The Obama era is high cotton for conservatives
Bill Kristol, writing in the Washington Post, gushes about what a great time it is to be a conservative. I agree with him wholeheartedly. For conservatives, this is high cotton.
That may sound strange at first. The Democrats hold the White House and large majorities in both houses of Congress. A moderate to liberal agenda is being implemented in Washington. Karl Rove’s vision of a permanent Republican majority has been consigned to the ashbin of history, where it sits alongside Nikita Khrushchev’s ill-fated promise that “We will bury you.”
Bill Kristol, a true man of the people
So why is this such a fab time to be a conservative? Because by its nature, modern American conservatism is not well-suited to govern. That is not where it is happiest; that is not the environment in which it thrives.
Governing forces you to compromise; conservatives abhor compromise; it offends their sense of political purity. When you govern, your rhetoric and idealism are constantly tested against reality, and in the end, reality always wins. Conservatives hate that too.
But once you’re cast out into the political wilderness, you’re free to reject compromise at every turn. Your rhetoric, your hunger for ideological perfection, never have to be adjusted to account for reality. Being in opposition is just a lot more fun, which is one reason the ratings for Fox News and Rush Limbaugh are so high.
In that sense, the personification of modern American conservatism might be Sarah Palin. The pressures of actually trying to govern Alaska, a state with fewer people than DeKalb County, proved too much for her. She is far happier out of power, insulated from the harsh realities of trying to make government work and free to believe what she wants to believe.
In his Post column, Kristol cites the results of a new Gallup poll in which 40 percent of Americans call themselves conservative, compared to just 20 percent who describe themselves as liberals. To Kristol, that is a sign to be celebrated, and his glee is understandable. But it raises a glaring question, perhaps the most fundamental question of modern American politics:
If conservatives outnumber liberals by 2-1 in this country, and I suspect they do, how is it possible that Democrats hold every lever of national power?
Again, it goes back to the issue of compromise. Because they believe so intensely that they are right and everybody else is dead wrong, conservatives have a hard time building coalitions outside their core. That 40 percent isn’t a foundation on which to build a broader party, it is a self-limiting ceiling. Conservatives simply do not want their lovely movement tainted by any but true believers.
Here’s another number that gets at that paradox. In a recent ABC/Washington Post poll, only 19 percent of Americans said they trust congressional Republicans to do the right thing for the country, a decline of 10 points since January. (The number for congressional Democrats was 34 percent.) How is that possible in a nation in which 40 percent of the public sees themselves as conservative? The answer is that conservatism appeals to many Americans in theory, but they like it a lot less when they see it actually being applied.
Admittedly, a lot of that disenchantment with Republicans is a hangover from the Bush era. In fact, many Republicans now try to claim that George W. Bush wasn’t really a conservative after all. It’s a familiar refrain: They said the same thing about Bush’s father, about John McCain and about Bob Dole, the nominee in ‘96. To hear many Republicans tell it, their party hasn’t nominated an actual conservative for president since Ronald Reagan 25 years ago. Apparently, no real-life leader can live up to the model of perfection that the conservatives demand.
(The truth is, Reagan couldn’t either. He signed three major tax increases, turned tail and ran when our Marines were ambushed in Lebanon, granted amnesty to illegal aliens, ran up huge deficits, secretly traded arms for hostages with Islamic terrorists in Iran and tried to abolish all nuclear weapons, including our own. If somebody were to run with Reagan’s record today, the Republicans would purge him as a liberal.)
That same dynamic is playing out today in a much-watched special congressional election in upstate New York. With Dede Scozzafava, a moderate Northeast Republican, the GOP was probably poised to retain that longtime Republican seat. But the idea of a moderate Northeast Republican joining the GOP House caucus greatly offended the sensibilities of conservative purists nationwide. They have intervened in that race on behalf of a third candidate, Doug Hoffman, running under the Conservative Party logo, and as a result may end up losing that seat to a Democrat.
Interestingly, when the local newspaper interviewed Hoffman, they found him almost totally ignorant of the issues important to that region. According to the Watertown Daily Times, he “showed no grasp of the bread-and-butter issues pertinent to district residents … In a nearly hour-long session, Mr. Hoffman was unable to articulate clear positions on a number of matters specific to Northern New Yorkers.”
To a lot of conservatives outside that upstate district, that doesn’t matter. What matters most is that Hoffman pledges loyalty to conservative ideology.
Kristol shares that attitude. He and his colleagues like to think of themselves as right-wing versions of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara in the Sierra Maestras, romantic revolutionaries plotting the overthrow of the evil dictator Fulgencio Obama. That is the role they are born to play, over and over again. And naturally, they don’t think much of those bourgeois, pointy-headed Washington Republicans* tainted by accomodation.
Writes Kristol:
The center of gravity, I suspect, will instead lie with individuals such as Palin and Huckabee and Gingrich, media personalities like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh, and activists at town halls and tea parties. Some will lament this — but over the past year, as those voices have dominated, conservatism has done pretty well in the body politic, and Republicans have narrowed the gap with Democrats in test ballots.
Limbaugh, Beck and Palin are not party figures destined to govern or expand the party; they are party leaders who will enforce the conservative line and reinvigorate both its revolutionary spirit and its minority status. And if that’s OK with Kristol, who am I to argue?
*(Just as an aside, I think Kristol is an absolute genius at self-parody. In his column, he casts his lot with the populists and non-Beltway Republicans and against those who “yearn for a more moderate, temperate and sophisticated Republican Party.” He dismisses those figures as “bien-pensant conservative elites,” a term that I’m sure he picked up in his conversations with the good folks at Mabel’s Diner on Main Street.)
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Peadawg
October 27th, 2009
10:04 am
“The Obama era is high cotton…”
Jay, you might want to rethink your title. I’m just saying some ding-dongs on here might claim racism so be prepared.
pat
October 27th, 2009
10:05 am
How many liberals are willing to compromise their principals?
Obama hasn’t compromised diddly, nor has he accomplished anything. Compromise my butt. If you are against obama, he’ll openly attack you, which will make you more popular than ever before.
What is telling is that even with majorities in both houses, obama still has not accomplish crap except for doubling the deficit. The is known as in the gaming world as an epic fail, though I am no gamer, I like the term.
Conservatives are winning without representation. That is probably the highest compliment to the structure our founding fathers put in place.
Doggone/GA
October 27th, 2009
10:10 am
“If you are against obama, he’ll openly attack you,”
Waiting to see the attack Obama launches against “Pat” – should be interesting.
TnGelding
October 27th, 2009
10:10 am
The folks at Mabel’s won’t know what it means (neither do I) and will continue voting for the ones that keep ‘em barefoot and pregnant.
pat
October 27th, 2009
10:05 am
Then you are indeed in high cotton. Congratulations, while the rest of us cross that bridge to the 21st century.
Kamchak
October 27th, 2009
10:13 am
I like the term, Conservatives are whining with representation
fyt
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
October 27th, 2009
10:16 am
Well, I just love slamming that Uppity Kenyan, that’s all I know. I might not know what I want, but I know what I don’t want. That’s why it’s good to be a Conservative. You can just whale away at the libruls and the pretend-Conservatives and not have to come up with anything to take their place.
And that’s why it’s good to read the Whiner and jt and all the other Conservatives on this blog. They don’t have anything to put up to replace what the libruls want to do, but they sure can slam good. I especially like it when Whiner writes about Obama’s wife and calls her Thunder Thighs and all the other names.
I’m not even sure anymore I want us Conservatives to take over guvmint. It’s no fun when you have to come up with things on your own and everything turns out to be a big disappointment. But teeing off on the libruls and what they want to do is better than drinking a whole case of PBR.
Anyway, Bookman might could be onto something here. It’s just a thought. Have a good day everybody.
AmVet
October 27th, 2009
10:18 am
JB, an absolutely superb commentary!
And a brilliant analysis of this floundering neo-con movement.
Some here pray to their favorite deity that the pendulum will swing back to their “side”.
But I believe it is unlikely that any BushCo Republicans outside of the irrelevant areas of Dixie and the Clodhopper Belt will fare very well.
Americans FINALLY woke up to the charade foisted on the nation by the non-conservative Reagan, the non-conservative Newt and the abysmally non-conservative Bush/Cheney led debacle.
And outside of the fringers, people are completely disgusted with the Pup Tenters dogmatic and outdated ideology of chosen wars, of corporatism as a weapon against America and of morality that would make a pedophilic priest blush.
But of all of Saint Ronnies failures, his worst “contribution’ to the United States of America was that disgusting 11th Commandment – Thou shalt speak no evil of another Republican.
What a decidedly unAmerican thing to say and do.
And so thirty years on, the GOP ostriches and apologists are once again on the outside looking in as they excused and justified endless depravity and ineptitude int heir own lockstep ranks.
Will it be another forty year stretch of them as the minority party?
One can only hope…
Mrs. Godzilla
October 27th, 2009
10:20 am
shorter bookman – GOP toast for at least another 7 years
GoingBroke
October 27th, 2009
10:20 am
There is no “Conservative” leadership.. anywhere. When most southern democrats look at their own standards, they would be conservative in relation to a majority of other states. To be called a liberal, will one day equate to a scarlet letter for some. Being liberal now means being the party of “Give me what someone else has worked all their life for” and “I should be able to sit on my a$$ on day and my neighbor should provide for me”
Angry Black Man
October 27th, 2009
10:20 am
Jay
“High Cotton”? You’re sounding like a true southerner this morning. You didn’t eat any “gelatinous grits” from the Awful Waffle aka Waffle House this morning, did ya?
pat
October 27th, 2009
10:21 am
Doggone, boy if obama found me important enough to directly attack, that would be a dream! He’d make me very rich….but I am just happy being right on the issues. Famous or not, I will be correct and he will be wrong. What’s right is right, that is unwavering.
USinUK
October 27th, 2009
10:21 am
Jay – I believe you meant to say that conservatives are in high DUDGEON … it’s where they’ve been since last November that someone who isn’t (gasp!!!) a Republican should DARE lead this country!!!
thomas
October 27th, 2009
10:21 am
Good points made in your piece Jay. But would it be too much to ask that you point out some of the times in the past 9 months that your beloved liberals have compromised on any major issue, hell any issue?
It is funny for me that you reserve your criticism for those that do the identicle thing you do but only they have a different political view than you do.
Sadly this is something I have noticed often from liberals. They seem to only be understanding for people who share their views. Anything else and the name calling begins. Look back through the past couple weeks of post here if you need any proof.
pat
October 27th, 2009
10:24 am
Liberals are very willing to compromise so long as you agree with them…If not, they’ll just call you a racist. Because they cannot win on actual real issues.
andy
October 27th, 2009
10:24 am
Written like a true Conservative hater.. aka a liberal. All opinion, no fact. Too busy making people afraid of something than actually fixing the problem.
Your article hinges on the republicans being inflexible, yet we see the Democratically controlled government exerting its biggest power grab and propagandist censorship campaign ever. Nice try.
EK
October 27th, 2009
10:26 am
Uh oh. You besmirched the name of Saint Ronnie by citing his actual record. Expect right winger outrage/freakout. Facts confuse and scare them.
Mrs. Godzilla
October 27th, 2009
10:26 am
andy???
andy???
stands for decibels
October 27th, 2009
10:26 am
Jay, I’m glad you brought up this issue of why 40% of Americans continue to self-ID as “conservative” even though they don’t trust actual conservative politicians any farther than they can throw them.
Please consider my kooky theory–it’s my opinion and it’s very true.
Republicans have for decades–going back at least to JFK’s time–defamed liberals and the term “liberal” itself. There has simply been no corresponding campaign by Democrats to do likewise to conservatives and the label “conservative” itself. While the term may get dragged in to a bit of rhetorical flourish now and again from left-leaning Dems, it simply isn’t sought after as a target. Certainly not in any systematic fashion.
I really think that has more to do with it than anything else, although your bits about how American conservatives have actually “governed” (scare quotes intentional, here) are certainly valid as well.
Patrick
October 27th, 2009
10:26 am
So your happier complaining about things than offering practical solutions to fix them?
Angry Black Man
October 27th, 2009
10:27 am
Not to change the subject, but just heard CNN announce 8 servicemembers killed in a roadside bomb. Gotta channel a little bit of Normal.
OBAMA, ALLOW OUR SOLDIERS TO FIGHT WITHOUT CONDITIONS, EQUIP OUR SOLDIERS TO DO THEIR JOB, OR BRING THEM HOME!!!
Normal
October 27th, 2009
10:27 am
Sounds to me like the “Conservatives” want an Ayatollah as their leader.
This would not be good for America. No American Taliban.
Eric
October 27th, 2009
10:28 am
The FACT is President Obama has bent over backwards to try to include republicans, to comprimise with them and to get them to participate in the process. But they refuse. They offer ammendment after ammendment which are included in bills, then they vote no. I’d like to see the President walk away from those nut cases. The Democrats have majorities in both houses. It’s time for them to exercise their power. We’ve been pushed around by the right wing for too long. They need a little taste of their own medicine.
DingDong
October 27th, 2009
10:28 am
Yeah, like how clueless could you be to write a headline like that?
Steven Daedalus
October 27th, 2009
10:28 am
Ah Pat, you people never saw a real issue in your life, the problem conservatives have with Obama, and its a real problem for them, is that so far verything he has done has been right.
Normal
October 27th, 2009
10:28 am
OBAMA, ALLOW OUR SOLDIERS TO FIGHT WITHOUT CONDITIONS, EQUIP OUR SOLDIERS TO DO THEIR JOB, OR BRING THEM HOME!!!
I concur!
Taxpayer
October 27th, 2009
10:28 am
Truer words, Jay. They do serve a purpose though, these purest of the pure, the core of all that is Republican, today’s 19 percenters.
stands for decibels
October 27th, 2009
10:29 am
Ok, I’m at a loss as to why my 10.25 and my attempt to correct @ 10.26 are being held up.
But to put it more succinctly–I think Americans’ collective willingness to self-ID as conservative while not actually trusting conservatives to govern has more to do with a decades-long campaign by conservatives to defame the term “liberal”, with no corresponding effort from the other side to defame the term “conservative”, than anything else.
Normal
October 27th, 2009
10:29 am
is that so far verything he has done has been right.
Don’t say right…say correct, or else “they” will take the claim…
Mark
October 27th, 2009
10:29 am
As a liberal, it amazes me how the GOP has not come to grips with the fact that their ship has sailed and is not coming back. The crazy fringe right wing nonsense that rush spews will never be mainstream. You live in a bubble in the south, and can not see the writing on the wall. Looks like you will be in ” High Cotten” for a good long time, so I guess its good you are happy with it.
JoeBloinCocomo
October 27th, 2009
10:30 am
“The Republican Party is the party of bad ideas. The Democrat Party is the party of NO ideas.” – Lewis Black [yeah, that sums it up for me].
Jeff
October 27th, 2009
10:30 am
Agreed. And when the Democrats/liberals were out of power, they were increasing in puritan principles. Now the Dems will be beset by the pragmatic grits of reality. This will cast them as the awful waffle party (before they looked puritan united…ie, the days when Hillary and Nancy looked so much more akin). Now the populace will gravitate (has gravitated) rightward.
ATL
October 27th, 2009
10:30 am
Andy, this IS an OPINION article and is in the OPINION section of the newspaper. Duh.
EK
October 27th, 2009
10:31 am
OBAMA, ALLOW OUR SOLDIERS TO FIGHT WITHOUT CONDITIONS, EQUIP OUR SOLDIERS TO DO THEIR JOB, OR BRING THEM HOME!!!
I concur!
I’ll second (or third) that.
Eric
October 27th, 2009
10:32 am
Patrick, it’s you’re, not your. Just trying to help.
Angry Black Man
October 27th, 2009
10:33 am
sfd
You may be on to something with that 10:29 post. Those polling b@stards never call me and ask me stuff like that. The only label I apply to myself is American. Due to the backwards nature of voter registration in Georgia, I had to affiliate with a party to participate in the primaries. I live in a Republican-dominated county, so of course, I registered Democrat to help out the lil guy’s numbers. They still keep calling and sending letters for me to register race. I checked other and wrote in American in the blank.
peter olive
October 27th, 2009
10:34 am
I think the poll numbers reflect that the conservative ideals of the GOP are not really conservative. The Neo-cons don’t have a grasp on what it means to be conservative. Anyone who works for a living is a conservative. As a lifelong Republican I am disgusted by the ideals of my party.
Amy
October 27th, 2009
10:34 am
Absolutely agreed you should have thought about that article title more carefully. During the campaign had to listen to all kinds of discussion about how the phrase “lipstick on a pig” was supposed to be sexist and some kind of personal attack on Sarah Palin. This “high cotton” business is much, much worse because of the direct linkage to the country’s first African-American president. The title seriously compromises your message and your credibility. You should think about how this title plays in all parts of the country, and elsewhere. It may bring more horses to your site, but most of them won’t drink. Is that really what you’re going for?
GayBlackCripple
October 27th, 2009
10:36 am
For you GOP nutters, here is the Liberal compromise you just can’t seem to grasp:
We want(ed) a Single Payer Healthcare System – like Canada or the UK and we COMPROMISED by taking that off the table and proposing what is now being discussed in Congress.
All you did was scream NO!!11!1! and demand Tort Reform.
We agreed to discuss Tort Reform – or at least Obama did – and you still scream NO!!11!!!!!1!1!! like a candy deprived two year old.
So, we’re going to get less than we want – but that’s okay as it is better than the nothing you want.
Jeff
October 27th, 2009
10:36 am
Mark,
I think all “crazy fringes,” be they left or right, will each see their day if they remain sufficiently constant. “Every dog has his day.” We may or may not like it, but others would tag us as fringe with regard to one thing or another.
For example, Extreme Secularity had quite a place with (enough) Southerners who regarded Northern Abolitionists as Theocratic Reformers a la an old fashioned Old Testament “Pharaoh, let my people go.” Granted, many Southerners made theocratic appeals to the Old Testament to justify the thing. Just don’t give up on surprises, pleasant or unpleasant.
Hank
October 27th, 2009
10:37 am
True conservatives do not care about whether or not it is politically correct to compromise their views based on their amount of governmental control. I am a staunch conservative and very proud of where i stand. But never have I had the feeling of joy because the current liberal agenda gives me an avenue for complaint! That is such an outrageous thought. Anyone that thinks along those lines should have no place in the mainstream media nor the political realm. My conservatism is based off of moral values and a concern for the direction of the country as a whole. I despise the decisions of the current administration because I truly feel that they are horribly wrong and will lead us down a path of self destruction. My children should not have to live in a world of governmental control and regulations. I want my children to have the same freedoms to make good/bad decisions just like we have currently. This popularity contest in Washington needs to STOP!
Michael
October 27th, 2009
10:40 am
You people are just involved in a circle – jerk with right and left, meanwhile companies like Goldman-Sachs, and people like the Walton family are looting the country and selling off our jobs overseas. None of the liberal – conservative stuff matters one bit.
Gray Grantham
October 27th, 2009
10:40 am
I find it interesting that anytime a Conservative stands up to pat conservatives on teh back while denouncing governmetn in general and Democrats in particular, they never seem to get around to mentioning that a Conservative President and a Conservative Congress spent more money in 8 years than the previous liberal congress spend in teh previous 40 years. When the Conservatives won the White House and the Congress in 2000 the government has a surplus. The only thing the Conservatives demonstrated between 2000 and 2006 was that all conservatives in Washington are slaves to the Defense Industry. Since the President (Bush or Obama) have never stated Strategic Military objectives that once achieved get our troops ouot of harms way, one can only conclude that the only reason for these wars is so our cotractors can continue to gore the federal treasury by selling us a never ending streem of bombs, missiles and other war support items. Iraq was not abouot 911, it wasn’t about oil, it was about spineless cowards in Washington allowing our defense contractos to engage in wat for teh sake of war. Now it seems the post 911 invasion of Afghanistan has been co opeted for that same purpose. Unless you really believe that we are trying to build democracy in a country whose only natural resource is selling heroin on the world market.
Jeff
October 27th, 2009
10:40 am
And should Republicans successfully blame Mr Obama for the recession, they will be poorly served when they miss the teachable moment that Republicans know how to Print and Spend far better than Rahm and Bill did back in the 90’s, when we had our last balanced budget.
Yesterdays Wine
October 27th, 2009
10:40 am
The problem with the Gallup Poll is that most Americans have no idea what they are saying when they say they are “Conservative.” (I suggest that they are speaking on a more personal level – meaning that they don’t like change.) If the numbers were truly spot on, there is not a chance all the major levers of power would be in Democratic hands. Further, that 40% is most likely concentrated in some very specific states where Conservative numbers are over the top: Texas, much of the South and parts of the Mountain West. So, in presidential politics, of the 7 biggest states, only Texas is solidly Republican. New York, California, Illinois are all Democratic, while Pennsylvania, Florida and Ohio are often close calls. However, in another cycle or two, Florida will be forever Democratic. If I were in the Republican or Conservative inner counsels, I would be absolutely freaking out about the numbers Obama rolled up amongst the young. The statistics prove that if you vote for a party the first 2 or 3 times in your younger years, chances are you’ll stick with that party for life, barring some calamity. I’d love to know of that 40% terming themselves Conservative, how many are over 50? “He not busy being born Is busy dying…”
Angry Black Man
October 27th, 2009
10:42 am
Normal
I see soldiers coming home on their R&R trips every day. When I see them walk thru, I try to welcome them all home. I can’t help but think that some of those that I see and greet may not return home alive when they go back. So far, I haven’t recognized any face or name of the casualties in either Iraq or Afghanistan, but I’m sure I’ve probably come across a few of them. We have the equipment to handle the blasts from roadside bombs. We also have the capability of defeating them too. It’s time for the gloves to come off. If the Taliban and AQ want to hide in the civilian population while fighting, then to hell with the Geneva Convention crap because they’re already in violation of it. I say take it to them hard. Start wiping the country off the face of the earth. Cruise missles, Rail guns, B-52’s, B-1’s, or what ever it takes. If they want to tax me more to equip our guys, hell they can tax me at 75% if it’s going to help them come out alive. Otherwise, let’s get the f**k out of there and let them kill each other.
JDM
October 27th, 2009
10:43 am
Hey Bookman,
You’re already re-writing history. Ronald Reagan was the greatest President of the 20th Century!!
the WORST was Jimmy Carter, followed by LBJ, followed by FDR, see a pattern? Looks like Barry is going to surpass even the pathetic Jimmy the buffon, Carter. We are sliding into the longest period of Misery since the depression. (we had to come up with the “Misery index” in the carter years to quantify how awful his policys were.)
Bill
October 27th, 2009
10:43 am
Interesting how Kristol once more distorts reality. Only 20% of republicans will identify themselves as such. They aren’t in the majority, they just cry louder. Conservatives have openly stated they want America to fail. They hate all government programs yet whine when government doesn’t take care of them first, like in Cobb county during the flooding. Middle and lower class republicans have been duped into voting against their own best interest by the likes of Limbaugh and Beck. Enough woke up in 2006 and 2008 and voted for the people. Bush’s tax cuts alone cost us $1.4 trillion dollars. Keep waking up America, republicans are the party of failure!
Ex-Republican
October 27th, 2009
10:45 am
As a former hardcore Republican driven into the arms of the Independents by conservatives, I have this to say: liberals are a figment of the imagination of conservatives, make-believe enemies to rally there supporters who also practice self-imposed ignorance. The conservatives of the Republican party would tear this country apart over a grudge match just to spite Democrats. We finally have a progressive, forward thinking human being who is taking on some serious issues and they call him an elitist. The insurance companies will absolutely rape you give the chance and they’re pulling no punches since Obama turned the magnifying glass on them, pointing them out as a major detriment to health care. Follow the money and the hype and chances are you’ll find conservative Republican fat-cats. Do you not know that our medicare, medicaid, social security will reach a deficit of 50 TRILLION dollars in 30 years? The people that understand this are trying to prevent the collapse of our country you idiots. If you’re a Republican, chances are you don’t have a clue – keep listening to a pig-headed, prescription drug addict, keep eating your cheeseburgers and BBQ, we need to eliminate you from the gene pool to make room for evolved human beings and save this country.
Hef
October 27th, 2009
10:46 am
I agree the Rebubs don’t have any clear leader,but based on the 1st nine months either do the democrats. Both sides act like little children when the other is in power.Those in power snub they’re noses at the have nots,and the have nots cry that nobody lets them play. AND THEY WORK FOR US! FIRE EM ALL when they’re terms are up. Send a message and lets get people that want to work for the taxpayer,you know they’re employer’s.
M.L. Bushman
October 27th, 2009
10:47 am
Obama has done nothing of note, other than campaign, campaign, campaign while his czars “manufacture” yet another “crisis” that according to Rahm, they should not waste.
And if you call what Obama has done “bending over backwards” to include any but his own party’s views on any number of these “manufactured” crises he’s “bending over backwards” to take advantage of, you’re as deluded as he is unconvinced, even now, that he’s president.
The only reason the Democrats hold every major office right now is because they lied to get them, then proceeded to screw the People who put them there. That’s why the country is now 2 to 1 conservative, and more every day–because the Democrats, the liberals, drove them there. I can tell you one thing, I will never ever cast a vote for anyone who hasn’t distanced him or herself from Obama by miles–make that a continent. If you libs are so hot for socialism and European-style living, grab a plane and go. No real American is going to stop you. And don’t let the door hit you in the assets on the way out either. Whatever assets you have left after Obama and his gang finishes with you, that is.