tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post2902282348149385866..comments2023-12-25T03:15:00.044-08:00Comments on Rants From The Rookery: Nailed.ellroonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-19700358704344453292011-06-27T18:58:10.749-07:002011-06-27T18:58:10.749-07:00"I keep on thinking there's got to be a p...<i>"I keep on thinking there's got to be a pony somewhere...."</i><br /><br />Yeah, ellroon, but it's probably been tortured...Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-10054659363808227822011-06-26T20:10:17.282-07:002011-06-26T20:10:17.282-07:00I hear you, Steve. I think I've said this bef...I hear you, Steve. I think I've said this before but my husband agrees with everything you say. I keep on thinking there's got to be a pony somewhere....ellroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-39934522687196847302011-06-25T22:40:51.500-07:002011-06-25T22:40:51.500-07:00"That said, Obama is as centrist as he said h...<i>"That said, Obama is as centrist as he said he would be, which means he's Republican-Lite."</i><br /><br />Really? He's pretty clearly to the right of Dwight D. Eisenhower, and I'd say he even would have given Barry Goldwater a run for his money.<br /><br />And when it comes to civil liberties violations... torture, warrantless wiretapping, issuing executive orders for assassination of American citizens, etc. ... Obama has no equal among presidents, and that includes the atrocious George W. Bush. Don't try to tell me Obama said anything about <b><i>those</i></b> in his campaign! At this point, it would take a miracle to get me to vote for him.<br /><br />[CAPTCHA text: "drato" ... milder than what I would have said.]Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-66611065509887935652011-06-25T21:44:34.833-07:002011-06-25T21:44:34.833-07:00We've been so badly shoved to the right that a...We've been so badly shoved to the right that any present day Democratic politician is unrecognizable to true liberals of say 50 years ago.<br /><br />That said, Obama is as centrist as he said he would be, which means he's Republican-Lite.ellroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-81645775459994868812011-06-25T16:39:32.997-07:002011-06-25T16:39:32.997-07:00... And Mr. Obama seems determined to follow every...... And Mr. Obama seems determined to follow every last precept of GOPconomics... no matter what the consequences. Stella says Obama is a closet Republican. I disagree... only with the "closet" part: he takes not the least bit of trouble to conceal his devotion to the repeatedly failed economic thinking of the right. Absent an about-face more or less immediately, I shall not vote for him in 2012... after all, for many years I've had a firm commitment never to vote for a Republican.Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.com