Ken — I am not accusing any critic of BHO of automatically being a racist. There has been a fair amount of racist commentary in his direction, but that was not the subject of my column.
Mr. Penguin — At this point most of what we have to go on is just talk, since he has not served yet. Even with a record, we couldn’t be sure. Politicians’ inclinations can change when they ascend to higher office. George Bush is a good example.
Re: taxes, the economy did well in the 90s with higher taxes than presently. And don’t forget, failure to finance spending means more borrowing, which can have effects on the economy as well.
Re: health, health costs in both the public and private sectors are growing at an unsustainable rate. I don’t think the solution lies in a more fragmented, private sector system.
My purpose here was not to endorse or not endorse Obama, just to describe his proposals.
Harvey — what makes the groups you like “middle of the road”? In politics, people tend to call those they criticize extreme. It seemed like each of the Republican nominees was attacked for being too liberal, in one respect or another.
Mr. Thomson — there is no relation to the radical left. In fact, the radical left is very suspicious or critical of Obama, a fact that could be easily verified by asking . . . the radical left. (Or reading their web sites.)
