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Good to hear from old Bill Safire.

Nice old school takedown of the One.

1 posted on 08/31/2008 10:22:43 AM PDT by mojito
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To: mojito

Actually, anything but a narcissistic, Greek column setting for Barry would have been a fake.

It was perfect.


2 posted on 08/31/2008 10:27:47 AM PDT by littlehouse36
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To: mojito
Did Dr. Sowell use the "audacity of hype" phrase also?

At any rate, what a great opportunity now for Republicans to distinguish themselves in the face of Gustav.

What a coup if they could appeal to the common sense of the American people by pointing out the excesses and waste of the spectacle last week in Denver by contrasting it with a much simpler Convention that would concentrate dollars on helping real people in a real hurricane.

Last week's Hollywood and DNC waste on "smoke and mirrors" to promote a smoke and mirrors pair of candidates whose only promise is an illusory "change" cannot compare with the real change that ordinary people could see by such a move!

The brave souls who adopted our Declaration of Independence and framed America's Constitution did not promise a government that would do everything for us, but they did perform a miracle which freed ordinary men and women from government tyranny, enabling them to transform the wilderness and become a beacon of liberty for all the world.

The time to reassert their genius is now. Let's have real change! Enough of the glitz and silliness, already.

3 posted on 08/31/2008 10:32:22 AM PDT by loveliberty2
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If he knows which cave bin Biden —oops — bin Laden is hiding in why doesn’t he tell the CIA?


4 posted on 08/31/2008 10:38:24 AM PDT by Rsgood Dsbad
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Obama made a promise in his acceptance speech that was ROTFLMAO.
He promised in front of 38 million viewers , that as Commander in Chief he would

” keep our water clean and our toys safe;”


8 posted on 08/31/2008 10:42:55 AM PDT by Wild Irish Rogue
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Barack Obama and the Temple of PWNED.

Cheers!

9 posted on 08/31/2008 10:47:01 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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all too like the collectivist fantasy that opened and closed the Beijing Olympics
LOL! How fitting that is!

When the Obamas and the Bidens came out after the speech the Obamas were not smiling...They knew then it was over for them. When Barry tried to kiss Michelle she would turn her cheek (hate to say it but they reminded me of a couple of chimps, one trying to kiss the other)..

BUT, the knockout punch came the next day from a gorgeous barracuda named Sarah.

10 posted on 08/31/2008 10:47:10 AM PDT by lewislynn (What does the global warming movement and the Fairtax movement have in common? Disinformation)
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Welcome back, Bill!

Gawd, my first thought, too, when I saw the Obambi speech venue was: AMERICAN IDOL.

With Chris and Keith as Randy and Paula.


12 posted on 08/31/2008 10:53:20 AM PDT by fightinJAG (Rush was right when he said: "You NEVER win by losing.")
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Safire: The lone, rarely heard, voice of reason at the NY Slimes.


13 posted on 08/31/2008 10:53:57 AM PDT by FormerACLUmember (When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.)
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That whole production was worthy of Albert Speer.

That should scare the bejeezus outta anyone with a brain.....


14 posted on 08/31/2008 10:57:29 AM PDT by Emperor Palpatine ("There is no civility, only politics.")
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... the target is the individual American voter watching a TV or computer screen at home,...

I knew Obama blew the speech when I saw his angry face shouting on the TV screen. Most sane people don't want that in their living rooms. You'd think his advisors would know better.

16 posted on 08/31/2008 11:08:19 AM PDT by Poincare
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I had to do a double-take. The New York Times actually published this?????


18 posted on 08/31/2008 11:19:12 AM PDT by Purrcival (Go, PUMA, GO! Your job isn't over yet! You may think it is, but it's not.)
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22 posted on 08/31/2008 12:25:34 PM PDT by BenLurkin (Palin is more qualified than Obama.)
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Safire: "Instead, Obama’s handlers offered the political version of “American Idol” — the audacity of hype. On the 50-yard line of the football field, at a reported cost of $6 million, they erected a plywood Parthenon, its fake Grecian columns suggesting the White House. At the end, not a traditional balloon drop in a contained hall — enjoyable hoopla — but a fireworks display in the heavens over a mass of humanity in a blizzard of confetti, all too like the collectivist fantasy that opened and closed the Beijing Olympics... The pretension of the fake Grecian temple setting clashed with the high-decibel, rock-star format and overwhelmed the history implicit in the event. Ancient Greeks had a word for it: hubris."

They were true believers. Liberals believe the hype of the Obamapalooza which should be studied for what it reveals about this cult. There is a very thin line between fantasy and reality in Obama's liberalism. At times it comes across like he thinks we are in the pre-Civil War deep south or in South Africa before Mandela. That he will be the judge of America's moral fitness which rests upon whether Obama is elected. This overblown self-righteousness far exceeds the actual social conditions and civil rights issues in American society. At a certain point you have to ask where this anger, hubris, and grandiosity are coming from and what this is all about. It looks like the grandiosity and overcompensation of a neurotic, pathological narcissist who views himself just a notch below the deity, if that.

He owes some apology to Alan Keyes, Jesse Jackson, and Sharpton because, contrary to the way he makes it sound, he is not the first African-American man to run for president. I don't recall the media putting on an Obamapalooza-like concert for them. And they ran for president without seeking a stage in Berlin or hinting about being "the One." Jackson gave his convention speech in a regular hall...without fireworks. And whatever else you can say about him, when Jackson called for worship it was of God, not himself.

For all the hype about this being a historic candidacy, if the media had exposed John Edwards' affair last fall or vetted Obama more thoroughly before the primaries, it would be Hillary Clinton claiming the mantle of an "historic" candidacy for the presidency. And nobody - NOBODY - would be confusing her with Moses or Jesus.

23 posted on 08/31/2008 1:17:46 PM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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BTTT!


24 posted on 08/31/2008 1:56:32 PM PDT by neverdem (I'm praying for a Divine Intervention.)
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a thrilling mastery of the teleprompter.

What a great line. Deserves repeating again and again and again.

25 posted on 08/31/2008 2:13:45 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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At the end, not a traditional balloon drop

I posted earlier that I didn't expect ballons, but helium filled condoms floating overhead.

Liberals don't need 'em. They have abortions and drink HIV cocktails instead.

26 posted on 08/31/2008 2:16:41 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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sounds a lot like John Kerry swiftboating into Boston Harbor, reporting for duty.


27 posted on 08/31/2008 2:33:42 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (when you're bot, you're pwn3d)
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The Audacity of Hype (Barry's Overblown Acceptance Speech) Bill Safire
30 posted on 09/01/2008 4:50:31 AM PDT by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
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Sorry for that. I got my tabs confused.


31 posted on 09/01/2008 4:52:27 AM PDT by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
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Who remembers that speech now? Who wants to?


34 posted on 09/01/2008 5:40:00 AM PDT by arthurus (Why in God's name are Ramos and Compean still in prison?!)
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