Fallacious Belief of Obama Supporter #1: The World Will Like Us More if Obama is Elected
One common rallying point for why Barack Obama would be a better leader for America is that America has fallen out of favor with Europe and the rest of the world and that, since they seem to prefer Obama, we can mend some broken fences by electing the world's choice. Liberals need to look no further than the nearest mirror to see why this can hardly be expected.
Rewind to primary season. Which Republican candidates were getting the most love from the crowd outside of the conservative base? One of them was John McCain. The reason? He was viewed as one of the least conservative candidates due to his willingness to break from the party line and actually side with Democrats on certain issues. My liberal friends (here in grad school that means pretty much all of my local friends) would say "you guys should nominate McCain, I think he'd be a good choice... I could live with him!" Translation: if Hillary/Barack loses, then this is the least of all possible evils. Now that McCain IS the nominee it's impossible to get a kind word from these friends about the senator. "McCain's so rich he doesn't know how many houses he has," "McCain voted with Bush too much," etc. All that nominating McCain has done is to shift the ticket's line to the political center, and thus to shift the center of the issues to the left. So what did we, as conservatives, get in return for nominating Democrats' favorite Republican? Nothing but the hijacking of our conservative ideals and a victory for liberals in their battle with conservatives.
So what can we expect from the world if Barack Obama becomes the next president? Will Europeans begin to think that Americans are great and fall in step behind us on all endeavors? I won't hold my breath. The main reason that the world wants to see Obama elected president is that they want what we have: the money and the power. Liberals succeeded in weakening the conservative influence on the American politcal scene, and the rest of the world hopes to weaken the status of the United States as a world power. They look at the two candidates and conclude that Obama will be softer than John McCain. But worse than jealous European "allies" weakening our influence in the world will be the response of our enemies. On election day, for whom do you think that the likes of Putin, Chavez, and Ahmadinejad will be "casting" their ballot: the war hero who isn't afraid to take a stand, or the community organizer who seems more interested in playing nice than playing to win?
Liberals are sure that an Obama presidency will restore the good will that they feel has been squandered by George Bush. What they will get is a weakened America and emboldened enemies. Joe Biden himself said that, if he and Obama are elected to office, America will face an international crisis within six months.
It shouldn't be surprising to hear the truth from a top-ranking democrat; the 180 that liberals pulled on McCain is still fresh in their minds.
Rewind to primary season. Which Republican candidates were getting the most love from the crowd outside of the conservative base? One of them was John McCain. The reason? He was viewed as one of the least conservative candidates due to his willingness to break from the party line and actually side with Democrats on certain issues. My liberal friends (here in grad school that means pretty much all of my local friends) would say "you guys should nominate McCain, I think he'd be a good choice... I could live with him!" Translation: if Hillary/Barack loses, then this is the least of all possible evils. Now that McCain IS the nominee it's impossible to get a kind word from these friends about the senator. "McCain's so rich he doesn't know how many houses he has," "McCain voted with Bush too much," etc. All that nominating McCain has done is to shift the ticket's line to the political center, and thus to shift the center of the issues to the left. So what did we, as conservatives, get in return for nominating Democrats' favorite Republican? Nothing but the hijacking of our conservative ideals and a victory for liberals in their battle with conservatives.
So what can we expect from the world if Barack Obama becomes the next president? Will Europeans begin to think that Americans are great and fall in step behind us on all endeavors? I won't hold my breath. The main reason that the world wants to see Obama elected president is that they want what we have: the money and the power. Liberals succeeded in weakening the conservative influence on the American politcal scene, and the rest of the world hopes to weaken the status of the United States as a world power. They look at the two candidates and conclude that Obama will be softer than John McCain. But worse than jealous European "allies" weakening our influence in the world will be the response of our enemies. On election day, for whom do you think that the likes of Putin, Chavez, and Ahmadinejad will be "casting" their ballot: the war hero who isn't afraid to take a stand, or the community organizer who seems more interested in playing nice than playing to win?
Liberals are sure that an Obama presidency will restore the good will that they feel has been squandered by George Bush. What they will get is a weakened America and emboldened enemies. Joe Biden himself said that, if he and Obama are elected to office, America will face an international crisis within six months.
It shouldn't be surprising to hear the truth from a top-ranking democrat; the 180 that liberals pulled on McCain is still fresh in their minds.
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