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   Kommentar till text 8242 av Bob Klahn (1:124/311)
Ärende: Obama bomb!
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"Bob Klahn -> All" <1:124/311> wrote in news:25385$POL_INC@JamNNTPd:

 TR>> Saturday, November 08, 2008

 TR>> The Culture War and Barack Obama

 TR>> by Bill O'Reilly

 TR>> The fascinating thing about Barack Obama's election is that
 TR>> few Americans seem to know exactly how the man is going to
 TR>> govern. Will he be a Nancy Pelosi enthusiast, a far-left
 TR>> guy? Or will he move to the center like President Clinton
 TR>> did? Even his devoted followers don't really know how he
 TR>> will initially use his power.

 BK>   Which is probably a good thing. The more determined he is to do
 BK>   the right thing, the less he needs talk.

 TR>> There's an old country saying: "You dance with the one who
 TR>> brung ya."

 TR>> Just hours after Obama's victory, the far-left MoveOn
 TR>> outfit issued a press release saying that during the

 BK>   Did the far right MoveOn outfit have anything to say? How about
 BK>   the moderate moveon outfit?

Don't forget this is Bill O'Reilly.
That blowhard labels "far left" anyone he disagrees with, when the fact
is, the only true "far left" group in the US is the Communist Party.

 TR>> Traditionally, Americans have rejected that kind of nanny
 TR>> state. But make no mistake: That is what the far left see
 TR>> as "economic justice." And then there are "San Francisco

 BK>   Could well be... or just good for business.

 TR>> values." That is the George Soros vision of legalized
 TR>> narcotics and prostitution, unfettered abortion rights,
 TR>> legalized euthanasia, and gay marriage, to name just a few
 TR>> social issues.

 BK>   Sounds more like the libertarian point of view.

Bill O'Reilly has the "George Soros" strawman he just refuses to give
up.
Soros' *ACTUAL* influence is blown completely out of proportion, while
Richard Mellon Scaife's actual influence is simply ignored by O'Reilly.

 TR>> Where will Obama stand on those issues? He says he
 TR>> personally opposes gay marriage, but I can't imagine him
 TR>> working against it.

 BK>   He shouldn't. He should follow the policy of MYOB.

 TR>> He's also fine with abortion in cases
 TR>> where the health of the mother is an issue. Of course, the
 TR>> health of the mother could be a panic attack or a headache.
 TR>> Based on his voting record in the past, I expect Obama to
 TR>> be extremely liberal when social legislation is presented
 TR>> to him. I also expect Ruth Bader Ginsburg to have a new
 TR>> best friend if a Supreme Court opening occurs.

 BK>   Could be a good thing.

This is a beautiful example of getting actual medical opinions from
either an actual doctor, or a loudmouth on TV and the radio.

 TR>> economy doesn't turn around. Even while Obama was winning
 TR>> liberal California, voters were overturning the gay
 TR>> marriage law imposed upon them by activist judges. The
 TR>> United States is still a center-right country when it comes
 TR>> to traditional values.

 BK>   The right abandoned traditional values long ago.

O'Reilly believes "traditional values" include talking dirty to a female
producer to get his rocks off.

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