Back in October, 2008, I printed this blog opining about how far left Obama was, that he was even left of a self-described Socialist and that it didn’t take too much research into his radical Chicago neighborhood to reckon “Primary Obama” was the truth and “General Election Obama” was the lie.
Now that he has spent more money than anyone in human history (even more than the Soviet and Chinese Communists), now that his war on free markets (capitalism) has sent investors running for the exits (and reduced our net worth by trillions of dollars) and now that he has decided to spike our energy costs (with Cap & Trade), despite all the pain it will cause in a depressed economy – I can officially declare, unfortunately, I was right, Obama was left – far left.
In his first 100 days, with millions losing their jobs, Obama still wants to spend much of his time, and hundreds of billions of dollars of our money, attempting to advance his progressive-socialist agenda rather than focus on the financial and housing crisis. At last night’s press conference the President said, “I think that the last 64 days has been dominated by me trying to figure out how we’re going to fix the economy”.
Really? If he’s been working so hard at fixing the economy, why has he only filled one (Secretary Geithner) of the 18 open slots at Treasury that require Senate confirmation? There is no Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, yet Obama is making tax policy. There is no Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets – no wonder Obama totally mismanaged the AIG mess. Why didn’t he clear his calendar in the first week in office and fully staff these Treasury positions to help turn this economy around?
Even supporters are stunned that, instead of focusing on the economy, Obama has found time to close Gitmo, give $3 billion to ACORN, cut defense spending while troops are still fighting and dying, support a plan to take away a worker’s right to a secret ballot, add millions more to federal health insurance plans, implement an extreme environmental agenda, raise taxes, suspend trials for terrorists, make wounded warriors pay for their combat injuries, fly to California to insult disabled Americans on late night television, research what teams should be in this year’s NCAA college basketball brackets and laugh on 60 Minutes about the bad economy.
This is reckless and sad – nothing funny about it.
This is one of those moments where it is useful to see why some of us conservatives were warning America about Obama back when America still had a chance to chose a different path. Contrary to the popular Democratic/Media narrative at the time, we were not alarmists – conservatives were dead-on accurate, and deserve the credibility that comes with being dead-on accurate.
Here’s what I said back in October, 2008 about how far left Obama was and why:More Liberal Than A Socialist
Many people have heard that the National Journal rated Barack Obama the Most Liberal Senator in 2007. Obama’s could have picked anyone to be his running mate, and he chose Senator Joe Biden – the 3rd most liberal.
What you may not know is that one of my Vermont Senators, Bernie Sanders (I-VT) was rated 5th most liberal and is a self-described Socialist.
That makes Obama left of a Socialist.
Before you tune me out because I used the “S” word, do a little research. Invest a little bit of time learning about:
- Saul Alinsky – the father of community organizing. Clinton wrote her senior thesis about Alinsky. Obama learned Alinsky’s methods so well that he taught them to others.
- Weather Underground – radical group known for bombing the Pentagon, the NY Police HQ and the Capitol. Co-founded by Bill Ayers.
- Bill Ayers – co-founder of Weather Underground who hosted a party to launch Obama’s political career in his living room.
- Bernardine Dohrn – Bill Ayers’ wife, convicted for Weather Underground activities, unrepentant in her support for Marxism-Leninism, now an adjunct professor of law @ Northwestern.
- Black Panther Party – Ayers and the Weather Underground declared war on the U.S. Government after the death of a Panther Fred Hampton.
- Haymarket Riot – An event that seemed to have started it all.
- Rashid Khalidi – former PLO spokesman & Obama family friend.
- Tony Rezco – a huge Obama fundraiser convicted of fraud and bribery.
- ACORN – The nation’s largest radical organization and Chicago ACORN it’s most radical chapter. They played a big part in pushing sub-prime loans that crippled our financial system and committing voter fraud in several states.
Just Obama’s ties to ACORN should disqualify him from running for office. Add in all the rest and the prospect of an Obama Presidency is truly frightening.
I have no doubt in my mind that Obama is a socialist and, with a little education, you will know that too.
Maybe you’re OK with that. I’m not.
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