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Home Front: Politix
Barack's ready ("For what?", you may reasonably ask...)
2006-12-15
Now it's The El Lay Timez' turn to fellate Barack Hussein ObamaLama's DingDong.
Look beyond Obama's two years in the Senate and you'll see that he's well prepared to run for president.

On his swing through New Hampshire last weekend, Obama drew rapturous crowds. But many pundits continue to assume that he'll be just a flash in the pan, sharing the fate of Howard Dean, the one-time Democratic hottie who flamed out before the campaign season ended.

Sure, say his detractors, Obama is a symbol of hope to Americans desperate for politics that transcend barriers of race, class and ethnicity. But charisma isn't everything — it can't make up for lack of experience. Obama has never been "tested." Can he withstand the rigors of the campaign trail? When the ads go negative (start looking now for sly insinuations that a man named Barack Hussein Obama can't be trusted!), will he fall apart? Can he handle the challenges of leading the world's last limping superpower through an era fraught with conflict and danger?

But Obama is nowhere near as unseasoned as his detractors suggest.
YJCMTSU. Don't try this at home, folks. These zoomers are professionals.
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#11  I with'ya mcs. He is not to light and not to dark. His everything to everyone while not being beholden to anyone. He was a muslim before he became a christian. He is a globalist and a nationalist. But above everything else he has the soaring voice of John Kerry without the annoying snobby accent.

Omigod! He's the antiChrist!

/snark>

And he very well might be. His politics and his smarminess and his attitude is much like something you would see in someone who believes he has a destiny.

Think the Hildebeast in black skin.

Posted by: FOTSGreg   2006-12-15 18:08  

#10  Â“If he doesn't know anything about anything, of course, that's no good. We're still trapped in an unhappy national experiment with a guy in that category.”

Whoaaaa! Eight paragraphs before you take a swipe at Bush. What up RosaÂ…are you losing your venom or have you just momentarily gone all wobbly over Barach-ka-risma?
Posted by: DepotGuy   2006-12-15 16:14  

#9  I with'ya mcs. He is not to light and not to dark. His everything to everyone while not being beholden to anyone. He was a muslim before he became a christian. He is a globalist and a nationalist. But above everything else he has the soaring voice of John Kerry without the annoying snobby accent. That will carry him along way with the left as they base much of there judgements on emotions and feel good concepts.

and big ears..
Posted by: TomAnon   2006-12-15 12:57  

#8  This is one of the slickest liars to come along in some time. As a social conservative, I can only characterize his political track record as unadulterately EVIL. I wish I could believe he's just a flash in the pan, but alas, it seems that the the bigger a man's smile, and the oilier his voice, the more voters are willing to overlook the wretchedness of his views.

Right now I consider him the most dangerous man in America.
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-12-15 11:56  

#7  Personally, I think this is ALL hype and he WILL be a "flash in the pan." Two years (until the Presidential elections) is an ETERNITY in politics. One slip up, one muddy event is all it takes for the "march of Hillary" to continue for the brass ring.

Plus, his name alone (in the WoT) is enough material for the Repubs to run on (as well as Leno, Letterman, etc.).
Posted by: BA   2006-12-15 11:12  

#6  Hillary! Your chew toy is getting out of line!
Posted by: TomAnon   2006-12-15 10:53  

#5  Help! I'm being oppressed!
Posted by: Raj   2006-12-15 10:12  

#4  bah. They probably mean "crushed" as in "refuted beyond all recovery." or "have their egos crushed by not having every word be obeyed immediately", or "I have been IGNORED! My ego is crushed!"

On the other hand, obama just might make a preferable canditate than Shrillary...
Posted by: Ptah   2006-12-15 09:08  

#3  For his close-up, of course. He's a better-tanned John Edwards.
Posted by: JSU   2006-12-15 08:54  

#2  If he's sensitive about his big ears (stick a feather in his nose and he might fly!) how do you think he'll handle a primary campaign... or al Qaeda?

Is he, in fact, tough enough?
Posted by: eLarson   2006-12-15 07:50  

#1  "At the end of the day, good presidents need the judgment and common sense necessary to make tough decisions. But to get there, they need to know how to listen and how to nurture, rather than crush, dissenting voices."

How in the world do idiots like the author of this steaming heap of nonsense manage to convince themselves that "dissenting voices" are being "crushed" by the Bush administration?

We've been positively DROWNING in "dissenting voices"-- most of them saying very stupid things, very loudly-- from the moment Bush took office. The "dissenters" shut their pieholes for a few hours immediately following the attacks on 9/11, but other than that they've been spewing their crap completely uninhibited 24/7/365 for nearly six straight years.

"Dissenters" are being "crushed"??? It's enough to make me wish I could show them what "crushed" REALLY means.

Posted by: Dave D.   2006-12-15 06:26  

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