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Obama’s permanent safety net

Posted 17 Nov 2008 in 2008 election, Barack Obama, Democrats, economy, media bias

During my morning train ride to work today, I was reading a few articles on my iPhone since the Dallas Morning News no longer publishes their Quick newspaper. And I was struck by the number of bloggers and pundits who are believing that the Obama-fellating media will eventually turn on the Democrats. The popular reasoning is, now that the Dems hold the White House as well as a nearly filibuster-proof majority in the Senate and the largest Democrat majority in the House since 1993, there’ll be no one else to blame if/when their policies fail.

To which I say: have y’all not been paying attention for the past 8 years?

Does anybody really believe that Bush Derangement Syndrome will simply go away after he leaves office in January? When the Democrats’ well-intentioned philosophies and policies inevitably fail (as they are doing right now with all these bailouts), we will hear excuse after excuse about how it’s Bush’s fault.

And they will be partially correct. This is what I was talking about last week.

Bush has abandoned many conservative principles, choosing instead to govern in an irresponsible manner that has been correctly described as “Democrat Lite.” Combining Democrat-style spending with Republican-style tax cuts has made a tremendous mess of our economy. Integrating Democrat-style touchy-feely amnesty into security and social issues like illegal immigration has resulted in new crime wave fueled by illegals as well as millions of illegals who who defy deportation orders (just like Obama’s aunt). Bush’s disparate track record will be a primary reason why it won’t be hard for Obama to successfully dodge accusations if he fails to fulfill his campaign promises (he’s already backing away from many, such as his promise to have no lobbyists in his administration or his promise to close Guantanamo).

When you combine Bush’s inconsistencies with the far right’s often caustic social agenda (i.e. their hateful anti-gay attitude), the left and center will be continue to be disinclined to support the GOP for years to come, even if they agree with them on many essential political and economic issues. And the media will continue to use Bush and the Republicans as convenient whipping boys, allowing a majority of voters to maintain their excitement at being “progressive,” even if many of them can’t tell you what that means.

Bottom line, it’s “hip” to be a Democrat whether you’re a voter or in the media. And it will remain so for the forseeable future. No amount of mistakes by Obama or the Dems will swing the pendulum back – even to the center – until it’s way too late.

After all, we’ve done a bangup job at weaning our society off welfare, haven’t we?

Posted by FullMetalPatriot
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT

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