[quote=briansd1][quote=Veritas]
Not that I want this interesting thread to end, but I have to say the H. word. Hitler made a lot of promises to Germany and the perception by the people that he was going to make them a strong country and the fact that he delivered on those promises helped get him elected. I am not saying Obama has anything to do with Hitler. What I am saying is he made a lot of promises and he has not delivered.[/quote]
The fact that so many on the right like to compare Obama to Hitler is interesting. You hear that over and over again on right-wing talk radio.
As Allan said, Obama is anything but Hitler. He’s trying to mediate and be all things to all people.
I beleive that the issue of race is very much alive but unspoken. As the first Black president, Obama has no choice but to equivocate so at to seem reasonable to all parties.
SK and well-educated Americans don’t have problems with race, but this country is very diverse…
Going big on a jobs program will get Obama labeled a communist real quick. Obama pretty much adopted a Republian health care plan, and he was maligned by the right.
I don’t blame Obama’s pragmatism. He’s doing what he must.[/quote]
Brian: Are you being intentionally obtuse or what? Veritas CLEARLY stated he was NOT comparing Obama to Hitler. Rather, he was drawing a historical parallel to Hitler’s promise of strengthening Germany through his jobs program and re-industrialization.
Using Obama’s race as an explanation for his constant retreating and appeasement of the Republicans is categorically ridiculous. Please offer ONE fact that supports that assertion. Just ONE. Obama’s policies have NOTHING to do with race and the Left in this country seems pathologically unable to quit playing the race card (which also ties in nicely to the “class warfare” meme). Uh, Brian, the 1960s ended over two generations ago. Move on and let it go, man.
Obama is a weak and ineffectual leader and has proved nearly Republican in terms of policies and programs. As SK astutely points out, he was NEVER a Democrat (in the grand sense of the word) and even his most starry-eyed supporters (save you) have tumbled to this reality.
