All this kid has done is rehash the same modernized Burkean theories the Republicans have been preaching for the past few decades. It doesn't take any articulation or intelligence. It takes the ability to read an Ann Coulter book and watch a Ronald Reagan speech and then summarize, summarize, summarize! Something most people have been doing since Elementary school book reports.
Proggy is right with his "criticism (though calling that criticism is really pushing the term)" anyway. A fourteen year old kid saying this is the most anything he's seen in his life time is stupid. That aside, calling Obama the most far-left wing politician just shows how much this kid actually knows about politics. All it takes is watching CSPAN once and seeing Kucinich or someone along those lines speak to realize that Obama isn't as far left as it gets. In fact if you look at his policies you'd see he isn't as much a Marxist or Liberal as people think, in fact he's a centrist that leans to the left. I realize this runs contrary to what the media and CPAC tells you, and I don't know how to break this to you, but all mainstream politicians are centrists with slight leanings. People just too get caught up in "What!? He supports abortion and civil unions?" To realize the difference between mainstream fiscal Conservatism and Liberalism comes down to who gets taxed and who gets to reap government benefits.
Now as for your comment, Dac, about conservatism being agreeable...I don't know where to begin. For one, you should know "value life" is just a nuanced way of saying "ban abortion" which runs contrary to his "limit government" sentiment. The conservative party and this associations this kid has, don't want to limit government, they want to limit government when the Republican party isn't in power. Bush went from a surplus to a two trillion dollar deficit and pissed all over the name of constitution in the name of national security. The Republican party, and CPAC, are in no place to talk about limited government and respecting the constitution because historically they never have. As far as "Personal Responsibility" that just means eliminating welfare programs and a flat tax. Modern conservatism has nothing to do with those ideas as they appear at face value, it has everything to do with promoting a society where the rich get richer and the poor stay poorer. That is what this kid is preaching, if it was what you seem to think it is...he'd be speaking at Libertarian convention instead of being Rush Limbaugh's opening act.
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