Ya gotta love the Cal Thomases of this world.  Who else would work so hard to provide you and me with such reliable fodder for our regressive hoots?  I love to watch these guys squirm under the pressure of their own failed ideology, and the rise of a semi-progressive alternative catching fire out there.  Check it out:

I am all for a post-racial, nonpolarized society, but Obama has yet to detail how that would work and on which issues he is willing to move toward the center from positions any reasonable observer would have to describe as far-left, even radical.

On Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace tried to get Obama to say where he might find common ground with Republicans when he asked him: "Can you name a hot-button issue where you would be willing to buck the Democratic Party line and say, 'You know what? Republicans have a better idea here.'" Obama offered regulation and charter schools, not exactly hot-button issues. Moving away from his vote against banning partial-birth abortion, as other Democrats have done, would have been a good hot-button issue on which he might have compromised, but abortion is the unholy grail of the left and no Democrat can get the presidential nomination unless he (or she) buys the entire abortion package.

Obama has the right attitude, as in, "My goal is to get us out of this polarizing debate where we're always trying to score cheap political points and actually get things done." That's admirable, so let's examine a few of the things Obama says he would like to do.

On the war, Obama said on Fox, "I will listen to Gen. (David) Petraeus, given the experience that he's accumulated over the last several years. It would be stupid of me to ignore what he has to say." Admirable. But in testimony last September before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, of which Obama is a member, Gen. Petraeus said, "I believe Iraq's problems will require a long-term effort." The day after Petraeus' testimony, Obama called for the U.S. to "Immediately begin to remove our combat troops from Iraq." Which is it, immediate, or heeding Gen. Petraeus and his long-term approach for bringing stability to Iraq?

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Obama's view of government is classic liberal paternalism: "...what (the American people) are looking for is somebody who can solve their problems ... who will tell them the truth about how we're going to bring down gas prices, how we're going to bring back jobs," he told Wallace.

No president can solve my problems, or bring down gas prices (those are set by market forces) or create jobs, other than more government jobs. In all of Obama's impressive rhetorical skills, there is nothing about the role of the individual, only the role of big government. His uncertainty and inconsistency on issues ranging from war to taxes reveal his inexperience and youthful stumbling, two qualities that make him unprepared to be president.

And now we return to our regularly scheduled program of the rantings of Rev. Wright.

 

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So you're excited about a post-racial, nonpolarized society, eh, Cal?  That's good to know.  I sometimes get confused when I see who you guys support and the antics they pull to win elections.  You know, like racism, homophobia, xenophobia, and accusations of treason.  Shit like that.

Sorry about Obama's surging candidacy and credibility, filling in the vaccum that your boy, the Boy Bush, left behind.  I'm sure it must be distressing.

It's fun to see you call a guy like Obama radical.  What, because he agrees with the overwhelming majority of Americans on the Iraq war, on Social Security, on government help to the less fortunate, and on, yes, abortion?  I always thought one couldn't be radical and in the mainstream at the same time, but what the heck do I know?

Cal seems unable to take yes for an answer.  When Obama agreed with the right on one or two issues, it wasn't quite enough.  And when he expressed willingness to listen to General Bushmouthpieceacus, that wasn't enough either.  He had to listen and agree!

No president can solve your problems, Cal?  That's interesting.  What if your problem is being protected from evil people abroad?  Isn't that why you all insisted that we had to have the Boy Wonder?  What if your problem is needing a responsive and competent government during a national disaster like Katrina?  What if your problem is wanting to retire with dignity?  Tell you what, dude.  If I was president I could make you see in about five minutes why that position matters, even to chuckleheads like you.

And, please, please, don't lecture me on the perils of inexperience in the White House.  I don't really think your team gets to rag about that anymore, at least for the next few millennia or so.