Posted on 12/15/2006 10:06:24 AM PST by SirLinksalot
Politics: The media have anointed Sen. Barack Obama the next great thing, our best hope for the presidency — other than Hillary Clinton, of course. But beyond the publicity, there's not much there.
While Oprah and the big thinkers at the Huffington Post and Daily Kos go on about the junior senator from Illinois, others point out that less than two years into his first term as a U.S. officeholder, Obama doesn't have much to show. No legislative triumphs that offer a glimpse into how he would lead, no defining efforts of statecraft that reveal the core of his character.
But slight though Obama's record might be, one thing is clear: He leans decidedly to the left.
His career in the Illinois senate — which former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay puts "on a par with a Marxist leftist" — as well as his short time in the U.S. Senate, are useful tools for determining where Obama stands. And it's a far cry from the "moderate" image that's being marketed.
• Obama is certainly no friend of the taxpayer, for instance. In its most recent report card (for 2005), the National Taxpayers Union gave him an F. The group ranks him 96th of 100 senators, with a rating of 6%, meaning that he darned near "approved every spending proposal and opposed every pro-taxpayer reform." He's also among the biggest spenders.
• The National Taxpayers Limitation Committee gives Obama an 8 for his work in 2005 and 2006 — another F. Here, he's in good company at the back of the class with the likes of Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Charles Schumer, Hillary Clinton and Barbara Boxer.
• Obama also gets an 8 from the American Conservative Union for his votes in 2005,
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Is it true he is trying frantically to schedule an ear tuck?
DUmbo hits a speed bump on the way to the nomination.
If anything, he looks like Mr Potato Head. And he'd only get the Dumbo© Disney vote.
Ok, I have the misfortune of having Dumbo as one of the Senators of my state. His voting record his borderline Marxist and his rhetoric naive and superficial. This dude never held a job in the private sector or was involved with managing businesses or people. He is absolutely unfit to lead and rule. He might be a good inspirational speaker... but that's about it.
Time and again this past election the voters showed that they preferred an empty suit to a seasoned, experienced, knowledgable conservative Republican. That's why we can't ignore Osama Obama.
All this superhype about Obama I think is being setup by Her Heinousness. She knows he's a threat, so let the media exhaust themselves, and everybody else, on him now so that come this time next year, we're sick of him.
He's black. What more does he need? /s
And the third, who was a senator, probably didn't win the election (his opponent's victory resting at the bottom of Lake Michigan).
Barack Hussein Obama has reached his ceiling. There's nothing more to him than a big smile, superficial good-feeling words and his Will Smith ears. He is a well meaning nice guy... but so are most of us.
The real power in Texas when Bush was governor was with the LG and the Speaker of the House, too. That really wasn't important. What was important was Bush's platform and that is what Obama will be judged on. Will voters choose a liberal platform with shiny baubles attached to it? We'll see. No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.
As someone opined on another site: "We should elect Obama's dentist. At least we can some of his work."
IMHO, this is the next "test" to see if the NEA has sufficiently dumbed down the American people.
If the Drive-by Media can convince them that Osama Obama is the "next great thing," they will know they've succeeded.
Sad.
Moseley-Braun syndrome. Hey everybody look, a black senator !!! Then you open the box and it's empty.
Exactly the reasons he's so lauded by Dems.
It seems to me the 2008 Presidential election is going to be based on the construct of "American Idol".
This is going to be the slickest, sound-bytiest, substance devoidiest campaign in the history of American politics.
Amazingly, Maureen Dowd may have provided as much ammunition against him as necessary with the "giant" ears, Mr. Sensitive episode. How can this guy go up against thugs like Putin when he has to dress down a woman in public for making fun of his ears?
I hEARd that!
What annoys me the most about Obama is the dissonance between his rhetoric and voting record. His voting record received an F from the National Taxpayers Union, but his rhetoric hardly reflects his statis and collectivist views. His sales pitch is "hope" and "optimism" which are nice catch phrases, but in his case absolutely superficial.
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