Conservative Francis Fukuyama endorses Obama

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

Dogs and cats, sleeping together!

I’m voting for Barack Obama this November for a very simple reason. It is hard to imagine a more disastrous presidency than that of George W. Bush. It was bad enough that he launched an unnecessary war and undermined the standing of the United States throughout the world in his first term. But in the waning days of his administration, he is presiding over a collapse of the American financial system and broader economy that will have consequences for years to come. As a general rule, democracies don’t work well if voters do not hold political parties accountable for failure. While John McCain is trying desperately to pretend that he never had anything to do with the Republican Party, I think it would a travesty to reward the Republicans for failure on such a grand scale.

McCain’s appeal was always that he could think for himself, but as the campaign has progressed, he has seemed simply erratic and hotheaded. His choice of Sarah Palin as a running mate was highly irresponsible; we have suffered under the current president who entered office without much knowledge of the world and was easily captured by the wrong advisers. McCain’s lurching from Reaganite free- marketer to populist tribune makes one wonder whether he has any underlying principles at all.

http://www.amconmag.com/article/2008/nov/03/00020//

[Peacetrain]

1. Fukuyama.. the same Fukyuama that originated the Neo Con

theory....PASSING OUT NOW///

[Soup Bean]

2. Hmmm..wasn't he a PNACer? n/t

[FrenchieCat]

3. He was till he wasn't.

He realized at some point that his plan was fucked, and he wished he would have been dealing with someone that would have told him to kiss their ass. Instead, Bush and Cheney lapped it up!

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

5. He loudly and publicly bailed on them

about three years ago. Had nice things to say about O in a Newsweek piece a few weeks ago as well.

[Peacetrain]

7. Ahh Yep.. I think he was!

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

15. Yes, one of the originals

[Recursion]

10. He was always the "neocon with a brain", and I mean that

He's a smart guy and a good writer, and he bailed on the whole movement pretty much the second W was elected (in a sense, he predicted and lamented Bush's election in "The Last Man" which was appended to "The End of History").

[StrongBad]

4. The end of history my ass, Francis!

[BlooInBloo]

6. Warmongers for Obama!

:rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

8. In other news, Hell to reopen as a skating rink...

[Blaq Dem]

9. Never heard of Francis Fukyurmama

[Zhade]

14. Research the Project for a New American Century.

He was a founding member before he bailed.

[fujiyama]

18. Search for his essay the "End of History"

[Kaleko]

11. Whoa - that is one stunning indictment of McCain

and Republican policies. Absolutely withering.

[FatDave]

12. Are we witnessing the end of anti-intellectualism?

Seems like all the republicans who can write a complete sentence with no spelling errors have either endorsed Obama or denounced McCain. There's been so many I've lost track.

Could it be? Will they really abandon the knuckledraggers? Or will the knuckledraggers win?

[struggle4progress]

17. No, we're just seeing the professional blatherers running towards the center in hopes

that they will retain some credibility next year

[Zhade]

13. NEOconservative PNACer!

Whatever - just don't let him NEAR your government, Obama, or we will have words.

[eridani]

16. Just goes to show--

--that our real ruling elite is actually frightened by the Palin fundie whackjob element in the Repub party.