"The Name Game": Would These People Endorse Obama if he were Socalist?
Posted: Wednesday, October 22, 2008
by Walter Rhett
Charleston Perlo
Would these distinguished names endorse
Barack Obama if he were a socialist? Is he a socialist? Or is the
government seizure and take over, allocation and distribution,
ownership, debt guarantees, and offers of capital to private assets
of banks, investment and financial firms socialism?
Below, is a partial list of Barack
Obama endorsers, who support him for President. These endorsers have
distinguished service in government, wide experience, and the skills
and insight to evaluate Barack Obama's economic plans and foreign
policy. They value integrity, and their reputations. They see no red
flags, or find any "danger," "risk," or "socialism."
Madeleine Albright, Former Secretary of
State.
Warren Christopher, former Secretary of
State.
Colin Powell, former Secretary of
State, national security Advisor, and Chair, The Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
Zvigniew Brezinski, former National
Security Advisor.
Ken Adelman, current member, Pentagon's
Defense Policy Board, former Director of the US Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency, former advisor to Ronald Regan.
Clifford Alexander, Jr. former
Secretary of the Army.
Merrill A. McPeak, retired four-star
General and Secretary of the US Air Force during Operation Desert
Storm.
Wesley Clark, former Supreme Allied
Commander Europe of NATO.
Major General Scott Gration,
(USAF-Ret), former Director of Strategy, Policy, and Assessments of
the United States European Command.
Larry Sommers, former Secretary of the
Treasury. Former President of Harvard College.
Paul O'Neil, former Secretary of the
Treasury under George W. Bush.
Robert Rubin, former Secretary of the
Treasury.
Federico Pena, former Secretary of
Transportation and former Secretary of Energy.
Here's a list of endorsers from well
known political families.
Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of
President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Julie Nixon Eisenhower, daughter of
President Richard Nixon.
Kathleen Hensley Portalski, half-sister
of Cindy Henley McCain (John McCain's wife).
Christopher Buckley, son of William F.
Buckley, conservative, talk show host, and founder of the National
Review.
Rabbi Ethan Tucker, Joe Lieberman's
stepson.
Others include:
Judy Blume, popular young adult writer.
Garrison Keillor., writer, NPR radio
personality.
Maxine Hong Kingston, writer.
Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize winning
novelist, writer.
J. K. Rowling, creator/writer of the
Harry Potter series.
(She's English.)
Over 40 Nobel Laureate scientists.
Annette Bening, Ellen Burstyn, Nick
Cannon, Tom Hanks, George Clooney, Sally Field, Charlize Theron,
Denzel Washington, actors.
And here's a brief list of Republicans
supporting Barack Obama>
Jim Leach, former Congressman, Iowa.
Lincoln Chafee, former senator, Rhode
Island.
Lowell Weicker, former Governor and
Senator, Connecticut.
Jim Whitaker, Mayor of Fairbanks,
Alaska.
Linwood Holton, former governor of
Virgina.
Rita Hauser, former White House
intelligence advisor to George W. Bush.
Francis Fukuyuama, former advisor to
Ronald Reagan.
For a more extensive list of endorsers,
including organizations, labor unions, newspapers, and elected
officials including governors and senators, athletes, native American
communities, and environmental groups, click:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obama_endorsements
While endorsements are simply
individual announcements of support for a candidate, together they do
constitute a considered judgment by people from varying walks of
life. These endorsements stand in contrast to the pounding on
marginal associations with William Ayers (who was once "Citizen of
the Year" in Chicago, for his work on school reform) and others.
What do you think?
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Thanks for reading!
"While endorsements are simply individual announcements of support for a candidate, together they do constitute a considered judgment by people from varying walks of life."
What you said in that paragraph is what I think.
A lot of second guessing people's wisdom in this campaign, but I suppose all sides are guilty of doing the same.I am also prone to inferences based on certain attributes. Sarah Palin spoke before a crowd of about 6,000 in Maine, and said, "I feel right at home. I see a lot of Carhardt (construction worker's clothing brand) and steel toes." Her cheer leading squad wore NRA hats, camouflage, you know where this is going...
Anyway, if the old saying is true that a person may be judged by his company, then I see Obama keeps more good company than bad. Simple mathematics yields a favorable outcome.
Thanks Gregory for your careful reading, and terrific insights. You grasp my point, sometimes more implicit than direct: and that is the process, to protect the process! I'm not actually supporting Obama in this piece but trying to tone down the extremes--and the fears they trigger. Disgreements? Fine! Healthy! But a constant litany of labels, one word characterizations--these should be challenged for the sake of the process! So here's the other side! If Obama is socialist, then by logic, his supporters/endorsers must be, or all be duped! The claim crumbles when you realize a wide number of folk who would know, don't think so! Now back to the real disagreements of health care, the economy, foreign policy, energy, trade, infra-structure development, education!
hi walter,i think this was an excellent article, since even though these facts could be gotten, i didn't get them, so i got to read them through your article. i found it very interesting who backs obama. a wide range and diversity.thanks for sharing this with us,best regards,sue
An impressive list which one suspects the other side could match just as well. In fact I'm not tatally sure on everyone but most mentioned are members of the CFR and or supporters of the Global agenda. In my opinion they don't see Socialism or any system in the same light as many Americans. They speak of democracy, what form matters not. As for keeping company, all birds of the same feather regardless of party and by nature of fact. It is by their works that we shall know them. What they support, do or fail to do.
This tries to minimize the extremes by facts, to show that Obams should not be marginalized or labeled as extreme.
What puzzles me is why no one is asking candidates about how this administration is already using the Amero to pay some of our debt to China.The Council on Foreign Relations has supported regional and global currencies designed to replace nationally issued currencies.In an article in the May/June issue of Foreign Affairs, entitled “The End of National Currency,” CFR economist Benn Steil asserts the dollar is a temporary currency.Steil concluded “countries should abandon monetary nationalism,” moving to adopt regional currencies, on the road to a global “one world currency.”WND previously reported Steve Previs, a vice president at Jeffries International Ltd. in London, said the amero “is the proposed new currency for the North American Community which is being developed right now between Canada, the U.S., and Mexico.”A video clip of the CNBC interview in November with Jeffries is now available at YouTube.com.WND also has reported a continued slide in the value of the dollar on world currency markets could set up conditions in which the adoption of the amero as a North American currency gains momentum.Things that make you go Hummmm....
I think its very sad that republicans are reduced to slinging mud at the democratic presidential candidate. Personally, I think Obama will make a fine president if he gets in. I think former great repubicans would shudder how far to the extreme right the party has been dragged by these carpetbaggers.Blog after so-called republican blog is a diatribe of out and out hate mongering.As for this article, frankly it isn't one and though it might contain interesting facts, it does not really belong on search warp in my opinion.I see your point of view. But writing--the pieces we call "articles"--can take on a variety of forms. Labeling--and limiting--anyone or thing by its form--is exactly what this "piece" is about. In essence, it is an article. It offers a premise (posed as a question), cites a long list of interesting examples/facts, each allowing the reader to react based on his/her knowledge/response, and juxaposes this list against the words the McCain uses to describe Obama. It contrasts these words and these people to make a point.That is, by definition, an article: its form is comparison/contrast, its facts are the narrative (the names were ordered and selected for interesting reading), and the main idea is in the initial question. Sorry you didn't find the form.
I myself have been very impressed by the fact that many current and former military men are backing Obama. Especially since Democrats aren't so prone to become involved in every squabble that pops up around the world. I see this as a sign of CHANGE--something that we need desperately and are hoping to see this time around. Thanks for a great article, Walter.Sandra
