Barack Obama

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The strongest argument for the Obama inspiration is the voters he has newly enfranchised - the young and the growing numbers of Hispanics who see a bigger role for themselves in the future, the black communities now starting to appreciate the punch they can pack, the turned-off because politics seldom delivered. Demographically, this is where America is headed. Even mortality is on its side. We need to concentrate on where future votes will be originate rather than on past patterns.

To get the new mix involved in redirecting the country requires tough-minded leadership that is reflective rather than reflexive - and inspirational. While there's a measure of satisfaction in pulling coals out of one fire, it can't be at the expense of a more serious fire just downwind. That's where real judgment comes in. Obama has shown it and has full capacity to use it to lead.

Nui Ba Den

This article is disgracefully slavish Obama hype.

Obama's going to lose the election in November by a landslide.

When that happens, the Left, including "The Economist," will whimper "Rascism." But it won't be racism that's going to put John McCain in the White House. It's Barrack Hussein's weaknesses, his radically Leftist big gov't ideology, his proposed tax increases, and his lack of patriotism.

For Pete's sake, people, Obama's never held a job in the private sector of the economy, he's not served in the armed forces, he's spent nearly all of his time in the U.S. Senate running for the presidency. He has no executive experience. He's not qualified to operate a humane shelter.

His principal accomplishments have been 1) self-promotion, 2) awakening the twenty-somethings & 3) putting "I didn't have sex with that woman" Willie out to pasture.

He's an empty suit, a condescending windbag who for twenty years asttended a church spewing a bitterly anti-American ideology. He doen't have the guts to say "No" to the Clintons, who're taking over his convention. Do you think he'll have the courage to stand up to Putin or any other foreign leader?

A community organizer, whatever that is, is qualified for the presidency? Give me a break!

Adlai Stevenson, Walter Mondale, Geo. McGovern, Michael Dukakis, John Kerry & now B. Hussein Obama. The Dimocraps have a bizarre talent for choosing losers. If it weren't so pathetic, it'd be amusing.


Finally, We are going to have a President in the calibres of Jefferson, Adams. I mean "intellectual" and upright constitutionalists, Praise be to God, and God bless Obama, Amen. I hope the media doesn't take away from the word, "intelect" to imply bad or unAmerican. It's high time we had an intellectual in the WH.


America is in love with Barack Obama because he is a symbol of America. America and Obama are both a melting pot of diverse cultures, race and religion. Even those of us who are fundamentally opposed to some of his political persuasions are silently hoping that he will win because we would like to see some of the changes to Education, Healthcare, and Partisan politics that he is promising; and we would like to prove to the world that we are not racist, we are not bigots, and we are not too proud to admit that there are some things that we do need to change.


I heartily agree that Senator Obama has been a spectacular CANDIDATE for the Presidency. Despite my own doubts and misgivings (and those of many others), I expect him to win. The odds are stacked against the Republicans-- they have no one but themselves to blame for much of that.

I have NO idea what comes next... As verycold writes --and to borrow Senator Clinton's analogy-- I would gladly hire Senator Obama as a PUBLICITY manager; I would not, however, hire him to actually RUN the company.

The U.S. electorate seems (to me, at least) ready to do just that.


The scandal of John Edwards should give democrats and independents a moment to think about what is promised and what is actually lived and delivered. John Edwards focuses on poverty and yet lived so much larger than necessary. Why? By his own account he admitted the pressure of being a junior senator chosen as a VP running mate for the Kerry campaign. Why was John Edwards chosen? Why chose a junior senator as a VP, potentially a president, when there were so many others than would have been a much better choice. John Edwards would go on to say that his ego just went crazy when he was pushed to run for president. Again, what has this man ever done to even be considered a serious candidate? We can't even list longevity in the senate. Now the democrats have done it again and again I ask why? Barack is no further along than Edwards. Barack always falls back on his greatest accomplishment being a community organizer, and yet he spent little time doing that and again what did he accomplish that is standout???? Although I really was not thrilled with the celebrity ad run by McCain, I can now see how appropriate that observation really is. Paris Hilton is known all over the world for just being a celebrity known for nothing. She shows up at parties. WOW. The media made her just like the media has made Barack Obama. He can give all the speeches he wants and sound inspiring and thoughtful, but in the end voters MUST look to his very thin resume and realize he is all talk and no action. To do otherwise is voting for a black man with obvious talents for speech making, but one that falters severely when asked pointed direct questions. Would you hire a head chef for your restaurant that has never before worked in a kitchen under pressure? Is it possible to gain experience simply by reading accounts of kitchen life by other chefs that have walked the walk? The answer is absolutely no, ask any chef. Barack Obama has never governed people. He would not even be executive management material ONLY because he lacks the actual experience of managing large numbers of people. When my husband applied for the position of president with a manufacturing company they interviewed 200 applicants with 25 or more years in a management position. The depth of those resumes was deep because the job would require extensive hands on experience from the bottom all the way to the top position not including an outstanding educational history. Barack has the education but the democrats and Barack himself never gave him the time to fill in that "blank screen".


Why do we constantly have to pander to religion? This article paints a portrait of Obama's youth which is far from reality. Far from being raised in "youthful-agnosticism" as this article would make out, Obama's mother was in fact a sworn atheist, a moral person yes but not a believer. Nor, as the gentleman below clearly believes was Obama a muslim in his youth and this article is also very unclear on the matter. Yes, whilst living in Indonesia Obama went to a Muslim school but that does not make him Muslim (contrary to what many Republicans and, dare I say it journalists would have us believe). Indeed, as Obama tells us in his second book his mother educated him about all the world religions and was more worried about him learning his times tables than she was about him following the local religion.


fooled me once shame on you fooled me twice shame on me2008 what will it be.?i hope America bankrupt and weak can figure out the party of one liners gop'd up americaand to make our land proud and strong again. we don't need a guy who'll collect a vet 100% disability check and an old age pension and talk about the good old days experience in a prison camp. listed as so permanently disabled he doesn't pay tax on the disability benefit and to get the most complex job in the most complex nation of the world.?Mccain graduated at the very Bottom of his Class in military school.OBAMA HAS A JD IN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW.! For service to all the people and nation!DO WE WANT A MILITARY AND OIL GUY to run a country ? We dont TRUST that in the middle east!Mccain who sings about bombing people so we look even more like murderers to the world!OR OBAMA WHO DOESN'T DO snappy ONE LINERS well BECAUSE HE THINKS complex thoughts about all of AMERICAS complex problems.AMERICA is brokenNEEDS REPAIR and Renewal BEFORE WE LOSE IT ALL.DO IT WITH A song about BOMBs a guy who with all the advantages of $100 millions already needs all weekends off. OR DO IT WITH HARD WORK and Long Hours of a Young, Strong , Future Oriented,Complex Thinker?I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SO MANY ARE NOT ALREADY SURE OF WHERE THE TWO OPPOSITE PATHS WILL LEAD.

Juan A. Hervada

The article is well written and badly thought. The image that comes out from the other side of the mirror has many traits of a political opportunist, ready to chameleon himself into making it at any cost. Afro-centric christian to advance in the swampy community organizer politics of Chicago,a centrist when it fits, a rhetoric wizard ready to shift political stance following the winds of opportunity.Yet, the article fails to address the possibility of Mr. Obama being more than a snake eater a snake oil seller. Circumvents the thorny question of whetehr he is less than candid about his past, particularly if he had another name and was raised as a Muslim, (his campaign site flatly denies that). Not one word about the behind the curtain money-raising moves, his bundlers etc. (only a lateral reference to Mr. Rezko) and absolute radio silence about the endorsement by people like Col. Quadaffi. Why?


According to the article, Obama's chief accomplishment seems to be the defeat of the Clinton political machine, in his quest to obtain the Democrat nomination.While that may be true, it must be pointed out that Obama enjoyed the resources, guile and funding of the Chicago political machine, historically one of the most corrupt in American politics.



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