Obama is now the shiny new toy. Once you've played with it, the novelty fades.Once he gets to Capitol Hill, he'll be told to fall in line.
(Remember Cuomo's 'speech' and how it signalled his greatness???)
Posted on 07/28/2004 6:07:03 PM PDT by hope
Look, lefties are not and never will be "patriots" no matter how much they posture.
"There was not a single thing in his speech which virtually anybody disagreed with,which basically means that he didn't say anything."
Bingo. Obama epitomizes the term "empty suit": All rhetorical flash with no depth.
Don't believe the tripe!
This is the National Review...
Tell that to Jesus. "I am the way, the truth, and the life..."
"the truth will set you free..."
Since helping your neighbors is a truth of God, it seems to me that that is the very epitome of freedom sir.
Of course, Obama was using these lines for gain...he doesn't actually believe them.
Right. If he's elected to the office he's running for, they'll just bring him out for "speechifying". The only Blacks that get anywhere with the dems seem to be the race-baiters like JJ and Al.
"But a Democrat Party with a moral center, wouldn't that be a concept?"
It's not a concept, it's an oxymoron......more moron than oxy however!
In the information age, bad information is shunned by those who know millions are watching and fact-checking. With any luck, the rhetoric will die down with the old guard.
The "blue states" do worship an "ah, some god". Under Klinton, these states were called the "blew states". It only became "blue" when the stained dress appeared."
Obama is now the shiny new toy. Once you've played with it, the novelty fades.Once he gets to Capitol Hill, he'll be told to fall in line.
(Remember Cuomo's 'speech' and how it signalled his greatness???)
You're right. There was nothing in his speech that can be disagreed with -- which, as my husband says, is typical of a Democrat's style. But he delivered it with an evident idealism and with such a passion that makes you think he will really do what he can to make these things come true.
In that, he was effective. He might be able to swing some undecided voters to their side. MIGHT. Because it's still hard to connect his passion and idealism to John Kerry. It's not effecive enough to cover Kerry's "vagueness" -- or should I say "fakeness"?
"You are exactly right. White liberals will never vote for a black man for President, or even the Senate. Never."
I don't know if you're being sarcastic, but if you're not then I disagree. I think there's a collective white guilt in the US about blacks. Just look at how some CONSERVATIVES (!!) here on this board are softening up to him in this thread! Think they'd do that if Kerry or Edwards invoked God in their speeches?
By the way, there's nothing in his platform http://issues2000.org/Senate/Barack_Obama.htm that sounds potentially Republican. The speech is just shameless pandering to the center-right crowd.
The thing I noticed about Obama's speech was that he left out "endowed their creator" from his quote of the Declaration of Independence.
That's what I heard at work today. Lots about Obama and what a wonderful speaker and human being he is.
I thought it was:
love the world,hate your neighbor.
"We worship an awesome God in the Blue States."
Molech? Ishtar? Dagon?
I think you're right there. Much easier to love a vague, amorphous ideal than the woman down the street who only shops at Costco and buys large jars of mayonnaise.
Which is why it's a shame that Keyes -- as a social conservative -- can't get any air time.
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