare event that a Democratic Party 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 political 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.
Were this mode of rationalization to be believed, one might wonder just how long it would take Obama to grasp the
reality that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also hates America, being that two decades of such virulence against the U.S.A.
from his own pastor was somehow lost to the amazing young politician. But to even ask such a question would require
a profound extension of faith in Obama’s sincerity. To date, few on either side of the aisle are expending much energy
in the effort.
In truth, across the political spectrum, it is generally recognized that Obama merely invented a new excuse when he
realized that the first approach was not going to succeed. And, while those on the political Right find his demonstrated
lack of character thoroughly defining, within his camp such behavior simply represents the “business as usual” as they
have come to expect it from their “leaders.”
On another notable occasion, Obama credited his own birth to an airlift that brought his father from Kenya to America.
Though dramatic and compelling on the campaign stump, the event actually occurred when he was four years old. Here,
again, he reveals a disturbing similarity to Hillary Clinton, who once pandered to the New Zealanders, claiming that she
was named after famed mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary, despite the fact that his fame for being the first individual to
scale Mount Everest was not attained until almost six years after her birth.
Equally “unforgettable” (excepting that Obama apparently “forgot” all of the pertinent facts) is the Illinois Senator’s
spurious claim that his grandfather had participated in the liberation of Auschwitz, most likely while under a hail of
Bosnian sniper fire.
Illustrating something beyond a tenuous connection with reality, such juvenile story telling by Obama and Clinton actually
points to an inherent contempt for their audiences, who are expected to take the bait without question. It is further telling
that both have clearly been surprised whenever they are called on such obvious blunders.
Just as Hillary’s disdain for the sensibilities of real America was frequently displayed whenever she offered her “I don’t
recall” caveat in congressional hearings, Obama waved his own like a red flag during that now-famous San Francisco
speech to a closed meeting of wealthy donors. His reference to the “angry” ranks of middle America with their phobic
need for religion and guns said far more about his own elitism and condescension than it did about its intended subjects.
His bonds are clearly with that arrogant class of the “privileged” where Hillary would feel right at home.
At this most opportune moment of the general election cycle, Obama has begun sounding distinctly more “mainstream”
than Jeremiah Wright, just as Hillary expressed a political philosophy during the past few months that was far more
middle-of-the-road than the tenets of her co-presidential agenda during the 1990s. Yet, the media have finally been willing
to remind us, and, in some cases, inform us for the first time, just how unacceptable of a presidential candidate Hillary is.
In reality, they are telegraphing how dangerous to America Liberalism itself, and Obama, by his intimate association, really
are.
Young and seemingly likeable though he may be, Obama represents no worthy alternative to the nightmarish implications
of a Hillary Clinton administration. In the end, their Leftist similarities vastly outweigh any differences.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
American Politics & Political Competition:
Elections, PACs, & Political Parties
American Government & the U.S. Presidency:
Presidential Politics & National Leadership
The American Political System:
Politics & Government in the U.S.A.
The American Political & Cultural Left:
Liberals, Statists, Socialists, & Other Leftists
Liberalism Versus Conservatism in American Politics
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POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY & POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES:
COMPETING SYSTEMS OF POLITICAL THOUGHT
Conservatism
Traditional Conservatism: Questions & Answers
Conservatism: Attitudes, Types, & Present Status
Constitutional Conservatism: American & British
Liberalism
Classical Liberalism: Intellectual Foundations
Classical Liberalism: Conservative Liberalism
Manchester Liberalism & Social Darwinism
Modern Social "Liberalism": Statist "Liberalism"
Radical & Totalitarian Ideologies
Radicalism, Utopianism, & Totalitarianism
Christopher G. Adamo is a freelance writer who lives in southeastern Wyoming and works in the field of industrial instrumentation.
He is actively involved in Wyoming's political process, serving as a delegate to successive Wyoming State Republican Conventions
and as a member of the Wyoming State Republican Central Committee. He has assisted Republican candidates for local and state
legislatures and for the United States Congress. His articles, which appear regularly in The Progressive Conservative, U.S.A.,
and on a number of other websites, reflect a major concern with the damage being done to Conservatism and Conservative causes by
the Liberal Leftist faction in the Republican Party as well as by the much larger and more powerful Liberal Leftist faction in the
Democratic Party. During the early and middle 1990s, Adamo was Editor of the Wyoming Christian Coalition's official news organ,
The Wyoming Christian.
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