Obama's lack of ordinary modesty

American Thinker ^ | June 24, 2008 | James Lewis

[Yardstick]

*Bump*

[Prole]

Obama wouldn't know modesty if it punched that arrogant smirk right off his face.

[combat_boots]

“Obama’s more-than-human...against down-to-earth John McCain.”

Not entirely accurate, but close enough for government work.

[combat_boots]

“He doesn’t know where the steering wheel and the brakes are located; but he knows where he wants to go in his fertile imagination. A more dangerous driver of the American ship of state is hard to imagine.”

Learning the clutch is really tough. Metaphorically, it depends on a person’s will, desires and understanding of how the car works—or, the country. I believe that the O-man would pop the clutch, strip the gears and hop to a halt. But, maybe that’s the plan.

[sheik yerbouty]

The pose is like Mussolinis..

[cricket]

Would ask when these people might see the 'light'; but of course, they believe already have.

[...the power which has always started the greatest religious and political avalanches in history rolling has from time to immemorial been the magic of power of the spoken word, and that alone. Particularly the broad masses of the people can be moved only by the power of speech. - Adolph Hitler, Mein Kampf.]

". . .and Hitler sprinkled Mein Kampf with Christian language, most likely to fit with the predominantly Christian German population, and appealed to voters on the strength of his Christian "calling"

(Thanks to Kyle-Anne Shiver/American Thinker/May 28, 2008/ for reminder; and for more in rest of her article Obama, Black Liberation Theology, and Karl Marx]

[ChiMark]

Who was the last down to earth, likeable Democrat presidential candidate?

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

Scoop Jackson, but he never made it to the nomination.

[WildcatClan]

I suppose John McCain would come closest, although he is technically not a Democrat. He is just slightly to the left of a 50’s Democrat. :)

[freeangel]

obama needs to stick to writing fiction

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

good jobs for the jobless

Most of the chronically unemployed are unemployable. What "good jobs" are available for those who are warehoused in government schools in the inner cities? A high percentage of these "students" are functionally illiterate, and can't do even basic mathematics. Is Obama going to employ some sort of magical affirmative action to turn these societal dropouts into nuclear physicists or brain surgeons?

There is a world economy out there now. The few remaining old-line manufacturing jobs are being outsourced on a daily basis. General Motors can no longer afford to pay $60,000 a year salaries for semi-skilled labor, complete with medical benefits and a generous pension. That work is now being done by robots, or by workers in third-world countries at a fraction of the cost. The only way to a good job is to get a good education, a link that is ignored by liberal politicians like Obama.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Who was the last down to earth, likable Democrat presidential candidate?

Harry Truman, in 1948.

[visualops]

When the kid at the local KFC stares at the coins you handed him and struggles to count you know there’s a problem.

[gusopol3]

Obama deliberately plays to the lowbrow crowd; after all, half the population has an IQ of less than 100.

this construction and supposition about Obama supporters doesn't work for me. It's apparent that about 45 % of the electorate is going to vote D no matter who they flop out there. I'm a lot more concerned about that socialist mentality than about the celebrity worshipping screamers.

[AdaGray]

Obama is a puffball.

[50sDad]

The primary complaint my Liberal friends have against Rush is that he’s “so arrogant.” I guess they will come down hard on Barak, then.

[Carley]

A reading of Harry Truman’s political career before and after he came to Washington D.C. might change your opinion.

[Miss Didi]

RUSH: Sounds wonderful, right? To a lot of airheads, to a lot of dorks, to a lot of dunces this sounds just fabulous. "We began to provide care for the sick." We've got the best medical care in the world! "Good jobs for the jobless." The unemployment rate is 5%! Anybody not working in America today does not want to work. It's just that simple. "...when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal." Ladies and gentlemen, in order to protect the integrity and decorum of this program, I am going to step aside for a moment and bring aboard the Official Obama Criticizer: Bo Snerdley.

SNERDLEY: This is Bo Snerdley, the EIB Official Barack Criticizer, certified black enough to criticize -- and I have a message. Senator Obama in your victory speech last night you declared that this was America's moment that somehow now, if we are willing to work for it -- fight for it, believe in it -- we're all going to look back someday and realize, this was the moment that we began to care for the sick, to have jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans would begin to slow and our planet would begin to heal. This was the moment we came together to remake this great nation. That's what you said. Excuse me, sir. What country have you been living in? Americans have been working hard since there was America! It's that work that made this the world's lone superpower, that work that built a nation that is the envy of the world. And what is this business about the oceans begin to slow? What does that mean? In fact, what do you mean? This is insulting, sir! America is great; it was great before you stepped on the scene. The thing that frightens us, sir, is that you are hell-bent on destroying what is great in the name of liberalism.

Now, a translation for the EIB brothers and sisters in the 'hood: My brutha, O! Big ups on your win, yo. You the big dog now, but yo, listen up, what's up with that speech, bro? Check it out. You running for president or you running to become black Moses, yo? You going to all day like, you know, step on the scene, the world, the ocean's going to part, then start slowing down? Yo, that sounds a little fishy to me, yo. And the joblessness? You want to get jobs for people, yo? Doing what? But if you throwin' down jobs I got a few peeps to hit you up with, brothers and sisters looking for jobs out there better paying money, Rezko, yo? Look, I got news for you, most of us even the typical white people, yo, we already care for sick people -- and dig this, bro. What kind of policy you holding back that can heal the planet? Especially since it's not sick. Between you and me, yo, the earf isn't sick, doesn't really need to be healed. Yo, bro, you need to chill, you know? You're not God, despite yo press coverage.

That concludes our statement.

RUSH: The Official Obama Criticizer, Bo Snerdley.

[brushcop]

When the kid at the local KFC stares at the coins you handed him and struggles to count you know there’s a problem.

ROFLMAO!! That's happened to us not only a KFCs but quite a few places. For awhile, my wife and I were trying to teach clerks to properly count back change, forget it. Lots of mistakes out there, no telling how many short-changed customers (and business owners) there are.