The 'Miracle' That Will Guarantee Obama a Second Term
Note the scare quotes round 'miracle'. I don't like the idea of an Obama second term any more than you do. (* see note below). But for once I find myself in agreement with George Soros: despite Obama's best efforts to destroy the US economy through a devilish mix of money-printing, Porculus spending, crony capitalism and enviro-Nazism - not forgetting Solyndra and the cancellation of Keystone XL - he has been thwarted by the shale gas revolution.
Billionaire investor George Soros attributes part of his favorable economic outlook for the U.S. to the nation's shale resources, he said in a weekend TV interview.
"[The economy] definitely shows some signs of revival," Soros said on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS. "Very important is the revival of shale gas and shale oil as a cheap source of energy which has made manufacturing more competitive [and] also the fact that you now had several years of no wage growth, so wage disparities have been reduced, and so all of this is bringing a very welcome relief."
(* Though actually, I do still think four more years of Obama hell would be preferable to four-to-eight years of Romney lame-duckery. Better to have the liberal brand TOTALLY discredited than to have another conservatism-discrediting David Cameron/GWB Mk II poisoning the wells for you...)
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Feb '12
Re: The 'Miracle' That Will Guarantee Obama a Second Term
And to think there once was a guy called George W Bush.. Delingpole, you have finally lost the plot. You may not like Newtzilla but he is, in his post 60ish manifestation, what America really needs, a reinvention, a rediscovery; but hells bells it does not need another term of Obama bumbling.. As for what Soros thinks, who the bloody hell cares.. Creeps coming out of the wood work. When lame ducks come home to roost.. It may in the end be TOO late to be TOTALLY discredited.. for anybody or party. Buck up, buckeroos.. Time is running out.
Dec '10
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James, it is all well and good for you to opine that we should prefer another four years of Obama to eight years of Romney, while safely ensconced in your warm-ish home there in Britain with a decent living writing articles about how screwed we all are if we elect Romney.
However, being a Yank on this side of the pond, and being self employed with a business in rather dire straights due to the general craptitude of the American economy, I see things rather differently.
First of all, if Obama is allowed to continue along his current trajectory, I will have starved to death before his second term ends.
Regardless of whether it will discredit liberalism or not, I find that outcome to be somewhat less than optimal.
The economy will not turn around until Obama and his appointees in the alphabet soup agencies are booted.
I need the economy to turn around, post haste.
Ergo, I need Obama to get the boot, post haste.
All other considerations fall away when viewed from this angle.
It sucks to be in a position where you cannot think strategically, but it is what it is.
Mar '11
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doc, the first time I read through your comment, I missed the "post" and got "60ish manifestation." Images of Newt in a tie-dyed t-shirt and love beads danced in my head.
I gotta start making the morning coffee stronger...
Feb '11
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James Delingpole:
(* Though actually, I do still think four more years of Obama hell would be preferable to four-to-eight years of Romney lame-duckery.
Judges.
If everything else is too complicated, then boil it down to that one word.
Judges.
Edited on February 15, 2012 at 12:57pmMar '11
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Israel P.
James Delingpole:
(* Though actually, I do still think four more years of Obama hell would be preferable to four-to-eight years of Romney lame-duckery.
Judges.
If everything else is too complicated, then boil it down to that one word.
Judges.
I shudder to think what "foreign constitution fans" Obama has waiting in the wings, or what foreign constitutions they are fans of.
Sep '10
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I'm totally with you on this point, James. The patronage system that has replaced the market-based system has to be discredited, definitely and completely, in order for a new mindset to take root. Better to be moribund than ripped out of the ground.
Re: The 'Miracle' That Will Guarantee Obama a Second Term
@lesliewatkins. Thank you, Leslie! I was beginning to feel a little lonely. Of course I totally understand the passion with which conservatives loathe Obama and want to get rid of him. We felt the same way about Prime Minister Gordon Brown. But that visceral hatred can cloud judgement. Those who argue that Mitt Romney presents any kind of solution clearly don't understand how big the problem is.
Jun '10
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Not only that, James, the foundation of the media attack on conservatism has been in view a little more this week (you know we'll outlaw contraception, right?). Newt, at least, will not let the MSM define the debate terms.
May '10
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Exactly. The heart needs to be ripped out of this government monster; it doesn't need to be made into a nicer, more well-managed monster.
But remember, we still have other choices than Romney and Obama. Santorum has a fighting chance.
Santorum's not perfect either, but he's a lot better than Romney.
My pessimism is that no matter who we elect, the machinery of state and bureaucracy and entitlement is so entrenched now that it would be impossible for Jesus Christ himself, short of using supernatural abilities, to turn it around before it crashes or at best reduces us to mediocrity forever. They would turn him into the devil, and crucify him all over again, before they would allow the kinds of reforms necessary.
Feb '11
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"I do still think four more years of Obama hell would be preferable to four-to-eight years of Romney lame-duckery"
Completely disagree. With four more years of Obama, the Left will entrench itself so that it may never be displaceable. Expect widespread interference with freedom of speech, both Internet and otherwise; the rise of thuggery to interfere with free elections and expressions of opinion; the use of vast government resources to buy political allies; etc etc.
The stakes in this election are very, very high.
Apr '11
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"judges"Bingo!I had this argument with a friend in my home the other night. He said he will stay home on election day if Santorum doesn't get the nomination. It devolved into a screaming match (lots of laughter too - we're basically on the same side). But the point is, if we lose the Supreme Court, we will not recognize this country in 4 years.
Nov '11
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James Delingpole:
(* Though actually, I do still think four more years of Obama hell would be preferable to four-to-eight years of Romney lame-duckery. Better to have the liberal brand TOTALLY discredited than to have another conservatism-discrediting David Cameron/GWB Mk II poisoning the wells for you...) · · 3 hours ago
So the UK should have stuck with Brown for five more years until the Tories came up with a better leader?
The problem with this line of reasoning is that you could draw the complete opposite conclusion: long stretches out of power do not necessarily purify a party.
Re-electing Obama would affirm everything he has done and unleash him for four more years. Throwing him out, even if replacing him with Romney, rejects his agenda.
We have some good, if imperfect, people in Congress who do get it. We owe it to them -- not to mention the country -- to at least send them someone who won't veto bills. Sure Romney's not the solution, but we can't wait for a solution -- we have to fight for it, and we can't do that with Obama in office.
Apr '11
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Of course the "judges" argument falls apart when you consider H W Bush's appointment of Souter. I'm having a Delingpole moment. We're doomed.
Aug '10
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One word: SCOTUS!
Oct '10
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"Better to have the liberal brand TOTALLY discredited..."
The liberal brand will never be discredited, totally or partially, because that would require an unbiased press and a balanced academia (academe? academy? macadamia nuts? whatever). Which we will never have.
Liberalism will always be with us and will always be a threat to America's existence, because of the media.
Oct '10
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I am beginning to hate myself. Ricochettians are beginning to convince me that even McRomney is a necessary alternative to HRH-O.
A lifetime of disappointment with the GOP NILs (Next In Line), which is what gave us HRH-O, appears to also be the only meaningful alternative to his reign.
Venezuela has it's Chavez, we have our Obama. If the cancer that CHEvez has is truly fatal, then at least they have a certain hope that we lack.
Jul '10
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No it doesn't.
I'll take Clarence Thomas and David Souter over Kagan and Sotomayor any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
Winning by losing is a misguided strategy. Leaving aside judges, the executive branch bureaucracy, and Obamacare (Obamacare! We're gonna intentionally leave that trash in place?) the notion that four more years of Barry will lead to a denoument in which the American public suddenly value the creative destruction of free markets can charitably be described as fanciful.
That is long term educational project, not a mere byproduct of electoral strategy.
Apr '11
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James,
Speaking as someone who was personally affected by the recession (laid off though working again happily), I've had enough of the Obama hell as you put it. I'd like nothing better than to elect a president with 95% of the domestic policies of Ron Paul and the foreign policies of someone sane. However, that's not what we've got. What we do have is a likely candidate in Mitt Romney who (if he could just get his flipping act together on the campaign) might win. If he wins, we need to make sure the Senate and the House are taken by a good deal of crazy tea partiers who will act as a backstop to any of Romney's weak spined tendencies. Make sure both chambers are red and we'll be able to either limit Obama's effectiveness in his second term or repeal Obamacare in Romney's first one.
Mar '11
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david foster: "I do still think four more years of Obama hell would be preferable to four-to-eight years of Romney lame-duckery"
Completely disagree. With four more years of Obama, the Left will entrench itself so that it may never be displaceable.
Nonsense. Obama has proven himself politically inept. He is the nail in the liberal coffin. Remove that nail and a new liberal dracula will emerge. Let this man bury liberalism so we can all move on.
Besides, we have to feel this way... he's gonna win.
Feb '12
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Many things can happen between now and Nov that will tilt independents away from Obama. $5 gas, up tick in unemployment, Breitbart videos... I'm not resigning myself to 4 more years of O'disaster. I'll fight all the way. Like Breitbart said, it doesn't matter who our candidate is; he's not Obama!