Obama campaign dares to make most of parallels (OBAMANIA CONTINUES UNABATED)

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | February 9, 2007 | Jennifer Hunter

[Chi-townChief]

Quite a fantasy from the extraordinarily loony Ms. Hunter.

[MadIvan]

The old Nat King Cole song that goes, "...there may be trouble ahead" is springing to mind.

My theory is that every liberal has a "West Wing" fantasy locked up in their subconscious. The problem with that is that they'll read "Bartlet" into the nearest available politician who even vaguely fits the mould.

Regards, Ivan

[OrioleFan]

I understand that Obama split some rails in his youth. /sarcasm

[Vaquero]

[rhombus]

Would Obama bother to save the union?

[sergeantdave]

Good grief! What utter tripe.

When does Obama show up on the Lake Michigan shore with fish and loaves?

[MadIvan]

When does Obama show up on the Lake Michigan shore with fish and loaves?

I'm waiting for them to claim he'll make the Cubs win the World Series. If I recall correctly, they haven't done that since 1908.

Regards, Ivan

[Always Right]

Obama: "I can not tell a lie, I am Osama's long lost son."

[Major_Risktaker]

Obama declared, "There's not a black America and white America and Latino America and Asian America, there's the United States of America."

That statement is one of the reason why I hear Obama is a very articulate African-American.

[Always Right]

When does Obama show up on the Lake Michigan shore with fish and loaves?

Well there you go, giving the opposition ideas again.

[DieHard the Hunter]

Ha ha ha!

So far the conservative right does not have a candidate that could defeat Obama. Or Clinton.

Laugh all you like: unless something drastic happens RSN, we will be looking at a Democrat POTUS running a Democrat gov't. Barbra Streisand, M&M, Michael Jackson and Bruce Springstein will perform at the swearing-in ceremony. And Martin Sheen will perform the swearing-in.

[MadIvan]

That statement is one of the reason why I hear Obama is a very articulate African-American.

And if Biden is to be believed, he's a clean-American too.

Regards, Ivan

[toddlintown]

Let me distill this: He's placing the race card with a heaping dose of classism.

[toddlintown]

"When does Obama show up on the Lake Michigan shore with fish and loaves?"

Wait until July. The dead alewives start washing up on Oak Street Beach.

[Beckwith]

there are many compelling parallels between Honest Abe and Barack. Obama

Except that Obama has been less than Honest about his background.

[dinoparty]

Oh for crying out loud. Lincoln's speaches were great because of the wisdom upon which they were built, not just because he could fire up a crowd. Maybe I will start to believe the parallels when I hear Obama say: "we must fight radical Islam with all of our might and all of our soul, lest government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth." Until then, these idiots need to shut the hell up.

[MadIvan]

No politician is allowed to say anything with too much conviction any longer, lest they get backed into a corner. Without conviction, belief and sincerity, speeches are meaningless, let alone anything near great.

Regards, Ivan

[southernerwithanattitude]

AbC is doing a puff piece on him right now. "Hes a listener ya know" ha ha

Osama Obomba

[BallyBill]

The media just does things to make themselves feel better. There is ZERO chance of this guy becoming President and they know it.

70 years after Pearl Harbor and American voters wouldn't elect a Japanese/American even if his family had been in the country for generations. There is less chance of electing someone with a Muslim "sounding", name even before 9/11/01.

[traditional1]

And how about "he was born in a log cabin......."