Nathan Moore's Thoughts
Obama's Lips Say Reagan, But His Eyes Say Mondale
As if the 2008 election roller coaster wasn’t dizzying enough, sometimes Democrat front runner Barack Obama has invoked Ronald Reagan as a “change agent”.
Of course, Obama is correct, Reagan was an agent of change, but one for positive
change, not just change for change’s sake. There have been other, more appropriate change agents throughout history fitting for a Democrat running for president in 2008 to mention, just not all of them have been successful. For instance, if Barack Obama wants to go back to the Reagan era, he certainly can find his patron saint of change in Reagan’s second opponent.
Mondale was as much interested in change as anyone. But it was bad change, poorly delivered, and the voters buried him for it. Truth is, Obama is as presumptuous about Ronald Reagan as Hillary Clinton was with Margaret Thatcher. He has virtually nothing in common with Ronald Reagan’s idea of change and individual empowerment. Obama’s world view and extraordinarily liberal record, wrought with a marked distrust of individualism, makes him more appropriately the political progeny of Walter Mondale than Ronald Reagan. The difference between Obama and Mondale is one of superficiality. Obama is a smoother campaigner, who has a better mastery of what to say when, and what not to say ever, than Mondale did. Substantively, where it counts, the two are nearly indistinguishable, but Mondale lost a record 49 states in 1984 – I don’t see Obama bringing him up anytime soon.
Anyway, it’s too late for all that. Mr. Mondale has already endorsed the other sometimes Democrat front runner .
January 17th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
[...] Nathan Moore is not taking the bait on a YouTube clip where Democratic candidate Barack Obama puts himself beside Ronald Reagan: Mondale was as much interested in change as anyone. But it was bad change, poorly delivered, and the voters buried him for it. Truth is, Obama is as presumptuous about Ronald Reagan as Hillary Clinton was with Margaret Thatcher. He has virtually nothing in common with Ronald Reagan’s idea of change and individual empowerment. Obama’s world view and extraordinarily liberal record, wrought with a marked distrust of individualism, makes him more appropriately the political progeny of Walter Mondale than Ronald Reagan. The difference between Obama and Mondale is one of superficiality. Obama is a smoother campaigner, who has a better mastery of what to say when, and what not to say ever, than Mondale did. Substantively, where it counts, the two are nearly indistinguishable, but Mondale lost a record 49 states in 1984 – I don’t see Obama bringing him up anytime soon. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]