Conservative For Obama (Jeffrey Hart)

[Tesibria]

Context for Journal Entries: I'm in the process of compiling all the columns/articles written by "conservatives" either (a) against McCain/Palin, or (b) for Obama/Biden. Yes, I know that many are frequently posted in the Editorials or Other Articles. However, they're always mixed in with the many articles on other topics and I, personally want a "set" all in one place, for easy reference when discussing issues with conservatives. So, I'm posting them in my journal.

Note: I have not been able to find a working link to the original article. However, I've found multiple links referencing the endorsement.

Per , "Jeffrey Hart, professor of English emeritus at Dartmouth College and senior editor at National Review, was a speechwriter for Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. He is the author, most recently, of The Making of the American Conservative Mind: National Review and Its Times."

Jeffrey Hart for Obama????!!??
By: Jake Tapper, ABC News/Political Punch, Feb. 02, 2008

This will only mean something to conservatives and Dartmouth alumni, but I was shocked -- literally shocked, not Claude Raines "shocked" -- to hear that Jeffrey Hart is backing Barack Obama.

The Valley News has more on that..., but the bottom line is Hart -- a former speechwriter for Nixon and Reagan, a founder of the Dartmouth Review, and an opponent of the Iraq war -- sees himself as one of the many conservatives "fed up with the partisan excesses and wrangling of the last two decades and eager for a practical, cooperative approach to the issues that have divided Washington," as the VN describes him.

He sees McCain as too militaristic and Romney as too craven.

This is stunning news, seriously. Hat tip to the always interesting Andrew. (LINK)
Anyway, am sitting in a car in Nashville, Tenn., waiting to go live for GMA Saturday. I can't believe we found an open Starbucks.

See also
By: Andrew Sullivan, Atlantic Monthly/The Daily Dish, Feb. 1, 2008

Jeffrey Hart sat at his kitchen table in slippers, reading Barack Obama's words aloud. The retired Dartmouth professor, a former speechwriter for Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon, wore on his shirt an artifact of the 1900 Republican presidential ticket -- a McKinley-Roosevelt pin.

“I am not opposed to all wars,” Hart intoned, quoting a 2002 speech before the Illinois State Legislature in which Obama, then a state senator, had warned of the perils of invading Iraq. “I'm opposed to dumb wars.” Looking up from the page, Hart nodded his approval.

“Very Burkean,” he said, referring to the 18th century Irish political writer Edmund Burke, hailed by many as the founder of modern conservatism. “Prudential. A sense of history, and what we're up against there.”

Per other DU-ers' requests, I'm cross-posting links to these articles in the Research Forum: Conservatives Against McCain/Palin and Conservatives For Obama/Biden.

[NYC_SKP]

1. I think some will ask if you can combine these into one post next time.

That's what I think...

I also think these are interesting and that many more will bail on JM.

:popcorn:

[Tesibria]

2. i hear you

... and i don't normally post multiple posts at (nearly) the same time. That being said, I think it's important to have each one as a different entry for searching purposes. I'm HOPING that I've gotten 90% + of the older ones recorded now, and will just be posting "new" ones as they occur.

And .. we can only HOPE so!