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Jesse Ventura, Bush 43, even Bill Clinton - the list of politicians who rode in as reformers and fell far short of expectations is endless.  The same could easily prove true of Obama.

But you know what?  Things are so *bad* right now, even a mildly competent, decent president can make the worst things right again.

- end torture
- close Guantanamo - give every single prisoner a trial.  If they’re guilty, fry them but for god’s sake don’t keep innocent people locked up indefinitely without due process
- declare victory in Iraq and get out, get out, get out.  Most Iraqis are dead, exhausted, ethnically cleansed or refugees any way.

How can a non-conservative like Bush poison the water for conservatives?  Why should Bush’s sins (defined as his many non-conservative positions, such as he did with immigration, expanding federal spending, NCLB, McCain-Feingold and so on) make it difficult for a real conservative to push a conservative agenda? 

Given Bush’s low ratings, a candidate espousing ‘Bush’ positions will - and should - run into problems, such as McCain and immigration.  But a conservative pushing conservative positions - immigration enforcement, cutting back on federal spending and so on - won’t ever have the problem of the public dismissing his proposals as being ‘just like Bush’.

Read Obama’s first book.

Then look at his church:

http://www.tucc.org/about.htm

Trinity Church

If his racism comes out he is dead meat.

Look at what the people of Fallujah are saying about Americans:

Sharply dressed Iraqi men and children got out and walked up to meet us. They were so friendly. An older man in a keffiyeh greeted us so warmly and sincerely it was obvious his affection was real. “Thank you, thank you,” he said. We all knew what he meant. Thank you for being here. Thank you for the security.

http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2008/01/new-fallujah.html

I would disagree with mint-tea’s list. Bush-elder won by disavowing Reagan and Clinton was always a schemer not a reformer.
But I agree that celebrity reformers like Jesse Ventura and CA’s own Gov Schwarzenegger have come up short. Where can we find pro-American candidates to vote for?

Where can we find pro-American candidates to vote for?

In the Democratic Party, of course.