Republican Fantasyland
by Joe Klein
TIME
September 15th, 2012
In this article, Joe Klein discusses the ridiculous Republican statements that were made about Obama and his plans. Klein quotes Fred Barnes in the Weekly Standard: "His (Obama's) foreign policy initiatives — curbing Iran’s nuclear weapons program, improving America’s position in the Middle East, fostering better relations with Russia — have failed" and "his domestic policies are unpopular." Klein then goes on to criticize how so many have fallen onto the bandwagon of "hateful, radical Fox-Rush siren" that the republican party's stance has turned into.
It is clear that many republicans see no good out of Barrack Obama being reelected because they have been fed such an exaggerated and unappealing view on the incumbent. However, Klein shares the opinion of a republican strategist: "Jon Stewart was right. We’re running a Clint Eastwood campaign, running against a version of Barack Obama that doesn’t exist." This goes to show that even some republicans have realized that their party's leaders have twisted their traditional viewpoints so that they denigrate Obama.
If I were old enough to vote in the coming election, I would most definitely take this information into consideration. I could potentially use this article to decide on whether to go democratic or republican.
Joe Klein clearly takes the democratic side. He points out that Obama has had made mistakes and everything hasn't gone as planned in the past four years, but he also compares the republican party to "demons" who need to be exorcised "before it rejoins the American mainstream." This article could sway people to vote democrat but it could also help some realize how the republican party has altered their stance to focus in on the negatives, some existent and some not, of Obama and his presidency.
URL: http://swampland.time.com/2012/09/15/republican-fantasyland/
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