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Obama without his script (by Johah Goldberg)
Los Angeles Times ^
| Aug. 12, 2008
| Jonah Goldberg
Posted on 08/12/2008 12:29:00 AM PDT by FocusNexus
Judging by his reaction to the Georgia-Russia crisis, Obama's make-believe presidency isn't ready for prime time.
The Obama campaign has for months pursued the odd strategy of having the junior senator from Illinois act as if he were already kinda-sorta president of the United States.
The invasion of Georgia elicited a wan written communique instead of the sort of exciting rhetoric we've come to expect from his make-believe presidency.
This moment calls for more than playacting, yet Obama looks lost without a presidential script.
Perhaps this is not a time for a novice spouting grand rhetoric about a new page in history, but for someone who's actually read the pages of some old, but still relevant, books. Perhaps this is not the time for playacting.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cluelessobama; elections; foreignpolicy; obama; obamatruthfile
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To: SatinDoll
They may, FINALLY, be getting a little scared of their “golden boy”.
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posted on
08/12/2008 3:53:12 AM PDT
by
singfreedom
(Obama's solution to the energy crisis: check the air in your tires! Why didn't we think of that?)
To: FocusNexus
The real question is what percentage of the voters fall into the intelligent people category. I pray it's at least 50%+1 but, I am not optimistic.
22
posted on
08/12/2008 3:56:10 AM PDT
by
dearolddad
(Like $6.00 + gas? Be sure to thank a democrap.)
To: athelass
from another site...
“We don’t need a celebrity in the White House. We need a leader and HE isn’t it. “
To: southland
ugh, that's painful. I was so embarrassed to watch that I had to get up and walk away.
I am amazed that the Left is not concerned about this.
Then again...
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posted on
08/12/2008 4:39:01 AM PDT
by
NativeSon
(off the Rez without a pass...)
To: FocusNexus
the LA Times is going to get a bad rap with the LibsDoes this mean that the spectre of an Obama Presidency scares even the yahoos of the Propaganda Machine?
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posted on
08/12/2008 5:02:05 AM PDT
by
Savage Beast
(Today Pelosi's going to save the planet. Last week she was Joan of Arc.)
To: NativeSon
I am amazed that the Left is not concerned about this. Then again...
Maybe the powers-that-be on the Left know that a President Obama will not be the one calling the shots.
That's the "fence post turtle" idea that some here have been promoting.
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posted on
08/12/2008 5:13:23 AM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Without the second, the rest are just politicians' BS.)
To: FocusNexus
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posted on
08/12/2008 5:35:29 AM PDT
by
RetSignman
(DEMSM: "If you tell a big enough lie, frequently enough, it becomes the truth")
To: Blind Eye Jones
Obama will be chewed up by the Russians. Unlike the Germans they don't have an Obama fan club. I wouldn't be so sure, the Russkies can recognize a Stalinist when they see one.
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posted on
08/12/2008 5:38:48 AM PDT
by
depressed in 06
(Bolshecrat, where patriotism is replacing the stars in the flag with hammers and sickles.)
To: FocusNexus
The detail of Obama's plan to end the fighting was to have a cease-and-desist order issued to Russia by the UN Security Council.
Left unsaid was how he was going to convince Russia to condemm itself.
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posted on
08/12/2008 5:39:35 AM PDT
by
AU72
To: FocusNexus
wan- a: suggestive of poor health : sickly, pallid b: lacking vitality : feeble
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posted on
08/12/2008 5:47:39 AM PDT
by
Huck
(A Teddy Roosevelt wannabe is better than a Che Guevara wannabe.)
To: MichaelAsher54
PooBama! Now I understand what that creepy hand signal is all about....
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posted on
08/12/2008 5:59:27 AM PDT
by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
(I walk into a Chinese restaurant, the chef asks me "Can you smell what the woks been cooking?")
To: RetSignman
I'm really looking forward to the debates.
What will America think when they see what their guy sounds like without his cue cards?
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posted on
08/12/2008 6:30:00 AM PDT
by
libravoter
(Live from the People's Republic of Cambridge)
To: AU72
Yeah, I'm not surprised that the media is ignoring this. But how ignorant do you have to be to want the UNSC to come in and issue a resolution, when it can just be vetoed by Russia since they're a permenant member.
What a dunce.
To: libravoter
He'll probably be wearing this in his ear. Look for it.
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posted on
08/12/2008 6:48:21 AM PDT
by
RetSignman
(DEMSM: "If you tell a big enough lie, frequently enough, it becomes the truth")
To: Cementjungle
“Wow...the LA Times is going to get a bad rap with the Libs if they let OpEds like this run too many times.”
Obambi to Putin, Uh uh ..can’t we all uh just get uh along?”.
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posted on
08/12/2008 7:31:15 AM PDT
by
y6162
(uot)
To: Darkwolf377
Georgia = Waterloo for monkeyboy
To: libravoter
I'm really looking forward to the debates. What will America think when they see what their guy sounds like without his cue cards?
To: NewHampshireDuo
I guess that what the Democrats are nominating isnt really a leader but a front person who will be the public face of a leftist committee thatll be the real leadership. Shudder.Exactly right and well put. The reason he is "on vacation" is because he began to screw up too much and his handlers called him in for refitting. He is being programmed on the "correct" positions on the issues, and going through drills so he won't keep stumbling and getting off-script.
He will also see his grandmother for an hour or so to placate the media.
To: 2nd Bn, 11th Mar
Im no fan of McCain, but he acted more presidential than the President - who I am a fan of.Agree all the way, and when I heard Hillary's announcement of the Dem leader's death, I too flashed on Bill's remorse that 9-11 didn't happen on his watch.
I think even the Dems are finally admitting that with the Clintons, It's ALWAYS About THEM. A truly creepy way for a wannabe leader to act.
To: FocusNexus
Indeed, President Bush's jaunt to the Olympics as a "sports fan" should also have been cut short the moment tanks started rolling over a country he'd proclaimed a "beacon of liberty" during his visit there in 2005. By Monday, both Bush and Obama were playing catch-up to Sen. John McCain, who seemed to have grasped the gravity from the get-go and whose support for Georgia is long-standing. He took the lead from the outset, demanding on Friday morning an emergency meeting of NATO and Western aid to the fledgling democracy.I think McCain gets it in droves on foreign policy, moreso than our last three presidents. His saving grace.
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posted on
08/16/2008 12:13:55 AM PDT
by
streetpreacher
(Arminian by birth, Calvinist by the grace of God)
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