October
30th 2012
Posted under Election 2012 & Interventionism
“Obama is is a weak little man whose only saving grace is his laziness, while Romney’s greatest strength, his executive competence, only makes him the more dangerous candidate for the country.” Vox Day
Which man would you prefer to hold the power of life and death in his hands – the Choomba King, or the aggressive go-getter? Just a thought.
Matt Weber on 30 Oct 2012 at 3:17 pm #
Echoes my thoughts. Obama is a lousy president, but his lousiness is mostly tempered by being rather lazy and unambitious. The ambitious Bush gave us Iraq, the lazy Obama gives us Libya. Both fiascoes, but one a huge fiasco and the other a small fiasco. What many liberals seem to interpret as Obama’s “conservativeness” looks to me like this same lack of ambition. He’s a committed leftist, he just doesn’t want to work very hard at it.
If this holds through O’s second term, and the Republicans don’t lose control of Congress, then O would probably leave in 2016 a disgrace.
Then again, he could just issue another executive order ala the amnesty and ignore congress entirely. So, it’s a gamble. I recommend vote third party for president and Republican for House/Senate.
Weaver on 30 Oct 2012 at 3:17 pm #
Lol, this is a valid point indeed.
Weaver on 30 Oct 2012 at 3:22 pm #
Were something big to happen though, Big O could turn it into a disaster.
Dubya likely allowed his advisers talk him into the Iraq War. He was weak too.
Bruce on 30 Oct 2012 at 3:53 pm #
Vox’s counsel makes sense if you think the most important thing is keeping us out of wars or, at least, big wars. For me, the national question is the most important issue. Obama’s most likely worse on the national question. Romney will say anything on this issue to get elected but is less likely to act on leftist impulses after elected.
HarrisonBergeron2 on 30 Oct 2012 at 4:58 pm #
Matt Weber,
“He’s a committed leftist, he just doesn’t want to work very hard at it.”
Perfect!
HarrisonBergeron2 on 30 Oct 2012 at 4:59 pm #
Weaver,
True, but the same is true of Willard. Who knows what he’ll do – he’s squishy on immigration, and has more drive than O. Ambitious men are scary.
HarrisonBergeron2 on 30 Oct 2012 at 5:00 pm #
Bruce,
I’m afraid Willard’s only impulse is to win, no matter the cost. He’ll shape-shift into anything that’ll give him what he wants.
Bruce on 30 Oct 2012 at 5:22 pm #
HB2,
Right, but it might not be to Willard’s advantage to shape-shift into a national-question-leftist. Obongo, no matter the circumstances, will be a national-question-leftist.
Kirt Higdon on 30 Oct 2012 at 6:08 pm #
The biggest danger of Romney winning is that he’ll have a Republican House and maybe the Senate too. All he needs is a tie to get the latter. Government gridlock caused by petty partisan bickering would be a gift. But I can’t stand either of them. I already early voted, writing in Ron Paul. It doesn’t matter; Romney will carry Texas by a bigger margin than McCain did.
CorkyAgain on 30 Oct 2012 at 6:15 pm #
Obama might be lazy, but the team around and behind him doesn’t seem to be.
If you think his administration depends on him being something more than a figurehead, you’ve got the wrong organizational model.
Nate Weinstein on 31 Oct 2012 at 2:11 am #
So you would rather have a lazy liberal than a conservative go getter? I don’t follow your logic.
Matt Weber on 31 Oct 2012 at 2:16 am #
I would rather have a conservative go getter, but what does that have to do with Mitt Romney?
Nate Weinstein on 31 Oct 2012 at 2:34 am #
Matt Webber,
Are you implying that a governor who eliminated a 1.5 billion dollar deficit in his state is in somehow not sufficiently conservative?
Bruce on 31 Oct 2012 at 2:10 pm #
HB2,
There’s a “who should we vote for” symposium over at TAC. Your position sounds similar to Justin Raimondo’s. My thinking is more like Peter Brimelow’s. However, unlike Brimelow, I recognize that Obama is probably more dangerous on the national question.
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-conservative-vote-a-symposium/#raimondo
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-conservative-vote-a-symposium/#brimelow
HarrisonBergeron2 on 31 Oct 2012 at 10:19 pm #
Bruce,
Thanks for posting that. I submitted a comment there (which is yet to be approved).