Barack Obama is no JFK
Ted Soresnson, the famed JFK speechwriter, is claiming that Barack Obama is the heir to the JFK legacy. Outside of being handsome, young and inexperienced, they have nothing in common.
JFK was FAR more conservative than Barack Obama is. Democrats never cease to amaze me with their lack of self-awareness of how far left they have moved since the days of JFK. They are unrecognizable. On tax issues, foreign policy and social issues. Obama is a lot closer to Ted K than JFK.
At some point the public, and maybe even the media, will move on from the Barack narrative about how “new” and “fresh” and “exciting” he is. They will, eventually, focus on what he is saying and what its implications are.
I consider myself a conservative person. Not a political conservative, but a conservative person. When I see stories like these two below about Barack Obama and the other Dems running for president, I can’t help but think that they have no idea how outside the mainstream of America this stuff is. They are throwing out 50% in the middle to appease 5% on the fringe.
Can you imagine JFK advcoting for tax hikes, retreat in the face of our enemies, sex ed for kindergarten and universal health care for abortions?
ABC News
Sex Ed for Kindergarteners ‘Right Thing to Do,’ Says Obama
ABC News’ Teddy Davis and Lindsey Ellerson Report: Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., told Planned Parenthood Tuesday that sex education for kindergarteners, as long as it is “age-appropriate,” is “the right thing to do.”
Gateway Pundit has more, including video. He also notes that,
ABC Political Radar has the whole exchange where he bashes conservatives in one sentence and then talks about “civil discourse in Washington” in the next breath.
Chicago Tribune
Democrats pledge support for wide access to abortion
WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Edwards said Tuesday that her husband’s health-care plan would provide insurance coverage of abortion.
Barack Obama gave a politics as usual answer that had to be later clarified and confirmed by his press people.
Asked about his proposal for expanded access to health insurance, Obama said it would cover “reproductive-health services.” Contacted afterward, an Obama spokesman said that included abortions.
And then there’s Obama’s voting record,
Senator Obama supported the interests of the Planned Parenthood 100 percent in 2006.
2005 Senator Obama supported the interests of the National Taxpayers Union 6 percent in 2005.
2005 Senator Obama supported the interests of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce 39 percent in 2005.
2005 Senator Obama supported the interests of the National Education Association 100 percent in 2005.
2005 Senator Obama supported the interests of the Gun Owners of America 0 percent in 2005.
Bill Clinton certainly wasn’t their heir to JFK, at least outside the bedroom, and neither is Barack Obama.
You have to buy in fully to the MSM narrative and ignore an awful lot of, you know, evidence, to delude yourself into thinking that Barack Obama is the heir to the JFK legacy.
July 20th, 2007 at 8:18 am
Kevin,
I think Ted Sorensen knew JFK a little better than you do and is probably better prepared to make that comparison if he found it fitting.
All you’ve done in this article is taken pieces of legislation out of context. I think you’re probably a bit more sensible and intelligent than that.
There is nothing wrong with conservatives having their own views on government. But you do a disservice to your constituency by resorting to political cheapshots and rhetoric.
July 20th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Giancarlo,
Of course Sorenson knew Kennedy better than I did. That’s why his view of Obama is so unrealistic. He desperately wants Obama to be the next JFK, somebody he idolized his whole life, despite the preponderance of evidence to the contrary. That’s the whole point.
I haven’t taken anything out of context. I cite his ratings by interest groups that are based on his votes. What could be more straight forward. He voted, they rated and I reported. Everything is linked to.
I may not know who “your constituency” is, but but from the tone of your comment, I’m quite sure I know where they reside. On the moral high ground.
And whoever they are, you do them a “disservice” by making demonstrably false claims about the post.
A single crack against Clinton’s philandering, but there is not a single “cheap shot” in this post. I’m not a political conservative, as I said in the post. You missed that point as well. And you found “rhetoric” on a political blog, I’m shocked, shocked.
To summarize, your comment was filled with more rhetoric and political cheap shots that the post itself. Other than that, nice to hear from you.
Kevin
July 20th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Giancarlo,
Kevin is spot on with his analysis. The Dems would like people to believe that Obama is the next JFK. That’s how all of the new Democrat shining stars are always portrayed by the media who is betting you don’t know what JFK really stood for. Dukakis, Mondale, Clinton, Kerry, and to a lesser degree Gore (that comparison strains the outer limits of credulity)and now Obama have all been the heir to JFK’s “throne.”
The only problem with these comparisons is that the American people don’t buy it. As Kevin noted, JFK was in many regards a modern day conservative. (His supply side tax cuts, his anti-Communist positions, his support for Dr. King’s “color blind society” which many southern Dems segregationists like Al Gore Sr. opposed, his opposition to the Great Society programs supported by many of his fellow Dems and Harvard advisors including LBJ, and his and RFK’s steadfast support for Joe McCarthy, all point to a very conservative Democrat.)If Loyd Benson were alive today, I think he would probably say to Obama, “Barak, I knew JFK, and Barak, you’re no JFK.”
Kevin correctly points out that any comparison of B. Hussein Obama, Hillary, or Gore- all outright Marxists in thier core beliefs and positions- to JFK, is totally bogus and meant to appeal to mainstream voters (i.e. right of center conservatives and independants).
Kevin is correct. Obabma is another Teddy Kennedy. He comes nowhere close to John F. Kennedy. The elite media know this but comparing him to Teddy wouldn’t really enhance his appeal to voters would it Giancarlo?
Gregg
August 6th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
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October 11th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
The man has a good moral compass, he is compassionate, and further more wants to change America for the better.
You can say what you want but people are going to make the choice themselves. So why not state the facts without your lame commentary.
October 12th, 2007 at 5:25 am
Liz,
I don’t doubt he has a good moral compass or that he’s compassionate. And the rest of the candidates, they want to change America for the worst? This comment is based all on emotion and little on the facts. My post on the other hand, compares and contrasts his words with his voting record. Those are called facts in most places.
Kevin
February 13th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
[...] I listened to his victory speech last night more convinced than ever that this guy is no JFK. In fact, he’s so liberal,he’s not even Teddy K! JFK wanted people to think what they could do for their country. Obama’s proposing the opposite, imagine what your country can do for you. [...]