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"Permanent and devastating"
The Corner on National Review Online — ... GOP, because Obama will so screw things up that a horrified nation will turn back to a renewed, invigorated Republican Party in 2012. For a start, it's always unwise to put your eggs in the basket of your opponent's ineptitude. As long out-of-office conservatives in Britain, Canada and elsewhere learned, the other guys are, alas, never quite inept enough fast enough. But there are other reasons not to take refuge in the consolations of opposition, outlined in this sobering piece by Michael Medved : For Conservatives, Obama's Changes Would Be Permanent And Devastating What ...

Obama's Changes Would Be Permanent and Devastating
USS Neverdock — Must read. "A President Obama would no doubt promote such proposals in his first year in office and a compliant, heavily-Democratic Congress would approve them promptly—perhaps making the benefits even more generous. This means that before the next election, tens of millions (probably hundreds of millions) of American families will take advantage of “free” pre-kindergarten education (and day care), as well as cheap, subsidized (to the tune of at least $160 billion per year) health insurance. The chances of ever taking away such goodies are nil ...

The damage an Obama presidency will do to America will be permanent
Hyscience — If you're one of those "disgruntled conservatives" who think an Obama win would "teach the GOP a lesson," you should indeed think again (HT - Mike's America) For Conservatives, Obama's Changes Would Be Permanent and Devastating By Michael Medved Town Hall October 19, 2008Some conservative activists, despairing (prematurely) about the chances for victory on November 4th, argue that an Obama win could be a blessing in disguise. According to this logic, The One would occupy the White House for only One ...

Operation Grand Slam
Belmont Club — ... exclaims, “is Obama a ‘transformational figure’? You don’t know the half of it!” Michael Medved believes that “for Conservatives, Obama’s changes would be permanent and devastating”. That, my dear Mr. Bond, is the point. Intensity of commitment has long been a decisive component of historical military strategy.  It is possible to defeat a superior enemy if you can ‘outcommit’ him: take things to a level where he is afraid to follow. Napoleon did not anticipate that the ...