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Conservative for Obama

Wick Allison is the former publisher of The National Review, which describes itself as “America’s most widely read and influential magazine and web site for Republican/conservative news, commentary, and opinion.” So, you may be interested in Mr. Allison’s recent article, A Conservative for Obama:

Barack Obama is not my ideal candidate for president. (In fact, I made the maximum donation to John McCain during the primaries, when there was still hope he might come to his senses.) But I now see that Obama is almost the ideal candidate for this moment in American history. I disagree with him on many issues. But those don’t matter as much as what Obama offers, which is a deeply conservative view of the world. Nobody can read Obama’s books (which, it is worth noting, he wrote himself) or listen to him speak without realizing that this is a thoughtful, pragmatic, and prudent man.

I offer two pieces of advice for tomorrow. One: consider the candidates, not the parties. Two: if you let large news organizations dictate the points about which you argue with your friends and neighbors, you are taking their bait, distracting yourself, and wasting time.

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Dan McKeown

Funny this article was not tagged with “John” or “McCain”…

Alexander Micek

Nor is it tagged with “Wick Allison” — I try to tag using nouns that I have covered or plan on covering. If I write more on McCain, then I’ll back-tag.

Otherwise, a bunch of tags lead to only to the original post, and nothing more. It’s a balance between too much and too little metadata.

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