The Obama boomlet:This blog is not impressed with Barack Obama and would prefer that someone else run and win the presidency in 2008 (like Gore, for instance). But this week's promotion of Obama will have little or no impact a year or two from now. What is important, is that the Democrats are being portrayed as having "fresh", "agreeable", "dynamic" politicians in their ranks. That's a great message to have going out in the two weeks before the mid-term elections; it makes the Republicans look even more tired and unimpressive. So even if you're not an Obama fan, let the media praise him, and by extension, the Democratic party.
posted by Quiddity at 10/23/2006 11:04:00 AM
Yes, Obama is another hustler. Slick, talented, engaging, but of no more substance than your slightly-above-average political hacks. He can lecture eloquently about faith and uniting us, while fearing to raise his voice to oppose the Habeus Corpus Revocation/Torture Enablement Act (aka Military Commission Act of 2006).
Al Gore is a whole lot more man.
Why is it that the media has to pick and annoint these people all the time?
Obama is such a pure example of a manufactured persona.
OMG, I'm starting to sound like a conspiracy theorist, aren't I?
Label me whatever you want, but no matter what the media says Obama will be a loser.
#1- His last name is too close to "Osama" and his first name sounds foreign.
#2- He is a black man.
If you honestly think a black man with a foreign sounding name can win a Presidential election then you also must believe that Bush will admit his error in Iraq, apologize to the American people and pull out.
Obama as President is a nice dream, but it's a dream. I'd say the same about Condi or Colin Powell as well. It would be nice to think America has moved beyond race, but just look what the RNC is doing in Tennessee and then imagine what it would be like if Obama ran in 2008.
Condi and Colin are war criminals. In a just society, they would be jailbirds, not candidates.
Obama "gives good speech" but his votes are as fascist as the rest. I will not vote for him.
