McClellan backs Obama
Let me put on my big surprise face: Scott McClellan, President Bush's former press secretary who wrote a book bashing Bush (apparently after figuring out that changing from his original less anti-Bush approach wouldn't be as satisfying for his ego or his bank account) has publicly endorsed Barack Obama.
Appropriately enough, he made his presidential preference public during a taping of a comedian's talk show.
Apparently McClellan said Barack Obama was more likely to change Washington. That sounds a lot like the reasoning we might have heard in Berlin in 1933.
Don't people realize that "change" means not just changing from something but also to something? And are Americans truly so blinded by disgust of what they want to change from that they're willing to change to whomever promises to be the most change without regard to the damage that change will cause? [It seems fairly clear the answer to that question is "yes".]
So let's be very clear: A bitter sell-out who was tossed out of the Bush Administration for incompetence because he didn't have the courage of his convictions to just quit just endorsed Barack Obama. If one is judged by ones enemies, then John McCain should be a proud man today.
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10/24/08 @ 07:26:39 am
"The New Yorker" this week has an article about Barr. If you want a definition of political opportunism you should look under Barr. It started when he was a freshman and joined the college democrats, which his parents told him if he didn't quit they'd stop paying his tuition. So he joined the college Republicans.
I won't rehash the differences between his present positions and his history.
And I say this, Ross, as a guy who was edging toward voting Libertarian because of the way civil liberties have been trashed for the past seven years. But not this Libertarian.
10/24/08 @ 07:30:23 am
Bob,
I understand and I know you think this may sound crazy, but I didn't care who the candidate was as long as it was the Libertarian candidate.
Furthermore, don't you believe that people learn things over time?
You can't seriously argue that someone changing parties or beliefs in college, for almost any reason, says a lot about that person as a 50- or 60-year old man.
Ross