The Case Against Barack Obama-Part 1
It's no secret that I do not wish for Barack Obama to be president of the United States.
Like the former senator from Tennessee, Fred Thompson said at the GOP convention,
Do you know this man? Can you trust him to lead the country into the future?
No, on both counts. Really, we don't know this guy. If you can't answer the first question, how can you possibly answer the second?
say what you will about John McCain, at least we've had about 30 years to pass judgment on the man.
In the recently released book,
The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media's Favorite Candidate, author and political reporter for National Review Online, David Freddoso gives us the skinny on the junior senator from Illinois.
This is not to be ignored or minimized.
In a following series of posts, I will take information, almost in verbatim, from this most valuable pool of information merely for the benefit of those who haven't had the chance of reading it as of yet, or for those who don't want to shell out the $25-$30 fee, or even for those who don't want to read something that may destroy (or at least question) their foundation of argument as to why they would support that is clearly unfit to lead, uses old-school tactics when claiming that should be a thing of the past (then going on to use those very tactics during his campaign for president, denying his own political past)
Not to mention his association with domestic terrorists, as well as crooked politicians and businessmen.
As the inside flap on the back cover states (realizing all biographies, autobiographies, memoirs and tell-alls do this)
"Sober, fair, and thoroughly researched-and all the more provocative-because of it-'The Case Against Barack Obama' removes the halo from the man less qualified, and more radical, than the mainstream media has let you know."
For the sake of expediency, I will be condensing much, but not all of the author's text (for space and time as well as legalities)
Also, I want to get this finished and entirely posted before November 4.
Note: any type in italics is that of the author, David Freddoso.
Barack Obama has crafted himself an image of one of those rare reformers...
As it became clear that he was going to win the Democratic nomination for president, it seemed irresponsible to stand by as so many were offering admiration, piety, even worship to-of all things-a politician.
Because the idea of Barack Obama as a reformer is a great lie.
Obama has not pursued true reform in any of the offices he has held. He has silently and at times vocally cooperated...to preserve one of the most overtly corrupt political systems in the nation.
He maintains his silence now, even though he has the political capital to do something about the problem. These are the allies who drafted and gave him popular, must-pass bills to herd through the state legislature, the allies who openly take credit for making him a senator; the allies who control Chicago's political money. In Washington, his commitment to reform has been no greater -not even this year -as he runs for office promising "change" and "hope."
He is the product of...60's era hard-core radicalism and Chicago's Machine politics. He plays hardball and knows when to look the other way.
But he also surrounds himself with political, social and spiritual mentors who are so far to the left that many push the envelope on ideological respectability.
It is appropriate to consider his character, record, background [as well as his morals and judgment] and proposals. It is not appropriate for anyone who takes their role as a citizen seriously to weep at Obama's message of "hope" and "change" or to shake hands with someone, just to touch the hand that touched the hand that touched Obama's.
It is foolish to be caught up in an orgiastic frenzy over some non-existent "new policies," or over campaign chants of "yes, we can!"
It is imprudent to entertain false hopes about what Obama stands for and what he can accomplish in the way of changing history and American attitudes. He is an oratory genius [he can make people swoon like teenage girls at a Beatles concert or have them cheer just for blowing his nose] but the goodwill of good oratory cannot last forever; even with speeches carefully written, parsed, and tested in advance to achieve maximum emotional impact.
Whether in victory or defeat, Barack Obama's supporters will be the last ones to understand that he is just another politician. He is not, and never will be worthy of such adulation.
In his first run for elective office for the Illinois State primary in 1996, Barack Obama's unopposed victory was not due to his experience, knowledge of the issues or political knowhow. it was in fact due t the efforts of his campaign staff and especially that of the "Guru of petitions," Ronald Davis, a paid consultant.
Davis's job on January 2, 1996 was to look at each of the nearly 1,600 signatures that incumbent State Senator since 1991, Alice Palmer's campaign had collected in order to place her on the ballot for re-election. Davis was supposed to find a way to challenge and disqualify as many signatures as possible. The goal was to throw her off the ballot.
Palmer had gathered 1,580 signatures, more than twice the 757 required. But Davis and his team...disqualified hundreds of them for one reason or another. The same tactic was used to throw all the other candidates off the ballot as well.
The Chicago Tribune spoke to one of them, Gha-is Askia in 2007 about it:
"Why say you're for a new tomorrow, then do old-style politics to remove legitimate candidates? he talks about honor and democracy, but what honor is there in getting rid of every other candidate so you can run scot-free? Why not the people decide?"
According to Obama himself,
"If you can win, you should win and get back to work doing the people's business."
This campaign, by the way, was helped by another of Obama's long line unsavory associates, convicted real estate investor, Antoin (Tony) Rezko in the form of a campaign contribution of roughly $15,000 (more on him later)
Chicago Mayor, Richard Daley was just one of many of those unsavory associates. He had been the mayor of Chicago for nearly 20 years, and for good reason-he knows political organizations, and his puts the yet-to-be-mentioned Stroger family (the political head of the Chicago Machine for decades) to shame.
Unfortunately for Daley, much of the Machines workings have been revealed in court papers and news articles. But even when things got tough, Daley could count on Barack Obama to endorse him for re-election in 2007.
Daley considered Palmer a serious threat, a potential mayoral rival. By clearingn the ballot, Obama had erased any doubt of Daley's path to his next term.
There was nothing illegal in what Obama did in the primary. But it was typical Chicago politics [and typical old-school, partisan politics]
And that's the point, Barack Obama promises to smooth over the bitter divides of American politics. He promises "hope" and an end to bitter partisanship.
He frames himself as someone who rises above Clintonian or Rovian tactics. Contrast his promises today with what he did in 1996. He was not even a state senator yet and he already done enough to make Karl Rove, Bill Clinton, or Niccolo Machiavelli proud.
He got his start in politics by denying voters a choice.
Every political soldier needs his pay and a place on Daley's city payroll. You can be a former gang member and still be appointed to oversee a $40 million program, as long as you have the right political connections. The city will hire you even after you've stolen $4 million in quarters form the city's toll booths.
That's the Chicago version of change you can believe in.
Notes:
David Freddoso, "The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media's Favorite Candidate. Regenery Publishing. Washington, DC. 2008. p. 1-3, 6, 8, 20.
Keila Szpaller, "Missoula Crowd Cheers, Weeps for Obama," Montana Standard. April 6, 2008.
Michael Whack, "The Bam'...the Obama Handshake," Michael Whack's Blog. January 12, 2008.
http://my.barack.obama.com/page/community/blog/michaelwhack.
Mendell. p. 203-204.
Like the former senator from Tennessee, Fred Thompson said at the GOP convention,
Do you know this man? Can you trust him to lead the country into the future?
No, on both counts. Really, we don't know this guy. If you can't answer the first question, how can you possibly answer the second?
say what you will about John McCain, at least we've had about 30 years to pass judgment on the man.
In the recently released book,
The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media's Favorite Candidate, author and political reporter for National Review Online, David Freddoso gives us the skinny on the junior senator from Illinois.
This is not to be ignored or minimized.
In a following series of posts, I will take information, almost in verbatim, from this most valuable pool of information merely for the benefit of those who haven't had the chance of reading it as of yet, or for those who don't want to shell out the $25-$30 fee, or even for those who don't want to read something that may destroy (or at least question) their foundation of argument as to why they would support that is clearly unfit to lead, uses old-school tactics when claiming that should be a thing of the past (then going on to use those very tactics during his campaign for president, denying his own political past)
Not to mention his association with domestic terrorists, as well as crooked politicians and businessmen.
As the inside flap on the back cover states (realizing all biographies, autobiographies, memoirs and tell-alls do this)
"Sober, fair, and thoroughly researched-and all the more provocative-because of it-'The Case Against Barack Obama' removes the halo from the man less qualified, and more radical, than the mainstream media has let you know."
For the sake of expediency, I will be condensing much, but not all of the author's text (for space and time as well as legalities)
Also, I want to get this finished and entirely posted before November 4.
Note: any type in italics is that of the author, David Freddoso.
Barack Obama has crafted himself an image of one of those rare reformers...
As it became clear that he was going to win the Democratic nomination for president, it seemed irresponsible to stand by as so many were offering admiration, piety, even worship to-of all things-a politician.
Because the idea of Barack Obama as a reformer is a great lie.
Obama has not pursued true reform in any of the offices he has held. He has silently and at times vocally cooperated...to preserve one of the most overtly corrupt political systems in the nation.
He maintains his silence now, even though he has the political capital to do something about the problem. These are the allies who drafted and gave him popular, must-pass bills to herd through the state legislature, the allies who openly take credit for making him a senator; the allies who control Chicago's political money. In Washington, his commitment to reform has been no greater -not even this year -as he runs for office promising "change" and "hope."
He is the product of...60's era hard-core radicalism and Chicago's Machine politics. He plays hardball and knows when to look the other way.
But he also surrounds himself with political, social and spiritual mentors who are so far to the left that many push the envelope on ideological respectability.
It is appropriate to consider his character, record, background [as well as his morals and judgment] and proposals. It is not appropriate for anyone who takes their role as a citizen seriously to weep at Obama's message of "hope" and "change" or to shake hands with someone, just to touch the hand that touched the hand that touched Obama's.
It is foolish to be caught up in an orgiastic frenzy over some non-existent "new policies," or over campaign chants of "yes, we can!"
It is imprudent to entertain false hopes about what Obama stands for and what he can accomplish in the way of changing history and American attitudes. He is an oratory genius [he can make people swoon like teenage girls at a Beatles concert or have them cheer just for blowing his nose] but the goodwill of good oratory cannot last forever; even with speeches carefully written, parsed, and tested in advance to achieve maximum emotional impact.
Whether in victory or defeat, Barack Obama's supporters will be the last ones to understand that he is just another politician. He is not, and never will be worthy of such adulation.
In his first run for elective office for the Illinois State primary in 1996, Barack Obama's unopposed victory was not due to his experience, knowledge of the issues or political knowhow. it was in fact due t the efforts of his campaign staff and especially that of the "Guru of petitions," Ronald Davis, a paid consultant.
Davis's job on January 2, 1996 was to look at each of the nearly 1,600 signatures that incumbent State Senator since 1991, Alice Palmer's campaign had collected in order to place her on the ballot for re-election. Davis was supposed to find a way to challenge and disqualify as many signatures as possible. The goal was to throw her off the ballot.
Palmer had gathered 1,580 signatures, more than twice the 757 required. But Davis and his team...disqualified hundreds of them for one reason or another. The same tactic was used to throw all the other candidates off the ballot as well.
The Chicago Tribune spoke to one of them, Gha-is Askia in 2007 about it:
"Why say you're for a new tomorrow, then do old-style politics to remove legitimate candidates? he talks about honor and democracy, but what honor is there in getting rid of every other candidate so you can run scot-free? Why not the people decide?"
According to Obama himself,
"If you can win, you should win and get back to work doing the people's business."
This campaign, by the way, was helped by another of Obama's long line unsavory associates, convicted real estate investor, Antoin (Tony) Rezko in the form of a campaign contribution of roughly $15,000 (more on him later)
Chicago Mayor, Richard Daley was just one of many of those unsavory associates. He had been the mayor of Chicago for nearly 20 years, and for good reason-he knows political organizations, and his puts the yet-to-be-mentioned Stroger family (the political head of the Chicago Machine for decades) to shame.
Unfortunately for Daley, much of the Machines workings have been revealed in court papers and news articles. But even when things got tough, Daley could count on Barack Obama to endorse him for re-election in 2007.
Daley considered Palmer a serious threat, a potential mayoral rival. By clearingn the ballot, Obama had erased any doubt of Daley's path to his next term.
There was nothing illegal in what Obama did in the primary. But it was typical Chicago politics [and typical old-school, partisan politics]
And that's the point, Barack Obama promises to smooth over the bitter divides of American politics. He promises "hope" and an end to bitter partisanship.
He frames himself as someone who rises above Clintonian or Rovian tactics. Contrast his promises today with what he did in 1996. He was not even a state senator yet and he already done enough to make Karl Rove, Bill Clinton, or Niccolo Machiavelli proud.
He got his start in politics by denying voters a choice.
Every political soldier needs his pay and a place on Daley's city payroll. You can be a former gang member and still be appointed to oversee a $40 million program, as long as you have the right political connections. The city will hire you even after you've stolen $4 million in quarters form the city's toll booths.
That's the Chicago version of change you can believe in.
Notes:
David Freddoso, "The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media's Favorite Candidate. Regenery Publishing. Washington, DC. 2008. p. 1-3, 6, 8, 20.
Keila Szpaller, "Missoula Crowd Cheers, Weeps for Obama," Montana Standard. April 6, 2008.
Michael Whack, "The Bam'...the Obama Handshake," Michael Whack's Blog. January 12, 2008.
http://my.barack.obama.com/page/community/blog/michaelwhack.
Mendell. p. 203-204.
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