Are our Obama emotions getting the best of us?

November 1, 2008

I read Myth of the Rational Voter Are our Obama emotions getting the best of us? a few years back.  The book’s author, Bryan Caplan, asserts that most voters are uninformed and thus tend to bring about poor election outcomes which go against what we would expect for a free society.  He makes a strong case that such uninformed voters will often vote against measures that benefit the majority.

If Caplan is correct, this voter represents the worst of his hypothesis.

With polling prior to Tuesday’s election indicating an Obama win, one wants to sit back and curse the Republicans who lead the Congress for the six years prior to 2006.  But in actuality, the strong defeats in 2006 and the impending continued expansion of liberal governance in 2008 indicate an electorate seeking conservative solutions.  Why else would the American public be on the verge of re-electing a Congress with the lowest approval ratings in the history of that stastic?  It’s because no true conservative leader has arisen to lead a renewed passion for the principles of Ronald Reagan.

Barack Obama has brought passion (misguided though it may be) which the public dearly longs for.  The woman above exemplifies the desire for that passion.

The answer to misguided, liberal programs being promoted by a well-spoken Messiah figure is well founded principles based in freedom promoted by someone who leads as a servant to ideals greater than him- or herself.

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Written by Jim Pfaff · Filed Under 2008, Culture, Featured, Politics 

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