Reading reviews and comments online today I'm very worried that people are not seeing the danger in Obama and his carefuly hidden agenda.Most pols when elected, mature and accomodate...I have an unpleasant feeling that Obama is not one of those...he has some very unpleasant surprises in store for us all as his whole philosophy seems to be one of mysticism mixed with socialism.As an aside 'a stranger amongst us' is on english tv..I shall watch.

Thud:

There are certain people who will vote for Obama no matter what. They are radical leftists, delusional liberal Jews (hopeless clinical cases) and Democrats who would rather die than vote Republican.

But Obama is in meltdown mode. That was clear in the debate last night. And Reagan Democrats won't stand for it, nor will Independents, both groups care about national security.

In the meantime, Hillary and Obama are cutting each other apart, and McCain just looks better and better every day. His speech about taxes yesterday was just out of the park.

Unless you're a crypto-socialist.

It would be interesting to note whether Hamas's rationales go beyond merely their jihad, whether they esteem him in terms of his domestic policy positions.

A "compare and contrast" there would be useful in understanding the world's curious fascination with the junior African tribal leader/junior Illinois senator.

I would answer Jeremiah with the idea that a: Hamas hates the United States b: Obama's socialist policies will destroy America from within c: therefore, Hamas loves Obama.

Herbert Hoover raised taxes in 1932, signed the Smoot-Hawley act in 1930, and both he and Roosevelt (of course, especially the latter) tried all kinds of public works (i.e. government spending). The net effect was to make a bad recession into the Great Depression and make it last until the advent of America's entry into World War 2.

What does Obama (or Hillary) want to do? Raise taxes, have trade wars and protectionist schemes, and have huge public spending programs.

And we are not in a good economic position now. Obama would put us over the edge of the cliff again if he would have his way. Combine that with his pro-Palestinian tilt (and all evidence points that way to me), his foreign policy Carter-like ideas...what's NOT to like for Hamas? And what's NOT to fear for the rest of us?

(And yes, I know that the Great Depression had numerous and still-argued about causes, but most economists would agree that Smoot-Hawley and the Revenue Act of 1932 were major disasters, and there is growing consensus that Roosevelt's economic plans did little to help...and maybe much to prolong or worsen the Depression. But gosh, he was all about "hope" and attitude, as the multitudes believed in his patrician voice and soothing tone. Kind of like the oboe-quality Robert writes of...

Seriously: Americans, whose government helps facilitate and fund Hamas, have a right and an obligation to demand strict accounting - not just dollars (or Euros or dinars) and not just ideas, but the real programmatics.

I wish I even felt comfortable discussing Obama's or Hillary's "agenda" or "platform." The reason is because I don't think they have one.

The modern Democratic Party was founded on a number of goals and principals set out by FDR and basically all achieved midway through LBJ's term in office. Since then, the party has become more and more a slave to the 24-hour news cycle, espousing this and that for awhile, and then moving on to something else.

That morphed into something even worse under Bill Clinton, who simply said and did whatever necessary to win elections; it was clear the man believed in nothing... not even briefly.

Obama may seem different, but he's the same as Hillary in many ways. He's a bit more honest, but compared to Hillary most people look like George Washington in the honesty department.

These kinds of empty suits are in many ways scarier than candidates who simply propose wrongheaded ideas and stick with them. At least with them I know what to expect. With people like Hillary and Obama, we will get nothing resembling leadership and courage.

And leadership and courage is something we in America and the people of Israel desperately need from their elected leaders right now.

Robert,
I have been reading your blog for a while, but do not post often. I just wanted to wish you and your family a Chag Kasher v'Sam'each.

Jake:

You write: "...basically all achieved midway through LBJ's term in office."

Like: The war on poverty?

Ffaye:

Thanks so much for writing. Chag Kasher V'sameach to you and yours.

Midway through LBJ's term, you had civil rights, medicaid, social security, unemployment benefits, medicare all in the lock box. Untouchable from that point on. LBJ's attempt to expand that with the "War on Poverty" got sidetracked by Vietnam, (and the impossibility of ever really stamping out poverty completely), but the point is that the things Democrats hold sacred was and is secure at least politically. After that, everything the Democrats have attempted to do, right or wrong, hasn't enjoyed the same mandate.