Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! The solution to all our problems!
“I won’t have to worry about putting gas in my car, I won’t have to worry about paying my mortgage! You know, if I help him, he’s gonna help me.”
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! The solution to all our problems!
“I won’t have to worry about putting gas in my car, I won’t have to worry about paying my mortgage! You know, if I help him, he’s gonna help me.”
That mentality is honestly just frightening!
Typical Obama supporter.
Burly? Is that you? Come on.
Let’s look at this beyond the conservative fear lens. The comments by this woman are not the socialist landmine you are looking for. Not even close.
“I won’t have to worry about putting gas in my car, I won’t have to worry about paying my mortgage!”
Why would she say this? Do you really think she means that it’s all going to be government funded? Really? She’s saying that she believes that Obama’s policies will most likely turn the economy around to the point where she’s not worried about paying these for these things. She can afford it.
“You know, if I help him, he’s gonna help me.”
That’s the point of politics. You vote (help) for the person you think will benefit you most. Apparently some people believe that John McCain will help them if they vote for him. Why title it Barack the Fixer? Do you not want McCain to help fix this economy?
Why are you chosing to use this as some sort of socialist “gotcha”?
Please don’t say this mentality is frightening. The display put on by these people: http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081031/NEWS0206/810310521
That is frightening. But it’s their right to display it.
Please don’t act like this woman is all that is wrong with America.
Anyways, sorry to barge in like this, Ryan Stufflebam showed this to me, even though he’s not commie pinko liberal, so don’t judge him as you judge me
Nah, don’t even worry about it. It’s an open forum. Barging in is simply impossible.
And to answer your question, no, I don’t want McCain to “fix” the economy. So many of our current problems are the result of politicians being a wee bit too hands-on. I’d much rather Americans have a lucid expectation of government’s role in their lives, and beyond that, a clear understanding of which government (local, state, federal) is the most appropriate when legitimate grievances do arise.
I think the largest distinction between those that call themselves liberals and those with a libertarian mindset is their idea of governmental responsibility. Libertarians’ ideology might be the closest associated with classical liberals, not to be confused at all with the modern, social liberal. The modern liberal isn’t so much the natural progression from the classical liberal as much as it is the highjacking of a positive label for propaganda purposes. In reality, the two ideologies couldn’t be more diametrically opposed. I say this as a little background for a quote by Milton Friedman since it might be nonsense to you if didn’t know the difference:
It is simply stunning to me that people can simultaneously blame an institution for all their woes and trust that different people running the same operation will bring about a reversal of all the wrongs they claim as its responsibility. Staggers the imagination. Hope? Change? Right… cause the government can deliver that.
Also, perhaps I wasn’t privy to an outside conversation you had with Burly, but it seems like you’re making a heck of a lot of assumptions about his comment’s meaning given it was only 3 words. Perhaps he only meant that this woman, like so many other sheep, appeared to be filled with the empty promises of a man who has yet to, but certainly will, disappoint her. That’s what I got out of it anyway.
By the way, if you take exception to the title of the post, I can rename the post to any one of the following:
King Barack the Wealthmaker
King Obama the Speechgiver
King Obama the Promise Maker
Barack Obama, Giver of Warm Feelings
The Great Leader Barack, Deliverer from All that Which Plagues Our Lands
Hugsie O, The Reason By Which the World Will Finally Love Us
Barack Obama, Our Dear Leader and the One to Whom We Ascribe All Hope and from Whom We Receive All Blessings
Just some options.
Wee,
What I meant was that I think most Obama supporters are putting a lot of their own personal expectations on Barack Obama. I see a lot of Obama supporters personally invested that he, personally, has the power to make their personal lives better.
Yes politicians, do have the power to make circumstances better or worse, but the happiness and success that follows has to be of one’s own ambition and hard work. I think there is a considerable portion of Obama supporters who just expect a free ride.