Comments on: …And Obama’s Like Reagan, Not Stevenson http://mondoweiss.net/2008/03/and-obamas-like.html The War of Ideas in the Middle East Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:08:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Richard Witty http://mondoweiss.net/2008/03/and-obamas-like.html/comment-page-1#comment-62728 Richard Witty Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/03/23/and-obamas-like.html#comment-62728 <p>Obama's not like Reagan. Obama's like Obama. If anything his politics are analagous to John Kennedy, who also was compared to Stevenson, but with oratory.</p> <p>(Obama is running far to the left of Kennedy's candidacy. That isn't saying much, as Kennedy as Congressman and Senator was very staunchly a cold war activist, untested though, similar to Obama. Anybody remember the Cuban missile crisis, in which Kruschev sought to test out Kennedy's resolve after the embarrassment of the Bay of Pigs? It would happen again with Obama likely.)</p> Obama's not like Reagan. Obama's like Obama. If anything his politics are analagous to John Kennedy, who also was compared to Stevenson, but with oratory.

(Obama is running far to the left of Kennedy's candidacy. That isn't saying much, as Kennedy as Congressman and Senator was very staunchly a cold war activist, untested though, similar to Obama. Anybody remember the Cuban missile crisis, in which Kruschev sought to test out Kennedy's resolve after the embarrassment of the Bay of Pigs? It would happen again with Obama likely.)

]]> By: the Sword of Gideon http://mondoweiss.net/2008/03/and-obamas-like.html/comment-page-1#comment-62729 the Sword of Gideon Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/03/23/and-obamas-like.html#comment-62729 <p>Personally I think that the 1948 Henry Wallace comparison is the way to go here.</p> Personally I think that the 1948 Henry Wallace comparison is the way to go here.

]]> By: Montag http://mondoweiss.net/2008/03/and-obamas-like.html/comment-page-1#comment-62730 Montag Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/03/23/and-obamas-like.html#comment-62730 <p>Reagan's "Morning In America" commercial was released in his 1984 re-election campaign, not 1980. The beginning phrase, "It's morning again in America," was meant to indicate that Reagan had already turned back the night in his first term and his second term would be glorious.</p> Reagan's "Morning In America" commercial was released in his 1984 re-election campaign, not 1980. The beginning phrase, "It's morning again in America," was meant to indicate that Reagan had already turned back the night in his first term and his second term would be glorious.

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