obama? no thanks

[rone]

You might think that the news that certain prominent Republicans are supporting Barack Obama would be a good thing.  But when a PNAC co-founder switches teams because he loved one of Obama's speeches, i find that very worrisome.

In his speech, Obama called for an increase in defence spending and an extra 65,000 soldiers and 27,000 marines to "stay on the offense" against terrorism and ensure America had "the strongest, best-equipped military in the world".  He talked about building democracies, stopping weapons of mass destruction and the right to take unilateral action to protect US "vital interests" if necessary, as well as the importance of building alliances.

I'd like to find a copy of that particular speech, but i doubt there's any amount of context that would make the above sound like a good idea.  Whatever chance there was that i'd vote for Obama has vanished.

Comments

Re: Liberals = Third Party

[divisadero.livejournal.com]

Yeah, yeah, pluralism and what not. Part of the problem with that shift is that it seems to have been from liberal political priciples to electable political principles, which are much more amorphous. I don't really know what the DNC currently stands for other than its own organizational survival and a general rejection of the GOP. Why not harken back to a time when Democrats had substantive (liberal even!) political convictions?

(Disclaimer: the "old" DNC may be a figment of the author's imagination.)

Re: Liberals = Third Party

[also-huey.livejournal.com]

I think that, at some point in the last six years (I dunno, but I'm guessing it was somewhere around 12 September 2001) all of the Democrats became Republicans, and most of the Republicans became insane.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

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It's time to pave Washington DC and start over.

[dr-strych9.livejournal.com]

I am so with you on the "U.S. Out Of California" thing. I saw we turn the Sierra into a moat with tank traps and Russian anti-aircraft installations and petition for membership in the E.U. We'll seriously have to get our deficit under control before they'll take us, but that doesn't have to be too hard.