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Friday, February 15, 2008
John Hawkins :: Townhall.com Columnist
Barack Obama: A Human Hallmark Card For President?
by John Hawkins
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Incidentally, this is what Democrats mean by change: the ideas of Jimmy Carter, Ted Kennedy, and Dennis Kucinich being mouthed by a young, black man instead of an old, white man. It's sort of like the Democratic idea of diversity, which encompasses a white man, a white woman, and a black man espousing the exact same liberal ideas. But, before it's too late, maybe some of Barack Obama's supporters should try to pin him down on exactly what kind of "changes" he supports before he gets into office and pushes a trillion dollar tax hike, partial birth abortion, and giving drivers licenses to illegal immigrants. My guess is that isn't exactly the sort of "change" that most of the country is hoping for.

Along similar lines, how exactly is someone as far off to the Left as Rush Limbaugh is to the Right, going to be able to unify the country? Heck, Barack Obama can't even unify liberals. His supporters are calling the Clinton backers racists, Hillary's fans are claiming Barack's voters hate women, you have liberals threatening to leave the Democratic Party if the Democratic super delegates don't vote for Barack -- and we're talking about people who generally agree with each other on just about everything. What happens when Barack Obama, a man who has written that he favors outlawing handguns, is against the death penalty, and deliberately favors losing the war in Iraq for political purposes, has to "unify" liberals and conservatives? Now, you may say, "The Right and Left are too far apart in this country to be unified and nobody could pull it off," which could turn out to be true. However, don't tell me that – tell Obama, because unifying the country is a central part of his campaign and he's asking people to vote for him on that basis.

Then there's Barack's constant talk about "hope," which shows you just what a bunch of sad sacks are buying into O'Bambi's fast talk. Keep in mind: we don't live in Sudan, Mexico, Afghanistan, Belarus or some other hellhole where the biggest hope most people have is to leave; we live in the United States of America. Millions of people come here every year and millions more are waiting to get here because this country represents hope and opportunity to people across the world. So, if you're the sort of person who is in the United States, is hopeless, and believes that Barack Obama is going to bring you hope through the same federal government that is responsible for FEMA, the IRS, and ICE, then there may truly be no "hope" for you.

With that in mind, before we elect one of the single least qualified Presidents in the history of the United States to foist a Ted Kennedyesque vision of government on the country, maybe people should start asking a few tough questions instead of cooing like pigeons because Barack Obama keeps spewing out the sort of substance-less pap you typically expect to see on Hallmark cards.

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Will writes: 2/15/08 @ 2:55am
"Barack does his own speech writing
largely."

believe me it shows

"I think comparisons with Ronald Reagan aren't particularly apt. Reagan was a trained actor. Reagan read other people's words.... "

that's already been debunked as left wing propaganda after the recent discovery of Reagan's personal letters.

will take a pill, it's late

Osama Obama
Well of course ole cornpone Harry got it just right.. Osama, er, Obama is being propelled forward by an unlikely coalition of idealistic but shallow young group raised on MTV and other profundities, feel-good liberals (great!--he's black!), and of course over 90% of blacks( is that racism?).

All this excitement makes me wonder if any of the google-eyed chubbby little blonde girls always standing behind his podium have ever asked themselves one very basic question:" what in the world makes this man qualified to be President of the United States?"

And as for the lame commentary that he "couldn't be any worse than Bush", I beg to disagree. If there's one thing GW gets right, it's what our country's (and the world's) greatest threat is-- radical Islam. I like many others have grave concerns about what Obama Osama Hussein whatever will do to confront these charming murderers.

He certainly doesn't give much comfort in this regard by failing to disavow the racist, pro-Islam, anti-Semitic minister of his church, who recently gave an award to Louis Farrakhan!
And apparently Obama has on his advisory staff at least 3 folks known for their irrational hatred of Israel, including the notorious Susan Rice, as well as the relentless Zbigniew Brezhinski.

There is a lot more at stake here folks than high-sounding but hollow phrases about "change" and "hope"!ndinis is aboushi
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