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A case of voter regret; Stephen F. Kislock, III; Beaver County Times; August 7, 2011.
Most of Mr. Kislock’s 62+ letters over the last seven years have been Republican-bashing exercises, though he sometimes goes after Democrats for his pet causes. Sometime during 2009 Mr. Kislock became an in-house commentator for Beaver County Reds. Please follow this link to learn more about Beaver County Reds. You may also remember Mr. Kislock appears to believe “The Onion” is a real news source.
Below is a detailed critique of the subject letter.
“Voter regret is like a bad hangover. Where did I go wrong?
“A Republican or Obama in Democratic clothing.
“Shall we rue Election Day 2008 and our vote for Barack Obama? I now think so.”
[RWC] Previous letters from Mr. Kislock critical of Mr. Obama were entitled “Obama will get his one-term reward,” “Obama should run as a Republican,” “Gulf states are paying the piper,” “Where’s the change we were promised?”, and “Obama undercuts constitutional rights.” Some letters also criticized Democrats for timidity.
“Republican John McCain, I believe, would of [sic] made a better president for the working poor. We knew where he stood. With Obama, we fell under the spell of the teleprompter.”
[RWC] During the 2008 election, Mr. Kislock wrote “McCain is living in past.” Given Mr. Kislock’s letter-writing body of work, he must believe we’re as gullible as he if he thinks anyone buys his “Republican John McCain, I believe, would of [sic] made a better president for the working poor” comment. I suspect Mr. Kislock would rather be hit by a train than vote for a Republican, no matter how “moderate.”
“A real Democrat must challenge Obama. He had both houses and the bully pulpit for two years, and the American poor lost big time.”
[RWC] That Mr. Kislock claims Mr. Obama isn’t leftist enough says more about Mr. Kislock than it does Mr. Obama.
“Obama shredded the Constitution, gave in to the richest 2 percent and kissed off the other 98 percent. The poor houses will be receiving many Americans, while the richest grow richer.”
[RWC] Please read the aforementioned anti-Obama letters for my comments. You’ll note Mr. Kislock doesn’t describe how Mr. Obama did what Mr. Kislock claims.
“Obama’s America is sad: No jobs, no future, no Social Security, no Medicare and the debt ceiling raised on the back of the disenfranchised.”
[RWC] Lefties usually use “disenfranchised” to refer to lefties allegedly robbed of their right to vote. I don’t know Mr. Kislock’s meaning here.
“Job well done, Mr. President.”
[RWC] Mr. Kislock has been criticizing Mr. Obama since April 2009. Why would one far leftist claim another far leftist is “bipartisan” and “the Republican that he [Mr. Obama] is?” I have three potential reasons.
First, Mr. Kislock may actually believe what he writes. In this case, we have the equivalent of a Leninist and a Marxist accusing each other of being less of a communist. That’s how lefties justify portraying Nazis (National Socialists) as being on the right.
Second, Mr. Kislock may know better but feels a need to present Mr. Obama as the equivalent of a so-called “Reagan Democrat” because he knows a far lefty has little chance at winning, especially in Western Pennsylvania. Remember, all during his 2008 campaign we were told constantly how Mr. Obama was some kind of “moderate/centrist” and Mr. Obama still lost (barely) in Beaver County. As I’ve described before, the left uses the terms “moderate/centrist” to describe very leftist politicians but hopes when we hear “moderate/centrist” we hear “Reagan Democrat” or something similar. Some examples of this tactic in BCT op-ed pieces are here, here, here, and here. A fellow Beaver County Reds member declared on his Facebook wall (8/22/10), “Obama’s never been a lefty.” The same person once referred to Mr. Obama as a “high-road industrial policy capitalist,” and “capitalist” to these folks is a swearword.
Third, bigotry can be held back only so long.
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