Wednesday, March 05, 2008
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The Obamas' America
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Posted by:
Carol Platt Liebau at
1:11 AM
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This piece in the New Yorker reports that Michelle Obama's stump speech contains some amazingly harsh rhetoric about America:
Obama begins with a broad assessment of life in America in 2008, and life is not good: we’re a divided country, we’re a country that is “just downright mean,” we are “guided by fear,” we’re a nation of cynics, sloths, and complacents.
"Downright mean"? What country is she living in? Meantime, in his "victory" remarks tonight, Barack had this to say:
And if that child should ever get the chance to travel the world and someone should ask her where is she from, we believe that she should always be able to hold her head high with pride in her voice when she answers, "I am an American."
That is the course we seek. That is the change we are calling for.
Were his comments inartfully phrased, or did he really mean to imply that it would require a "change" (presumably, his election to the presidency) for a child to be proud to be an American again?
With Hillary's victories tonight in Ohio and Texas -- and with late deciders breaking Hillary's way by a substantial margin -- there's no doubt both that the campaign will continue, and that Clinton will step up her recent attacks on Obama. Everyone is aware of the risk this poses for Hillary, who hasn't got any "likability" to spare, and is likely to have even less once she finishes roughing up Obama.
But there are risks for Barack, too. Certainly, criticism brings out a less attractive side of Obama -- an air of "how dare you" indignation that verges on arrogance -- that's not likely to wear well. But an even greater threat is the fact that, as the campaign drags on, there will be more opportunities for voters to decide that he and his wife share a profoundly negative perspective on America that ill-becomes a presidential couple, and which differs radically from the views of the average citizen.
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Scarlet Pimpernel wrote;
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"I'm about ready to "reach across the aisle" to the Dem/libs and ask if we can't all have a do-over?"
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Scarlet Pimpernel, you don't get it.
The Dems are very satisfied with their candidates.
McCain wasn't my first choice for the GOP, but he's our guy, so we'll get behind him.
I was a Romney supporter, and I remember your posts over a year ago stating that as a passionate evangelical, you'd have difficulty voting for a Mormon even though you liked him pretty well on the issues.
So, now it's kind of ironic to hear you complaining that you aren't all that thrilled with McCain on the issues.
But hey, at least the evangelicals got a GOP candidate who attends Baptist services on Sunday morning, right !?
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I am proud of America NOW!
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It is very likely that Prez Obama and wife will take political junkets to a new level and make the rounds apologizing for past US transgressions and heaping promises on third world leaders to make it better. Obama's message is that because he is a first generation African-American, he will have the inside track on how to effectively negotiate and cooperate with 3rd world countries. Anyone who has ever dealt with the 3rd world knows there is always a huge price tag for cooperation. Nixon said 75% of the world is run by gangsters. Obama will seek quick solutions and will be ruthlessly co-opted and very disappointed in the end. He is truly naive. The Congo ain't Chicago. |
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I'm about ready to "reach across the aisle" to the Dem/libs and ask if we can't all have a do-over? Maybe we should compromise, set aside grievances, and work on building a comradery. Our fighting (and mass market media) has produced a liberal republican representing the GOP which hates that idea; and the Dem party fielding two communists - one of whom you dislike and the other who's wife won't take the opportunity to shut up often plus Obamaham Lincoln panics when asked a hard question. Are these who we want making decisions for all of us?
If we're civilized and nice and don't pry into their rectums, maybe we could get decent people to run for office. What say ye? |
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I'm thrilled that the Democratic primary will drag on.
As the Clintons get closer to the end of the line, they'll throw not only the kitchen sink at Obama, but all that silverware they "borrowed" from the White House & Air Force One, too.
Thank God Hillary won Ohio & Texas---we want Obama to be forced to spend some of his campaign chest campaigning against Hillary over the next couple of months.
And I really like the idea of the Clintonistas out there on TV every day saying that Obama is not ready to be President.
It gives legitimacy to the notion that Obama is inexperienced, so that when McCain says it later in the summer, he can actually say, "Well, Obama's inexperience was a big issue in the Democratic primary."
Plus, we're going to have some nice TV commercials for the fall...starring videoclips of Bill & Hillary Clinton saying that Obama "just isn't ready to be President."
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It surprises me that nobody has called Obama on this issue before and I am glad Hillary is finally getting it out there. American Pride is a necessary ingredient for a commander in chief. We may disagree on ideology but Obama goes beyond ideology to deep disrespect for a country that has served him and his wife well. Note I said "a country that has served Mr. and Mrs. B. Hussein Obama well". Contrast their arrogance and "american dislike" with McCain who HAS SERVED THIS COUNTRY WELL and demonstrated LOVE OF COUNTRY AT HOME AND ABROAD and americans will not have a problem deciding in November who deserves to lead this GREAT NATION. |
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I have also noticed the arrogance of the Obama rhetoric. He says he can give Americans hope. Americans HAVE hope. I'm bewildered as to why Barack Obama thinks he needs to "give" Americans hope. He says he would meet with the Cuban government because--if foreign governments had to earn a meeting with the American government--it would give the impression that "we stood above the rest of the world". We DO stand above because America is the leader of the free world. We stand above with a handful of other nations because we stand for freedom. I find Obama is very arrogant and, at the same time, very naive. It's scary, frankly. |
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