How to refute Obama apologists with a single sentence

Posted on August 21, 2010 by admin

Not that it will make much difference but here goes.

I would vote every single time for a classic liberal aka “conservative” who happens to be a black Muslim born in the Sudan running for president of the United States against a left-wing statist aka “liberal progressive” who is a white Christian born in Boston.

Is that clear enough for some people?

(I am aware that not everyone who defends the Obama administration plays the “conservatives just hate anyone who is not white not Christian not American” card. But boy there seem to be an awful lot of them. Some of them are “friends” on Facebook. For the record I do not agree with those who think President Obama is a Muslim and/or that he was born outside the United States.)

I know I have been trying to steer away from commenting on politics but my patience with ignorant nonsense – some of it coming from friends and colleagues – is wearing mighty thin.

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  • Tim

    I’m absolutely with you in principle, except that I don’t believe that classical liberalism and conservatism are simply alternate terms for the same political philosophy. “Left” and “right” aren’t the only alternatives and there’s a good argument to be made that classical liberalism doesn’t even belong on the same axis.

  • admin

    That’s a great point and you’re right. Hayek explains well the distinction between (1) concern for individual liberty and (2) conservatism. Part of what I am trying to do is reclaim the term “liberal(ism)”. Many people we call “conservatives” are classic liberals. But not all. I would like to hear more about “not on the same axis”. Thanks for the excellent comment.