Obama is Not Kennedy

Democratic President John F Kennedy is revered in the Democratic Party, and Barack Obama likes to make allusions to the fact that he is the next JFK. But, he is not. What is the most famous saying of JFK- what is the line you remember first about him, the line that became the signature of his Presidency, and made him what he is. "Ask not what your country can do for, but what you can do for your country."

Is this what Obama believes? Look at his speech for yesterday. His speech, the main point of it, is that you should vote for him because he is promising to make government do a lot of stuff for you. He promises to have the country provide more welfare for you, more education for you, more housing funds for you, more health benefits for you, etc. He promises to have your country do for you what you are currently doing for yourself.

Now, maybe you like this- maybe you are voting for Obama because you are happy that he is going to loot the productive members of society and immorally transfer their wealth to you. But don't pretend that you are voting for JFK. Obama is not JFK. Obama promises that your country will do for you whatever you want it to, and ask nothing of you.