Obama in the spotlight: What you should know (Media has elected Obama President!)

The Slate ^ | 7-27-04

[Al Simmons]

Yeah, I am not so unsure that Obama's 'Harvard Law' mafia didn't have something to do with all these marital papers getting the light of day.

Meantime he once did crack and nobody blinks an eyelash. The Clinton thing all over again. If you're a lib, you can not pay your taxes, carouse, and its OK. If you're a GOPer, such news goes 24/7 til they get you to step down.

I think the solution is to push the alternative (ie non-commie) media to an ever-increasing share of the pie. Death to CNNCBSNBCABC news!!!

[Mike Bates]

No. I saw this guy for the 1st time tonight. He's articulate, black, a "centrist", X42 in black and he resonates.

He's about as much of a centrist as Chairman Mao. IMHO.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Doesn't that mean we'll be rid of Terry Mc, too?

[LandOfLincolnGOP]

Ryan was a bad husband and not a boy scout, so what?Divorce records contain all sorts of unproven allegations. Had he been up front about this one (and not lied to party leaders about whether or not it existed) he'd still be actively in the race today. (And probably still losing, but not because of his divorce records...)

[BigSkyFreeper]

I was waiting for him to yell "Do you smell what Barack is cookin?!!?"

[Bogolyubski]

Touche. I also found it odd, to say the very least, that both Blair Hull and Jack Ryan had their divorce records - which are supposed to be protected by the liberals' most sacred constitutional right, the right to privacy - outed. My guess is that Obama is well connected within the leftist legal establishment in this country, no doubt thanks in part to his being an affirmative action darling of Harvard Law school.

[LandOfLincolnGOP]

Meantime he once did crack and nobody blinks an eyelash.

And there's a lesson to be learned from that: He's never tried to hide it. The public forgives mistakes, particularly when they are fully disclosed in an honest and humbling way.

[flaglady47]

Oh for heavens sake, he was going to "sex clubs" with his WIFE, not a stranger, not a "ho", with his wife, and on vacation! Good luck in finding a candidate as pure as the driven snow. Wonder what skeletons you may have in your own attic. Ryan was set up. And the Pubs in Illinois, rather than make a stand to support their candidate, threw him over like a Scott Peterson cement anchor (thanks Judy Barr Topinka, a RINO of the first order). Big rat stench here, I smell it.

[LandOfLincolnGOP]

Ryan was set up.BALONEY! Ryan set himself up. If he had gotten out in front of the story instead of LYING to the public and THE PARTY about it, it would have been a blip.

[Archie Bunker on steroids]

Does the guy kneel on a rug and point east 6 times a day??? I read nothing about his faith??

[cyncooper]

I would just like to point out that those of us saying it was a strong speech are not saying we agree with his policies.

So? Who said you did? Not I, nor did I imply as such. I know how to evaluate speakers and don't rely on Fox to tell me how to think.

Where exactly did I say if one opined he was a good speaker they must be a "lefty"?

Save your instructional tone with me.

[NutCrackerBoy]

You're both right. He probably should have gotten out in front of the story. Maybe that would have inoculated him, maybe not. But the "outing" of Jack Ryan still stinks. It is certainly a case of politics of personal destruction.

[NavyCanDo]

Obama did give a good speech, though full of everything you would expect to be on the democratic platform. Few of the democrats even knew who he was prior to the speech, and now he is the star of the show. I'm listening to liberal talk radio (710 KIRO Seattle) right now and Obama is all they are talking about. That is not good for Kerry. They have been saying, Teresa needed to put on a great show and get people to fall in love with her. That didn't happen. She was dull, she looked tired, and frankly homely. The host of the radio show an anti-war gay leftist, says he was not impressed with Teresa, but liked this young man with the funny name.

[snarkytart]

I am not calling Americans bigoted but do you really think the majority of voters would put a black liberal with a name like OBAMA in the Whitehouse....I do not think so.


After he gets corrupted by the left wing Dims in the Senate Obama's voting record will look like Kennedy's and Kerry's voting record.
No chance for this guy outside of Ill.

[saquin]

Wow, you're being extremely touchy. If you don't agree, that's fine. I don't think I was using an "instructional tone" with you. Sorry if you took it that way. I was explaining my opinion just as you were expressing yours when you answered with a terse "it was not" to someone else's description of the speech. Your only stated problem with it seemed to be that you thought people would confuse his name with "Osama". Wow, that's an intelligent evaluation of the speech.

Was the problem the policies stated? (If so, that's why I explained that those of us praising the presentation were not necessarily agreeing with the leftist policies). The words used? His tone? His delivery?

If you prefer to stick to terse "it was not", that's fine.

I'll just answer with "yes, it was."
No instructional tone, just a simple declarative statement.

Goodnight.

[nopardons]

Probably. :-(

[Texasforever]

Well I saw his speech. He spoke in a clear understandable language. That is about all I got from it other than another wannbe MLK. He was better than Ted Kennedy so I guess that is something. I have never seen a more lackluster convention, from any party, in my life. It is like watching paint dry. I can't even get a good mad going.

[cyncooper]

I have never seen a more lackluster convention, from any party, in my life.

That's what I've been saying. The lamest convention I have ever seen.

[Texasforever]

Not to put too fine a point on it but I have had prostate exams more exciting than this crap.

[Mo1]

I agree he was good and a very smooth talker .. Like you, I know nothing about him .. but you can bet he is being groom for bigger things in the future

I also agree .. this convention has been the worse