Obamacon

Obama-con English Alternative forms en Obama-con Etymology Short for Obama conservative. Pronunciation en En-au-Obamacon.ogg AU Noun en US politics slang A conservative (especially a Republican) who supports or supported the election of Barack Obama as president. en E. J. Dionne Jr. For an 'Obamacon,' Communion Denied http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/02/AR2008060202591.html The Washington Post 3 June 2008 Kmiec has drawn attention because he is one of the nation's leading "Obamacons," conservatives who find Obama's call for a new approach to politics appealing. https://web.archive.org/web/20230530063300/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/02/AR2008060202591.html 30 May 2023 en The rise of the Obamacons http://www.economist.com/node/12470555 The Economist 23 October 2008 The rise of the Obamacons is more than a reaction against Mr Bush's remodelling of the Republican Party and Mr McCain's desperation: there were plenty of disillusioned Republicans in 2004 who did not warm to John Kerry. https://web.archive.org/web/20180118010741/http://www.economist.com/node/12470555 18 January 2018 en 2010 David Limbaugh Crimes Against Liberty: An Indictment of President Barack Obama https://books.google.com/books?id=BY_mAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA69&dq=%22Obamacon%22 69 Regnery Publishing, Inc. 9781596982758 Even New York Times Obamacon David Brooks acknowledged ObamaCare was "stuffed. . . .with gimmicks and dodges designed to get a good score from the Congressional Budget Office but don't genuinely control runaway spending." Related terms en Obamacan en eponyms en Barack Obama Fans (people)