....conservatives should vote for Obama:

10. A body blow to racial identity politics. An end to the era of
Jesse Jackson in black America.

9. Less debt. Yes, Obama will raise taxes on those earning over a
quarter of a million. And he will spend on healthcare, Iraq, Afghanistan
and the environment. But so will McCain. He plans more spending on
health, the environment and won't touch defense of entitlements. And his
refusal to touch taxes means an extra $4 trillion in debt over the
massive increase presided over by Bush. And the CBO estimates that
McCain's plans will add more to the debt over four years than Obama's.
Fiscal conservatives have a clear choice.

8. A return to realism and prudence in foreign policy. Obama has
consistently cited the foreign policy of George H. W. Bush as his
inspiration. McCain's knee-jerk reaction to the Georgian conflict, his
commitment to stay in Iraq indefinitely, and his brinksmanship over
Iran's nuclear ambitions make him a far riskier choice for
conservatives. The choice between Obama and McCain is like the choice
between George H.W. Bush's first term and George W.'s.

7. An ability to understand the difference between listening to
generals and delegating foreign policy to them.

6. Temperament. Obama has the coolest, calmest demeanor of any
president since Eisenhower. Conservatism values that kind of constancy,
especially cmopared with the hot-headed, irrational impulsiveness of McCain.

5. Faith. Obama's fusion of Christianity and reason, his
non-fundamentalist faith, is a critical bridge between the new atheism
and the new Christianism.

4. A truce in the culture war. Obama takes us past the debilitating
boomer warfare that has raged since the 1960s. Nothing has distorted our
politics so gravely; nothing has made a rational politics more elusive.

3. Two words: President Palin.

2. Conservative reform. Until conservatism can get a distance from
the big-spending, privacy-busting, debt-ridden, crony-laden,
fundamentalist, intolerant, incompetent and arrogant faux conservatism
of the Bush-Cheney years, it will never regain a coherent message to
actually govern this country again. The survival of conservatism
requires a temporary eclipse of today's Republicanism. Losing would be
the best thing to happen to conservatism since 1964. Back then,
conservatives lost in a landslide for the right reasons. Now,
Republicans are losing in a landslide for the wrong reasons.

1. The War Against Islamist terror. The strategy deployed by Bush
and Cheney has failed. It has failed to destroy al Qaeda, except in a
country, Iraq, where their presence was minimal before the US invasion.
It has failed to bring any of the terrorists to justice, instead
creating the excresence of Gitmo, torture, secret sites, and the
collapse of America's reputation abroad. It has empowered Iran, allowed
al Qaeda to regroup in Pakistan, made the next vast generation of
Muslims loathe America, and imperiled our alliances. We need smarter
leadership of the war: balancing force with diplomacy, hard power with
better p.r., deploying strategy rather than mere tactics, and
self-confidence rather than a bunker mentality.

Those conservatives who remain convinced, as I do, that Islamist
terror remains the greatest threat to the West cannot risk a
perpetuation of the failed Manichean worldview of the past eight years,
and cannot risk the possibility of McCain making rash decisions in the
middle of a potentially catastrophic global conflict. If you are serious
about the war on terror and believe it is a war we have to win, the only
serious candidate is Barack Obama.

From Andrew Sullivan

--
A Harry Krause truism:

"It's not a *baby* kicking, beautiful bride, it's just a fetus!"
[A Narcissistic Hypocrite]

Boater wrote:
...conservatives should vote for Obama:

10. A body blow to racial identity politics. An end to the era of
Jesse Jackson in black America.

Yeah right.

9. Less debt. Yes, Obama will raise taxes on those earning over a
quarter of a million. And he will spend on healthcare, Iraq, Afghanistan
and the environment. But so will McCain. He plans more spending on
health, the environment and won't touch defense of entitlements. And his
refusal to touch taxes means an extra $4 trillion in debt over the
massive increase presided over by Bush. And the CBO estimates that
McCain's plans will add more to the debt over four years than Obama's.
Fiscal conservatives have a clear choice.

Tax and spend, tax and spend, tax and spend.

8. A return to realism and prudence in foreign policy. Obama has
consistently cited the foreign policy of George H. W. Bush as his
inspiration. McCain's knee-jerk reaction to the Georgian conflict, his
commitment to stay in Iraq indefinitely, and his brinksmanship over
Iran's nuclear ambitions make him a far riskier choice for
conservatives. The choice between Obama and McCain is like the choice
between George H.W. Bush's first term and George W.'s.

We need to get back to the foreign policy of Ronald Reagan. Don't be
afraid to get up and walk out, get in the helicopter, board air force
one and come back to DC and leave the other guy wonder what happened.

7. An ability to understand the difference between listening to
generals and delegating foreign policy to them.

Generals are schooled in foreign policy more so than any Senator could
ever dream of.

6. Temperament. Obama has the coolest, calmest demeanor of any
president since Eisenhower. Conservatism values that kind of constancy,
especially cmopared with the hot-headed, irrational impulsiveness of
McCain.

Wait until someone says no!

5. Faith. Obama's fusion of Christianity and reason, his
non-fundamentalist faith, is a critical bridge between the new atheism
and the new Christianism.

Fused Christianity, where's the alter? Which direction do we kneel when
we pray?

4. A truce in the culture war. Obama takes us past the debilitating
boomer warfare that has raged since the 1960s. Nothing has distorted our
politics so gravely; nothing has made a rational politics more elusive.

He will heat up the culture war.

3. Two words: President Palin.

Three words: Madam President Palin.

2. Conservative reform. Until conservatism can get a distance from
the big-spending, privacy-busting, debt-ridden, crony-laden,
fundamentalist, intolerant, incompetent and arrogant faux conservatism
of the Bush-Cheney years, it will never regain a coherent message to
actually govern this country again. The survival of conservatism
requires a temporary eclipse of today's Republicanism. Losing would be
the best thing to happen to conservatism since 1964. Back then,
conservatives lost in a landslide for the right reasons. Now,
Republicans are losing in a landslide for the wrong reasons.

We need to move Republicans back the far right of the Republican party.
Forget this compassionate conservatism crap. If you want it work for it.

1. The War Against Islamist terror. The strategy deployed by Bush
and Cheney has failed. It has failed to destroy al Qaeda, except in a
country, Iraq, where their presence was minimal before the US invasion.
It has failed to bring any of the terrorists to justice, instead
creating the excresence of Gitmo, torture, secret sites, and the
collapse of America's reputation abroad. It has empowered Iran, allowed
al Qaeda to regroup in Pakistan, made the next vast generation of
Muslims loathe America, and imperiled our alliances. We need smarter
leadership of the war: balancing force with diplomacy, hard power with
better p.r., deploying strategy rather than mere tactics, and
self-confidence rather than a bunker mentality.

**** them before they **** us.

Those conservatives who remain convinced, as I do, that Islamist
terror remains the greatest threat to the West cannot risk a
perpetuation of the failed Manichean worldview of the past eight years,
and cannot risk the possibility of McCain making rash decisions in the
middle of a potentially catastrophic global conflict. If you are serious
about the war on terror and believe it is a war we have to win, the only
serious candidate is Barack Obama.

From Andrew Sullivan

GB, France, Holland will all be Islamic Republics within 30 years.