Comments on: Why Would this Fiscal Conservative Support Obama? Toxicity.

By: Joanne (T.B.)

Joanne (T.B.) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:59:48 +0000

Well as you said yourself, it’s the classic case of campaigning to the left (or right) and governing in the centre. In a democracy it just can’t work any other way.

People will end up disillusioned on the far left and there will be some on the right that will say he wasn’t so bad after all.

(IMHO)

By: Cynapse

Cynapse — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:14:45 +0000

True enough. of course this hardly constitutes “change” but again that’s on the heads of O’s acolytes.

By: Joanne (T.B.)

Joanne (T.B.) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:27:04 +0000

Regarding the auto bailouts, I don’t think that any Government wants to be the one that has the demise of the auto industry occurring on their watch.

By: Cynapse

Cynapse — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:22:02 +0000

Hi Joanne:

Thanks for your reply. The one thing I do see in Obama is that he’s proposing to the left and acting to the center. Lots of partisan drama will take place over the next few years but in distant history I don’t believe his term will be seen as remarkable beyond the historic properties.

The one sore spot is of course the auto bailouts. Why should US taxpayers rescue a company that:

1) Has a dwindling share of a constricting industry
2) Can only reorganize itself effectively by moving jobs belonging to the taxpayers offshore

Canadian taxpayers are getting hosed even worse in that regard, with both Chrysler and GM shutting down Canadian plants.

By: Joanne (T.B.)

Joanne (T.B.) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:15:33 +0000

Excellent post, Cynapse. You’re exactly right. Anyone hoping that Obama fails is basically hoping that the U.S. economy, the Canadian economy and so many others will fail too.

This is a time for everyone to be working together and putting petty politics aside.

And I notice that POTUS gains more and more experience, he realizes that those lofty, ideological promises are hard to keep in real life and compromises often have to be struck.