Comments on: The Unlikely Success of Obamessianism on the World Scene http://mansizedtarget.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/the-unlikely-success-of-obamessianism-on-the-world-scene/ Paleoconservative Observations Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:49:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Meaning of 9/11 = Volunteering?!? « MANSIZEDTARGET.COM http://mansizedtarget.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/the-unlikely-success-of-obamessianism-on-the-world-scene/#comment-8528 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:01:32 +0000 http://mansizedtarget.wordpress.com/?p=1419#comment-8528 [...] stance on this subject was always unserious, a campaign prop, and his diffident refusal to either increase forces and rally Americans for the [...]

]]> By: 9/11 = Volunteering?!? « MANSIZEDTARGET.COM http://mansizedtarget.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/the-unlikely-success-of-obamessianism-on-the-world-scene/#comment-8526 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:31:24 +0000 http://mansizedtarget.wordpress.com/?p=1419#comment-8526 [...] stance on this subject was always unserious, a campaign prop, and his diffident refusal to either increase forces and rally Americans for the [...]

]]> By: Obama’s Surprisingly Antagonistic Foreign Policy « MANSIZEDTARGET.COM http://mansizedtarget.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/the-unlikely-success-of-obamessianism-on-the-world-scene/#comment-7799 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:51:09 +0000 http://mansizedtarget.wordpress.com/?p=1419#comment-7799 [...] has never apparently thought much about foreign policy before becoming President.  His passions were personal and domestic:  inner-city black power politics.  To the extent he [...]

]]> By: Frank http://mansizedtarget.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/the-unlikely-success-of-obamessianism-on-the-world-scene/#comment-6123 Sun, 18 May 2008 13:54:17 +0000 http://mansizedtarget.wordpress.com/?p=1419#comment-6123 Jsilverheels,

the US should change its policies because its policies put America last and global corporations first.

It is politically disadvantageous for the US to work among foreign states that oppose it.

However, it would seem both in the best interests of US foreign relations and US interests in general for the US to cease supporting the rest of the world with free trade, subsidies, and foreign bases.

America should defend its border, defend its industries, and defend its people.

]]> By: Jsilverheels http://mansizedtarget.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/the-unlikely-success-of-obamessianism-on-the-world-scene/#comment-6121 Fri, 16 May 2008 15:56:06 +0000 http://mansizedtarget.wordpress.com/?p=1419#comment-6121 “Daniel Larison makes a very strong point: the world does not like the US because of its policies”

Wrong, flat out wrong.

The world doesn’t dislike the US. Larison has no evidence for this.

Third World losers hate the US – there’s plenty of evidence for that. They hate the US because the US is the dominant power.

Tough.

As for the US changing its policies because a bunch of third world losers hate us, fuck that.

]]> By: David Manley http://mansizedtarget.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/the-unlikely-success-of-obamessianism-on-the-world-scene/#comment-6119 Wed, 14 May 2008 17:13:36 +0000 http://mansizedtarget.wordpress.com/?p=1419#comment-6119 I’m telling you, Obama is as much of a false hope for paleo-conservatives as he is for everybody else.

]]> By: Roach http://mansizedtarget.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/the-unlikely-success-of-obamessianism-on-the-world-scene/#comment-6118 Wed, 14 May 2008 17:08:10 +0000 http://mansizedtarget.wordpress.com/?p=1419#comment-6118 You make a good point on the papering-over thing; consider how the obsession with Clinton and his sexual follies undermined serious conservative philosophy and discussions of policy in the 90s.

]]> By: David Manley http://mansizedtarget.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/the-unlikely-success-of-obamessianism-on-the-world-scene/#comment-6117 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:40:45 +0000 http://mansizedtarget.wordpress.com/?p=1419#comment-6117 Nobody knows whether he will fail as a politician. He may do incalculable damage yet still prove popular and only accelerate our descent.

If you think about it, Bush has been a blessing for the conservative movement in many ways. 10 years ago, the fault lines within conservatism were much less clearly defined than they are now. We don’t know that a McCain presidency wouldn’t actually do more to re-invigorate a real conservative movement than an Obama presidency would. We also don’t know that an Obama presidency wouldn’t just paper over disagreements on the Right, creating a false unity and preventing the development of a coherent philosophy.

The only thing we do know with much certainty is that Obama would be a very, very bad president, and considerably worse than McCain.

]]> By: Disgruntled Former Employee http://mansizedtarget.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/the-unlikely-success-of-obamessianism-on-the-world-scene/#comment-6110 Tue, 13 May 2008 20:53:04 +0000 http://mansizedtarget.wordpress.com/?p=1419#comment-6110 “My analogy would be different. The cancer is terminal, but the end is a long way off. Why speed up the process with risky, obtrusive, painful treatments that are likely to just result in a quicker death?”

Because without a speedy termination of the current charade there will be an ever diminishing chance of a healthy rebirth. A genuine crisis, not a stage-managed media event, would alert people to the fact that the good times are over and they should see to their own welfare. Putting an over-hyped, hard-left, neophyte such as Obama into office increases the chance of uncontrolled happenings and perhaps moves events off the path the current script dictates.

]]> By: David Manley http://mansizedtarget.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/the-unlikely-success-of-obamessianism-on-the-world-scene/#comment-6109 Tue, 13 May 2008 20:31:48 +0000 http://mansizedtarget.wordpress.com/?p=1419#comment-6109 I like Europeans and I like Europe. I also like it when they spend money here. That’s why I said “the last is reason enough to oppose him”, not “these are all reasons to oppose him.”

My analogy would be different. The cancer is terminal, but the end is a long way off. Why speed up the process with risky, obtrusive, painful treatments that are likely to just result in a quicker death?

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