A College Student Gets It: Obama Is Dangerous

Chelsie West, a junior at Colorado State University wrote an Op-Ed for the S. Colorado paper "The Pueblo Chieftian".  She gets it:

"I am not claiming Obama is a fascist. I am saying Obama does not have as much to offer the United States or Pueblo County as his avid supporters believe.  Obama doesn't give us any substance. Where's the beef?"

The left is seen as liberal. Most Democrats are liberals whose ideas are closer to communism or socialism than Republicans. Democrats want universal health care, for everyone to be taken care of no matter what. The state owns everything and everyone gets an equal share. Great, but what sort of quality would this universal health care offer? That's something to question your political idols on.

The extreme right is no better. Hitler was a fascist. Extreme right-wing politics often leads to fascism, separates classes and is a very Darwinist, survival-of-the-fittest idea where those who are unfit are often left in the dark.

Republicans are conservatives because they believe in capitalism and free-market trade. The American dream is based on these traditional beliefs. No matter who you are, if you work hard, you'll succeed.

I went on an Obama Web site, but I had to "join" his campaign - before I could even see or just browse and investigate what I was joining. I didn't join. At the top of the Obama Web site was his quote: "I'm asking you to believe. Not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington. I'm asking you to believe in yours."

What does that mean? Believe in what?

Speaking in generalizations and abstractions is a great way to sway people. We don't know what Obama's ideas are. It's creepy and disturbing that people are hypnotized to the point of listening to someone who says nothing.

Comments

It is nice to see that not all young people are mindless lemmings, who just follow the trail of popularity.

I was once told that the right thing is not always the popular thing.