Posted on 08/18/2008 8:49:49 AM PDT by Publius804
The New Republic
Be Not Cool by Michelle Cottle
For Barack Obama, the presidential race right now demands a sense of urgency. And that's hard to convey when you never seem to sweat.
Post Date Friday, August 15, 2008
In a way arguably unlike any previous presidential contender (yes, okay, fine: JFK, maybe), Barack Obama personifies cool. He's young. He's hip. (Check out that iPod playlist.) He's black. He's got that whole smooth-talking, fist-bumping, "What, me worry?" vibe going. His oratory uplifts without inflaming. He talks of hope and change and endless possibility, but always with an edge of restraint and composure that soothes even as it inspires. The "No Drama Obama" label suits him. Long, lean, and always perfectly turned out, the man looks as though he could withstand a nuclear staredown without breaking a sweat.
All of which strikes me as a bit of a problem at this point. While the cool, composed, no-drama demeanor helps Obama appear presidential--and no doubt allays some subliminal white racial anxieties--it also threatens to make him look a bit detached from the many and multiplying crises around him.
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“He’s black.”
Yeah, that makes him cool.
Obamabi, naive waif.
Too cool for school.
Ya know what? Eat me Michelle, you stupid, racist cow.
Let’s not forget that cocky strut of his.
Soooo coooool.............not
This guy has no credentials. His platform changes everyday and he friggin' lies.
But the bottom line is: He's a socialist all the way.
He got da’ glide in hiz’ stride... da’ cut in hiz’ strut...
No white man would want to govern the hellhole of a city Detroit became after Coleman Young took power.
He's a black Alfred E. Neumann, fresh off the cover of his own Mad Magazine!
I’m sorry....I don’t believe he’s Mr. Cool. I think he turns into a black version of Pee Wee Herman when no one is looking.....
If his supporters would just be a little honest once in awhile. He’s just not experienced enough. Period. He’s going to end up picking Hillary which will be the final nail in the coffin...Even as of yesterday I thought Hillary would be devastating for us...but the more I think about it, the more I think that there is nothing he can do to win this thing. Bringing Hillary in would be an admission that he’s not up to the task..would people really vote for someone thinking that the VP will be there to save him. I know people were talking like that about Cheney, but the Hillary/Obama dynamics started out adversarial, unlike Bush and Cheney.
If you have to tell people you’re cool, you ain’t
He is SO not cool.
Totally agree. I think he is geek who is trying too hard to be one of the “kool kidz.” He is just not cool at all; he is not the kind of guy who could hang with just about anyone and have a good time. He’s also an insecure elitist who can’t deliver without a teleprompter.
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