Three years ago, I wrote an article in which I made some very specific predictions about the incoming Obama administration. I wrote the piece in the form of a letter to my pro-Obama friends and said that by the end of his term, Obama’s administration would not look very different from that of George W. Bush. I told them that if I was wrong about my predictions, I would re-think all of my beliefs about our political system and about politics generally, and if I turned out to be right, I asked them to do the same.
I don’t know if any of my friends took me up on my challenge – I’m guessing they didn’t, since I never heard from any of them about it. But I do know that many of them are disappointed in what Obama has done so far, and that many are feeling hopeless about the upcoming election, resigned to their belief that there is "no better alternative." Incredibly, some of them plan to vote for Obama again.
It is for this reason that I would like to revisit those predictions I made three years ago. I still have nearly a year to go, but I think it is clear to anyone paying attention that Obama is not the pro-peace, pro-civil liberties candidate many of his supporters believed him to be. Nor is he going to "fix" the economy anytime soon. What may not be so clear though is that there is a better alternative. It also may not be clear that there is a way to support that alternative without sacrificing the option to vote for Obama in the general election.
So let’s look at those predictions. If we’re already on the same page about Obama’s presidency, then just skip this part and go to the last section of this article to read about the better alternative.
I confined my predictions to the areas where I believed my pro-Obama friends and I shared common ground: A desire to end our country’s wars of aggression around the world; A desire to see our basic civil liberties protected; and a desire to have a healthy economy. Here is what I wrote, and here’s what has happened:
Foreign Policy:
At the end of Obama's first four-year term:
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5 comments:
I think it's very clear-vote for anybody other than Obama. He's had his chance to make things right and he has failed. Time to put someone else in there and try their hand. Only a fool would follow a dead end road to nowhere with so many question marks.
Obama will be re-elected in a landslide. He has accomplished more than he is given credit for. Besides, there isn't a Republican candidate left with an ounce of self respect. They have all whored themselves to the lunatic fringe of the party. Won't play well in a general election.
the only hope left is that obama is gone next year.... i really hope and pray people arent stupid enough to vote for him again
The very sad part of this is he will be elected to a second term with all the black votes and all the illegal mexican votes , my prediction is around 60, 000,000.
Welcome to the socialist party of Obama.
I would vote for anybody but Obama I would even vote for a monkey over Obama. He could probably do a better job, The only thing wrong with that is it would be to hard to tell them apart.
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