Obamacon

See also: Obama-con

English

Alternative forms

• Obama-con

Etymology

Short for Obama conservative.

Noun

Obamacon (plural Obamacons)

1. (US, politics, slang) A conservative (especially a Republican) who supports or supported the election of Barack Obama as president.
   • 2008, E. J. Dionne Jr., "For an 'Obamacon,' Communion Denied", 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.

   • 2008, "The rise of the Obamacons", 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.

   • 2010, David Limbaugh, Crimes Against Liberty: An Indictment of President Barack Obama, Regnery Publishing, Inc. (2010), →ISBN, page 69:

     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."

Synonyms

• Obamacan