Welcome to Obamaland: I Have Seen Your Future and It Doesn't Work

by James Delingpole

Overview

If the election of Barack Obama fills you with dread rather than elation, you're not alone; in fact, pull up a chair next to James Delingpole who has seen this all before and knows exactly where America is heading: into a morass of sprawling government that will slowly start suffocating our economy, our liberties, and our culture. You might as well call it socialism, he says, because that's what it is. In Britain it came in under the smiling face of Tony Blair and has left the British bulldog castrated, whimpering, and sick; in America it's coming under the vibrant, youthful guise of Barack Obama. But the result will be the same: the brave, independent American eagle will become the American turkey, oven-basted by the nanny state of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781596980983
Publisher:	Skyhorse Publishing
Publication date:	02/09/2009
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	216
File size:	288 KB

About the Author

James Delingpole is a British journalist and novelist.

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From Welcome to Obamaland

Think of me as the hero of H. G. Wells's The Time Machine, bursting into your present, my clothes all tattered and torn, and on my face an expression of dire horror and impending doom. For I am afraid I have a terrible message to impart. I have just seen the future. Your future. And I'm sorry to say it sucks.

This new president you've elected. You think he's going to make everything okay, right? Even if you didn't vote for him, you're kind of hoping that some good must surely come of it.

Ha ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha.

That's the sound of me laughing darkly, by the way.

So what, if any, consolation do I have to offer you in these dark and difficult times? Precious little, I'm afraid. Virtually nothing in fact, save the warm, self-affirmatory glow you get when someone tells you you're right, that some day your beliefs will be vindicated, that however long it takes, reality will win out.

What People are Saying About This

Toby Young

"In 1997, Britain elected a young, charismatic, inspirational leader, and the entire nation was filled with hope. For the next ten years, we suffered the pain of gradual disillusionment as Tony Blair failed to live up to every single one of our expectations. Why not save yourselves the trouble of slowly having your hearts broken and fast forward straight to the bitter and cynical phase? James Delingpole, one of Britain's most astute political journalists, is here to give you a quick reality bath. He has seen the future--your future--and it doesn't work."--(Toby Young, author of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People)

Andrew Roberts

"Totally brilliant. As funny as St. Mark Steyn."--(Andrew Roberts, historian and author of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900)