No He Can't: How Barack Obama Is Dismantling Hope and Change

Kevin McCullough

Apr 2011 · Sold by Thomas Nelson

About this ebook

Accepting his party's presidential nomination in the summer of 2008, Barack Obama beamed while Denver's stadium rocked with gauzy chants from adoring admirers. But looming beyond the deafening roar was a harsh reality that too few were willing to face just yet: Some "hope" is too audacious to believe, and just because a smooth talker proclaims something, doesn't make it true.
Now, long after the honeymoon has ended and the national mood soured toward the 44th U.S. president, nationally syndicated radio talk-show host and columnist Kevin McCullough?the first pundit to predict Obama's rise to the presidency?provides an alarming perspective on the man he has watched closely since the aspiring commander-in-chief was an obscure community organizer on Chicago's South Side. You'll learn:

• How Barack Obama's first act as president to sign into law taxpayer-funded abortion
• How his administration has systematically and intentionally created federal dependents
• Why Obama's actions prove he believes American Exceptionalism is a myth
• The outrageous lengths the president is willing to go to as he undermines our national security

From Obama's radical economic policy and dubious skills in national security to his administration's disdain for individual liberty and constitutional constraints on the power of the executive branch, McCullough lays out a convincing case for why, early on, he labeled Obama "one of the most dangerous politicians our generation will see." Real hope is possible. While delving into Obama's flawed governance, McCullough also charts a way out, and forward, for the America that once was and can be again. It is a way of clarity and common sense in a tried-and-true direction?a way that is diametrically opposed to the disappointing course set by the current resident of the Oval Office.

Ratings and reviews

First of all, the title, which is meant to be a catchy and funny take on President Obama’s election slogan, was to me, just really cheesy and not very tactful. Immediately we know the direction of the book, because former Republican governor and Fox News contributor, Mike Huckabee, wrote the foreword. After Huckabee’s foreword, the book launches into the introduction, which condescendingly claims that a Democrat can’t be a Christian (xxi), and states that Sarah Palin is “clear-thinking and clear-speaking” (xxiii). Were we looking at the same candidate? The author is misleading. It’s ironic, because this is something that he accuses Obama of. Just once I’d like to read a right-wing evangelist’s writings about politics without the inclusion of abortion. It seems that at every possible opportunity, McCullough brings up the issue – even when it is seemingly unrelated. (He knows it charges the right-wing). This book goes beyond bashing Obama’s political stance, and begins to attack his character and personal life. McCullough begins to claim that God doesn’t exist to anyone who is liberal, and if He does, He is an uninterested in today’s world (155). Since this is simply not true, I will take the time to break it down for him. You see, people who align themselves with the left-wing are simply more concerned with social justice – which IS quite biblical; whereas people on the right-wing focus on the law of Moses. Just a side note…it is not very Christ-like to claim that an entire group of people can’t be saved. The book was dry and slow in many parts – but at the same time, was entertaining to read (it’s good to read things you disagree with!). I would suggest this book to anyone who wants to familiarize themselves with the rightwing view on Barack Obama, because although it claims to be bipartisan, it is not even close.