'The Man From Nowhere' -- What does Barack Obama believe in? (Peggy Noonan)

The Wall Street Journal ^ | December 15, 2006 | Peggy Noonan

[hnj_00]

b. hussein obama is a muzzie.....

all muzzies believe in death & destruction.....

if the US votes for this muzzie they are complicit in the demise of the nation as we know it......

ask this muzzie where he stands on iraq..iran...Israel....
what are the bets that he stands as staunch a supporter as jimmah carter!!!

[SkyPilot]

What does Barack Obama believe in?

- Abortion

- Gun confiscation

- Racial spoils for anyone and everyone except Americans descended from Europeans

- That his car door ears are not to be mocked

[tkathy]

Obama is going to have to overcome being seen as a twerp by thoughtful people.

[MaDeuce]

"He's a real nowhere man
living in his nowhere land..."

That is what makes him perfect for the presidency of the US. He is perfect for a country of nowhere men and women who have no morals, vision, or sense of history. The new govenor of Mass. proves this theroy perfectly ... someone with no substance, who says nothing but sounds good saying it.

Osama Obama is just what America wants.

[ken5050]

A good article, but she omitted one item to explain why near 100% of Dems love the guy...

Barack Obama is NOT Hillary Clinton!

[Rockpile]

Obama is lacking in gravitas. Where is his gravitas?

Democrats and their jounalist comrades will never support him since he has no gravitas. They only want elected leaders with gravitas.

[Cincinatus]

What does Barack Obama believe in?

How's the following for a clue?

2005 (and lifetime) rating, (leftist) Americans for Democratic Action: 100%

2005 (and lifetime) rating, (conservative) American Conservative Union: 8%

The prosecution rests.

[Cincinatus]

I forgot, here are the links:

Obama ADA rating

Obama ACU rating

[Aquinasfan]

All I can think of is "The Cult of Personality" by Living Colour.

Look into my eyes, what do you see?
Cult of personality
I know your anger, I know your dreams
I've been everything you want to be
Im the cult of personality
Like mussolini and kennedy
Im the cult of personality
Cult of personality
Cult of personality

Neon lights, a nobel prize
The mirror speaks, the reflection lies
You dont have to follow me
Only you can set me free
I sell the things you need to be
Im the smiling face on your t.v.
Im the cult of personality
I exploit you still you love me

I tell you one and one makes three
Im the cult of personality
Like joseph stalin and gandi
Im the cult of personality
Cult of personality
Cult of personality

Neon lights a nobel prize
A leader speaks, that leader dies
You dont have to follow me
Only you can set you free

You gave me fortune
You gave me fame
You me power in your gods name
Im every person you need to be
Im the cult of personality

[sphinx]

There is a simple test for intellectual and moral seriousness in politicians. That is whether they address seriously the hard questions of the day or run from them. Right now, those questions would include Iraq and the broader issues of Islamic terrorism and, on the domestic side, entitlement and education reform. A candidate doesn't have to agree with me to earn my respect, but he does have to take the issues seriously.

President Bush has grabbed the hard issues and is paying a political price for it, but he is a morally serious man and has my deep respect for his efforts. I hope our candidate in 2008 will be equally serious. I do not see a single national democrat today with the courage or integrity to even step up to the plate, and therein lies the danger to the nation. In a closely divided nation, the Other Party refuses to engage the issues that count.

[Aquinasfan]

That is what makes him perfect for the presidency of the US. He is perfect for a country of nowhere men and women who have no morals, vision, or sense of history. The new govenor of Mass. proves this theory perfectly ... someone with no substance, who says nothing but sounds good saying it.

Exactly 100% right-on-the-money bulls-eye.

"Yes we can!"

[Malesherbes]

Great line. I think it will stick.

[8mmMauser]

Barak would bring us an Obama-nation.

[FreedomPoster]

Good summary.

[steadfastconservative]

One way to interpret Noonan's article is to say that Obama has all the hallmarks of a demagogue. He is a charismatic, self-seeking politician whose charms could blind the electorate to his liberalism and his bad policy ideas. (I'm not saying that all demagogues are liberal only that Obama is.) The bottom line is that he is someone who will pander to voters and use his likability to get elected. Which, of course, is what Clinton did.

[libstripper]

Osama Obama doesn't have any experience what so ever, militarly or politically for running this country so what of earth are people excited about?

They're excited precisely because he doesn't have any experience and, therefore, no track record. He's as blank as a movie screen and that's the real source of his appeal--fools can project whatever raging imaginations of perfection onto him they have and convince themselves that their projected images are the real Obama. Of course, he's going to have to come out sometime; when he does things will change.

[MichiganConservative]

What does he believe in? Socialism. Just like all the rest.

[r9etb]

Bill Clinton was similarly unknown, and similarly charming.

Clinton realized that he could treat the electorate like a woman he was trying to seduce. Obama sounds like the same sort of fellow.

[Lazamataz]

He's as blank as a movie screen

I sense an opportunity.

Let ua co-opt him, and use him as a force for good.

[MichiganConservative]

- Racial spoils for anyone and everyone except Americans descended from Europeans

That one's amusing seeing as how his mother was white and his father was an immigrant from an African country. It's more likely that his ancestors owned slaves than were slaves in the US.

At least Obama mania exposes who should not be allowed to vote because they're just too stupid.