Posted on 07/26/2008 5:59:32 AM PDT by kellynla
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Obama didn’t need to say anything specific. His supporters already know what “unity” means: United in their mutual desire to live selfishly and to love nothing but happiness itself.
Most people don’t believe in anything and love nothing. They won’t even save their own children if given the chance.
The only thing that most people care about is being left alone in their selfish affairs and not bothered by anything.
Obama understands this and has established his political campaign upon this. If you want to score votes, appeal to the terrible sins of mankind.
"Obama and the media are mirror reflections of each other - both frivolous, both stupid, they both live off of scripts that are useless to them 24 hours later."
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I agree. This guy is all image and no substance. Turn off the TV and he dissipates like vapor.
I got absolutely nothing out of Obama’s speech, other than a vague promise to save the World. You realize this man has never run anything in his life, but he thinks he can run the federal government.
Obama is just the latest in a long line of poor JFK imitators. There’s nothing new about his rhetorical style. His stump speech and other speeches are more lacking in specifics, or any real substance, but he too is trying for some grand theme that will inspire his followers.
I think that our concern should be the psychological make-up of his followers, and how great their numbers will be once they’ve observed him over a longer period of time.
Unfortunately he has plenty of substance. Let him be POTUS and we will all find out just what he is really made of (as if we don’t know already)
He is even letting slip his real substance for the cameras on more than one occasion. He may be a lightweight, but he is a socialist/marxist lightweight who wants to redistribute our wealth not only within the country, but to the rest of the world as well.
I missed the whole Berlin circus, will someone tell me,did they play ‘Hail to the Chief” when he walked onstage? and why cant he keep his hands off the leaders of other countries?, its such a phony ‘best buds,see how close WE are’ thing, done only to impress the yokels back home.
His Berlin clichefest will be the Gold Standard in Bad Speeches. Where was Jackie??
Pray for W and Our Troops
I disagree...they're not stupid at all; Obama & the majority of the media have been indoctrinated in the anti-American Socialist/Marxist/Communist propaganda that has been taught for decades in colleges & universities across America by the likes of “fake Indians” like Ward Churchill !
In Obama's telling, it was the "Hope" of a united Berlin populace that kept the aircraft flying during the Berlin blockade. That gets things exactly backward. The only reason Berliners had hope was due to the efforts of the US Air Force and the Royal Air Force in creating and maintaining the Air Bridge for 18 months.
There was NO HOPE for Berlin without the Americans and Brits.
The surge had no effect, it was the switching of sides by the Sunni Sheikhs in Anbar and Mookie al Sadr's stand down. American troops had no role in victory in Iraq.
This guy, Obama, is so wrapped up in his Leftist, Marxism, Third World, Alinsky view of the world, he can't get out of it. His personal presentation as a friendly, caring, concerned person in a well-tailored conservative suit, speaking in a well-modulated, traditional way belies the radicalism of the content.
Blame America First is Obama's motto. Americans will only elect this guy, if McCain does not make it crystal clear to everyone, what Obama actually believes. If McCain runs an "honorable" campaign, he'll lose.
If McCain makes it clear what Obama believes and Americans still vote for Obama, this isn't the country I thought it was.
How does Obama gather these huge crowds?
By staging free rock concerts, widely publicized in the locality but not mentioned abroad, and then stepping onto the concert stage when everyone is in a mellow and cheerful mood. That's what he did to get all those young people sitting by the river in Oregon. That's what he did in Berlin.
The press knows this, of course, but they control the cameras. They only let us see and hear the footage that they carefully choose, and the camera angles that they choose.
A cheap trick, but effective. Leni Reifenstahl rediviva.
B. Hussein and fans: Shallow calling unto shallow.
I’d like that on a T-Shirt.
T-Shirts are a good idea. I think I may write and post an article on that thesis. And have updated my tag-line.
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