Posted on 06/17/2006 11:28:04 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
EAST ORANGE, N.J. -- Barack Obama was standing before a packed high school auditorium when he noticed a familiar face in the crowd -- none other than singer Dionne Warwick. He paused, flashed a mischievous smile, then let loose with a perfectly on-key performance of the opening line of her hit song "Walk On By."
The audience of 300 students and adults roared with approval.
Obama, a first-term Democratic senator from Illinois, seems to be hitting the right notes these days. During Senate recesses, he has been touring the country at breakneck pace, basking in the sudden fame of a politician turned pop star. Along the way, he has been drawing crowds and campaign cash from Democrats starved for a fresh face and ready to cheer what Obama touts as "a politics of hope instead of a politics of fear."
His office fields more than 300 requests a week for appearances. One Senate Democrat, curious about Obama's charisma, took notes when watching him perform at a recent political event. State parties report breaking fundraising records when Obama is the speaker.
The money he is bringing in for fellow Democrats is shaping up as an important influence on 2006. And the potential Obama is demonstrating as a political performer -- less than two years after his elevation from the Illinois state legislature -- is prompting some colleagues to urge him to turn his attention to 2008 and a race for the presidency. Obama has made plain he is at least listening.
"I think he is unique," said Illinois's senior senator, Richard J. Durbin (D). "I don't believe there is another candidate I've seen, or an elected official, who really has the appeal that he does."
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Very masterful attempt to change the subject "JC". Now how about coming back to the relevant thread and answering the simple NON-POLITICAL question I asked you?
Nah, DU has a love-hate relationship with the guy. Mostly they distrust him because they can't quite figure out whether he supports their agenda.
Prayers for your friend.
I remember his opponent had 'dirt' that he lied about his father. His father was a high level MauMau in the Congo, when they were on their murderous rampages.
Seems the king-makers have big plans for BO. Image-over- substance and promotionals are the names of their games.
Obama has the right mix of oratory skills, voice, and public temperament to be a real danger to the conservative agenda.
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If he only had a brain....
Here's all I need to know. He's already garnered 100% Special Interest ratings from NARAL and Planned Parenthood. Has a 0% rating from Illinois Federation for Right to Life.
100% rating from the NAACP.
100% rating from the NEA.
Endorsed by the Sierra Club.
An A+ rating from Citizens for Global Solutions.
0% rating from Gun Owners of America.
An F rating from the NRA.
0% rating from the Federation for American Immigration Reform.
90+ % ratings from every union you can name.
100% rating from The Population Institute (the Zero Birth Rate Freaks)
http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=BS030017
(He's actually LEFT of The Beast; you can check her out at the same link above, if you DARE, LOL!)
Obama's father is black and his mother is white. He considers himself an African American. Why does he not recognize his white European heritage? I have never heard him talk about that.
The news media creates a celebrity, worships that celebrity, and then pushes that celebrity to prove itself "right". This is how a person becomes "a celebrity for being a celebrity". That's all Obama is at this point. From everything I've read that contains any substance, Obama is just another scumbag. People usually see through that pretty quickly.
Well, let's re-name him Captain Charisma.
Please Mr. rat, do it! Run him with the beast.
He's being groomed. I've never heard so much fauning over a political personality (since his Convention speech) since people talked about JFK in 1959-1960.
Don't care if he was raised by martians, the guy is a black guy.
He'll get a pass on everything by the msm.
Sort of like Coulter says, they send up a guy you can't attack or in this case look racist.
BTTT
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