Thursday, October 30, 2008

Election 08 : Obama would be the first President that

Here is an article from the National Review.


Obama Makes History—in Many Ways [by Peter Kirsanow]

It's a great and historic moment. We have the first black presidential nominee of a major party in the United States. As Jonah notes, however, it's unfortunate that the nominee is a liberal with little experience and poor judgment.
And it won't be the only first. In addition Obama will be
  • the first presidential nominee known to have a terrorist as a friend and working associate
  • the first presidential nominee to vote against a measure designed to prevent a form of infanticide
  • the first Commander-in-Chief nominee to dismiss as an elitist a veteran who spent 5 1/2 years being tortured by the enemy
  • the first presidential nominee to favor giving habeas corpus rights to foreign terrorists
  • the first presidential nominee known to have a pastor who exclaimed "God damn America "
  • the first presidential nominee to state that he will talk without precondition to the leaders of state sponsors of terrorism
  • the first presidential nominee to support giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants
  • the first presidential nominee to assert that he's embarrassed that his countrymen don't speak French or German
  • the first presidential nominee to compare the U.S. infrastructure unfavorably to that of a communist country
  • the first presidential nominee to have a more extreme position on life issues than NARAL
Is whatever societal benefit that may be derived from electing the first black president worth having a president who has established the other firsts?

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