BARACK OBAMA AND THE DINOCONS AND THE NEOCONS

Today, I give full vent to my liberal tendencies.

I am a political liberal. That is a liberal, not necessarily a Liberal. (That statement will make sense to my Canadian, Aussie and British readers, but probably not to the Americans.) I consider myself to be center-left, sort of NDP, to my Canadian readers. I am not the sort of liberal that back in the 1960s was synonymous to 'hypocrite,' at least I hope not. At the end of this post, I reprint the words to the old song, 'Love Me, I'm A Liberal' to illustrate what I mean. The events mentioned there are long ago, I know, and refer to the USA, I realise and will probably only make sense to my American readers. Now, consider this quote. This is the sort of liberal I hope I am.I thought about using it as a header quote, but it's just too long.

If by "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal." - John Fitzgerald Kennedy

My actual way of life is really pretty conservative; morally and socially. I suppose by my actions, I am no longer the sort of wild child I was in my youth. (She's still here inside, though, trying to escape.) Sexually, these days, I am somewhere to the right of Victorian. The stroke has so dulled my senses that...never mind!

If you know me well at all, you've heard me repeat that old saw, 'Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.' (I know, 'No one is my enemy,' but I'm not really a very good person in that regard.) I monitor the conservative press - and to a lesser extent, the Conservative press. Most days, I watch the first few minutes of The 700 Club (Pat Robertson), occasionally turn on (double entendre not intended, but sort of funny) Rush Limbaugh and also make it a point to check on Faux, OK, Fox, News. In addition, I am on several conservative mailing lists, including one that proudly calls itself Human Events. Its logo - see below - claims it has been 'Leading the Conservative Movement Since 1944.' That makes it a dinocon outfit, eh?

I reprint it below. Now we know they plan to attack Barack Obama, ala the Swiftboat Veteran's in 2004. One - Me - assumes that means with no regard for the truth! So let us expect a barrage of low blows. I expect Sen. Obama to handle this with dignity and class. We shall see.

The e-mail:

Dear Conservative Friend, (Who, me, moi?)

They say the truth hurts. In Barack Obama's case, it is simply devastating.

Not surprisingly the Big Media have kept the American public blind to the truth about Obama, including...


The fact that a corrupt Chicago Machine politician "made a U.S. senator" out of Barack Obama


How Barack Obama won his first election by having his lawyers knock all his opponents off the ballot on technicalities


Obama's support for a grotesque "infanticide" law that was too extreme even for Nancy Pelosi


The Tony Rezko connection: "I've never done any favors for him," says Obama about convicted developer Tony Rezko. Oh, but he has...

We at HUMAN EVENTS are set to embark on a massive truth-telling mission to unmask the real Barack Obama. And just like in 2004 when concerned Americans exploded John Kerry's presidential aspirations by helping the Swift Boat Veterans get out the truth about him. . .

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President and Editor in Chief, HUMAN EVENTS


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Some look for rain, others SEEK HAIL!

As for Gov. Sarah Palin, my only statement about her is, how can someone who can't keep control of her own children expect to govern the United States of America? McSame is old and not very healthy. What if he dies in office? But, you say, Dubya couldn't keep control of Jenna and Barbara. Point to me!

Another suggestion, roached from IHRO:

It was suggested on one group that it goes like this:
1) choose a female politician w/ issues that may not stand examination
2) declare her unable to serve after the elections
3) announce your real VP

And now, the song, as promised, by the late, great Phil Ochs, LOVE ME, I'M A LIBERAL:

I cried when they shot Medgar Evers
Tears ran down my spine
I cried when they shot Mr. Kennedy
As though I'd lost a father of mine
But Malcolm X got what was coming
He got what he asked for this time
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

I go to civil rights rallies
And I put down the old D.A.R.
I love Harry and Sidney and Sammy
I hope every colored boy becomes a star
But don't talk about revolution
That's going a little bit too far
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

I cheered when Humphrey was chosen
My faith in the system restored
I'm glad the commies were thrown out
of the A.F.L. C.I.O. board
I love Puerto Ricans and Negros
as long as they don't move next door
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

The people of old Mississippi
Should all hang their heads in shame
I can't understand how their minds work
What's the matter don't they watch Les Crain?
But if you ask me to bus my children
I hope the cops take down your name
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

I read New republic and Nation
I've learned to take every view
You know, I've memorized Lerner and Golden
I feel like I'm almost a Jew
But when it comes to times like Korea
There's no one more red, white and blue
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

I vote for the democratic party
They want the U.N. to be strong
I go to all the Pete Seeger concerts
He sure gets me singing those songs
I'll send all the money you ask for
But don't ask me to come on along
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

Once I was young and impulsive
I wore every conceivable pin
Even went to the socialist meetings
Learned all the old union hymns
But I've grown older and wiser
And that's why I'm turning you in
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal