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SPECTATOR - I Have Seen Your Future, America, And It Doesn't Work
On the eve of Barack Obamas inauguration, James Delingpole says that the President-elect is horribly reminiscent of Tony Blair in 1997. He may be a fantastic guy, and look great, but he will bring a ragbag of scuzzballs, communists and eco-loons to power with him.No matter how excited you may be about Barack Obamas inauguration on Tuesday, I bet youre not as pleased as I am. Never have I wished more devoutly for a presidential victory than the one won by this mighty intellect-cum-healer-cum-fashion-model-cum-general-all-round-Messiah a man so conscious of his own merit that, unlike any president before him, he plans to swear his inaugural oath on the Lincoln bible. But this wasnt because I nurtured a burning desire to see the first ever African-American made US president. Nor because Id bought into his speeches or that lovely, confident, articulate speaking voice he has. Nor yet because I had the remotest faith in Obamas ability to change America for the better. Quite the opposite, actually. The reason I wanted him to win was because I was halfway through writing a book called Welcome To Obamaland: Ive Seen Your Future And It Doesnt Work. The title just wouldnt have had the same ring under a President John McCain. When I tell them about the book, most of my Conservative friends go: Wow! That is such a good idea. But all the credit here belongs to a brilliant US publishing vice president named Harry Crocker III who contacted me out of the blue one day with the nicest email Ive ever received. Dear James, it went, as a longstanding Spectator reader and fan of your column I wondered whether you might be interested in writing a book for us Ive been pinching myself in disbelief ever since. Mind you, there were a couple of obstacles which at first seemed insurmount-able. The first was that Harry wanted the book delivered in a month and the second was that, it being published only in America for a US audience, the project seemed to require rather more knowledge about US politics than I have or ever will possess. Lengthy article at the link. Posted by: Besoeker 2009-01-17 |
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