This isn't exactly the kind of news a "centrist" or a "pragmatist" should get on his first day in office. CNSnews goes on:
President Barack H. Obama is poised to be the most pro-homosexual chief executive in history.
Given that Prop. 8 failed in California, this agenda isn't from the center, it's from the far left. Now, in fairness to Obama, he unveiled a large-scale agenda on his new whitehouse.gov website, not just stuff on civil rights (scroll down to the section on the LGBT community). But in fairness to all thinking people, you don't put something like this on your website unless your really liberal.
From my vantage point, I haven't decided what I think about all the issues laid out in the Civil Rights section. Some are worth considering while others seem like shoddy politics. While I generally have conservative sensibilities, I think the issue here isn't that I disagree with his agenda, but that it isn't a pragmatic agenda. It's "ideological," to use a word Obama doesn't like. While it does matter what we think about these specific issues, I'm really concerned that we just call a spade a spade. Barack Obama is really liberal, and it looks like he's going to pursue a radical ideological agenda. Let no one be fooled.
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Really good point. On a light hearted note I say if Obama can work through the major issues he faces (i.e. warS, economy to the top two) then he deserves to work on his pet projects like the ones you mention.
I think it would take a President two lifetimes to work through just those two issues so I'm not terribly concerned that these more minor issues will see any legislative daylight anytime soon. Unless of course he lives up to his super humaness that everybody has put on him!
Yeah Daniel,
That's an excellent point. The press is always sniffing around for a controversial story, and it's not like the Obama administration is issuing any press releases to this kind of thing. I just think pursuing a stringent homosexual agenda during his first term in office would reek of pettiness. I don't want to minimize these issues, but it certainly doesn't stand as "change" in the sense of a newpolitik.
Obama isn't change to something he new, he's change back to something old. You'd be surprised at what "old" ideas can do when a charismatic face is put on them.
Obama=charismatic liberal. Liberal is en vogue once again.
Reagan=charismatic conservative. Conservative is out of vogue for the time being.
There's nothing "new" or "pragmatic" about either one. They are both ideologies. I just wish Obama would own it.
I agree that Obama's agenda is decidedly on the left side. More socialist than centrist. In foreign affairs, though, world events often dictate the US response more so than the political leanings of the president. Let's watch: the support for the gay agenda may be just words, since Obama really does have more important things to concern himself with. If he really presses this, watch for the backlash.
BigWillyStyle
Yeah I agree Dad. I think it's posturing. He never really fixated on this stuff during the campaign, but I still believe that it represents his core convictions. While I generally approve of his cabinet appointments and the tact with which he's handling foreign affairs (but not the economy. How can anyone be excited about 1 trillion dollars more of deficit spending), I don't want anyone to be misled. THe press falls all over itself calling him a "new face" or a "fresh face" with "new politics" and a "new way of doing things." They're not new, he's not a pragmatist, but he is charismatic. The press will lament how fixated they've become with his personality in at least 8 years. Historical awareness always says as much.
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