Wall Steet Journal: Bush's Third Term? Obama's Running for It

[syndicalist]

From: http://wsj.com/article/SB121495450490321133.html

Wall Street Journal - July 2, 2008

Bush's Third TermWe're beginning to understand why Barack Obama keeps protesting so vigorously against the prospect of "George Bush's third term." Maybe he's worried that someone

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[_sepia]

This reminds me of when Nader stated there was no difference between Bush and Gore. Utter bullshit. Obama's the most liberal senator since McGovern? Hello, Russ Feingold anyone? For god sakes Bernie Sanders is a Socialist. I hope no one believes any of this crap. *Looks above* Too late.

[syndicalist]

Well, it's uncontroversial taht he has said what he's said the past few weeks. Execution for child rape? How dare the Supreme Court overturn that! Taxpayer money for churches? Sounds good to me! He's gone on the record in support of this stuff. In the meantime, NYT columnist and economist Paul krugman has always said, domestically, his platform was to the right of Hillary Clinton's, especially on health care, so there is no change in position on that. His plan wouldn't cover anyone, ergo it isn't universla health care. I remember ye olden days of, oh, 5 months ago, when universal health care was going to be, supposed to, THE big huge hot button issue this election. Now with this spate of policy changes I don't know what to make of it.

[thebigbadbutch]

I had forgotten about him saying he wants to keep faith based initiatives. Has this guy even read the Constitution?

[thebigbadbutch]

I actually did know that. I'm curious why he thinks paying Christian churches with tax payer money is justifiable under the first amendment and the establishment clause.

[thebigbadbutch]

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,Paying Christian churches to do what should be public services while proselytizing and discriminating against those with different religious beliefs during hiring is clearly a violation of the establishment clause. If this money were going to different religion's organizations and these organizations were using the money to help people without proselytizing that would be one thing. But the money from faith based initiatives has overwhelmingly gone to Christian churches that do discriminate and proselytize

[syndicalist]

A big sore spot for me has always been Bush's White House Office of Faith Based Initiatives, an office he basically unilaterally set up in the executive branch of government to dole out welfare to churches. I was (and am?) really hoping the next president will just simply axe that fucking program.

Not expand on it! Jeez!

[thebigbadbutch]

I don't disbelieve Obama because he's less liberal than I am. I disbelieve him because throughout his career at the federal level he has demonstrated he is more interested in doing what is popular than doing what is right for America. Violating the first amendment isn't good for America but it is really popular among the Christian majority.

[inward]

I'm loving your comments so much in this post. Just thought I'd let you know, hah.

[_sepia]

Here's a little article that's pretty informative on his view on that.

[syndicalist]

I hope he would overhaul it into non existence. having a "faith based initiatives" office set up in the executive branch of government is wrong. It's a Bush thing that I have always hated and I was hoping that the next pres would just axe it, the way Clinton overturned immediately the Reagan-Bush "gag rule" about abortion funding when he got into office.