Posted on 01/26/2008 7:48:19 PM PST by DogandPonyShow
Edited on 01/26/2008 10:26:14 PM PST by Lead Moderator. [history]
"Politics is, at the end of the day, about ideas and philosophy, not simply rhetoric. But, as all the great presidents have shown, rhetoric matters, too. Beyond that, Hillary Clinton is a conventional liberal, as is Obama; the difference is that Obama is a graceful and dignified person who draws people to him rather than drives them away. He is impossible to dislike."
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This clown is an empty suit and when the rubber meets the road he’s going to sweat bullets like Kerry did in his acceptance speech in 2004. Obama is just four years removed from the IL Senate and prior to that he was a “community activist.” When it boils down to it, America ain’t going to vote for such a lightweight.
Yes we can beat the Democrats in 2008! Yes we cab! We Can! Yes we Can!
Some evil dictators gave great speeches too
He’s a con man extraordinare. Scary that people are buying into it.
I hope you are right, which I think you are.
No offense intended, but the folks who fail to see that Obama is an extraordinary, compelling figure are guilty of willful ignorance. I agree with the poster who said that were he one of us, we would be in heaven about now. I’d love to see him finish off the Clintons, but we’d have a tougher time with him by far.
Like Reagan, he is a communicator. Unlike Reagan, he has no substance to communicate.
For some reason that made me laugh.
Sorry, people who are enamored by sound bites, appearances, hypocrisy, lying and speech patterns deserve the title that they have become, ignoramuses.
I second that, particularly as a Presidential candidate. If she loses, I don’t see her coming back like Nixon.
Obama would eat McCain for lunch.
I hate her but I hope Hitlery has some good dirt on Obama.
WE would crush Hitlery I’m not so sure about Obama. It’s tough to fight a dream.
would rather deal with a comeback from Obammaland than a comback from MCLAND.
Obama is NOT extraordinary. He delivers scripted speeches very, very well.
As someone earlier in this thread mentioned, his gaffes are awful. I remember him saying 10,000 people died in Hurricane Katrina. Once he is off-script he is a starched and boneheaded suit with zero charisma.
I am glad he is not one of us. He is a compelling figure for all of the wrong reasons, however. I think he is a threat, a bigger threat than Hillary.
LOL You're right!
I missed Obama’s speech, but caught Joe Scarborough on MSNBC shortly after it.
Joe was wetting himself with nearly hysterical glee over the speech. He was saying his Blackberry was inundated with emails of praise -— from conservatives and Republicans. [Yeh right, Joe.]
There’s very little I agree with Obama about, but anyone who denies that he is BY FAR the most talented public speaking politician in America today is deluding himself.
I was watching his speech tonight and having to tell myself “he supports amnesty, he wants to raise your taxes, he wants to make government bigger” because if I didn’t my instinct would have been to get carried away by his speech. He is extremely good at what he does.
Having said that, Hillary is a better politician because she lives in the real world and cynically manipulates the political levers in a way that doesn’t inspire at all but which works. And that’s sad to see.
What the F*** is wrong with everybody???
I wonder how many white Democrats would cross over and vote for the liberal McCain if Obama was the nominee?
I wonder if that's the GOP strategy in pushing McCain?
No one says style matters more than substance . . . to us. It matters greatly to the general populace. If Al Gore was likeable, W. never would have been elected.
Who, Obama or the sorry slate of republicans that we are supposed to choose from? Hard to tell these days.
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