Too funny that the darling of “progressive” bloggers (Obama) should be vetted as conservative enough by Kristol and Sullivan.
From the second link, Sullivan repudiating the “far left” charge levied at Obama by Bill Bennett:
“Far left” means to the right of Clinton in healthcare, right? “Far left” means tax rates broadly within the post-Reagan parameters and certainly far to the right of, say, Richard Nixon. “Far left” means retaining the right to bomb Pakistan if al Qaeda is deemed a threat there. “Far left” means a policy of withdrawal from Iraq that, as Bill Kristol observes, is increasingly close to McCain’s. “Far left” means a man that Joe Lieberman was thrilled to get to support his last Senate campaign. “Far left” means a “cap-and-trade” position on climate change very close to John McCain’s. “Far left” means well to the racial right of Jesse Jackson. “Far left” means opposition to same-sex marriage and to a federal constitutional amendment (very close to John McCain). “Far left” means a policy on torture embraced by the Republican nominee and endorsed by every American president apart from George W. Bush.
Conservatism has won.
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Interestingly, today I heard that McCain is claiming Obama is more in line with bush on the environment than McCain is. From what i have read of Obama’s policies he and McCain are dead even.
Funny though. A little bit of payback from The Man That Went to Hell and Back.
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