Obama: “If they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”
Posted on 09/02/2008 4:25:53 AM PDT by bahblahbah
DENVER - Senator Barack Obama's acceptance speech last week seemed vastly different from the stands of this city's Invesco Stadium than it did to the 40 million who saw it on television. Melancholy hung like think smog over the reserved seats where I sat with Democratic Party staffers. The crowd, of course, cheered mechanically at the tag lines, flourished placards, and even rose for the obligatory wave around the stadium. But its mood was sour. The air carried the acrid smell of defeat, and the crowd took shallow breaths. Even the appearance of R&B great Stevie Wonder failed to get the blood pumping.
The speech itself dragged on for three-quarters of an hour. As David S Broder wrote in the Washington Post: "[Obama's] recital of a long list of domestic promises could have been delivered by any Democratic nominee from Walter Mondale to John Kerry. There was no theme music to the speech and really no phrase or sentence that is likely to linger in the memory of any listener. The thing I never expected did in fact occur: Al Gore, the famously wooden former vice president, gave a more lively and convincing speech than Obama did."
On television, Obama's spectacle might have looked like The Ten Commandments, but inside the stadium it felt like Night of the Living Dead. The longer the candidate spoke, and the more money he promised to spend on alternative energy, preschool education, universal health care, and other components of the Democratic pinata, the lower the party professionals slouched into their seats. The professionals I sat with were Hillary Clinton people, to be sure, and had reason to sulk, for an Obama victory might do them little good in any event.
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Glibness and Superficial Charm
Manipulative and Conning
They never recognize the rights of others and see their self-serving behaviors as permissible. They appear to be charming, yet are covertly hostile and domineering, seeing their victim as merely an instrument to be used. They may dominate and humiliate their victims.
Grandiose Sense of Self
Feels entitled to certain things as “their right.”
Pathological Lying
Has no problem lying coolly and easily and it is almost impossible for them to be truthful on a consistent basis. Can create, and get caught up in, a complex belief about their own powers and abilities. Extremely convincing and even able to pass lie detector tests.
Lack of Remorse, Shame or Guilt
A deep seated rage, which is split off and repressed, is at their core. Does not see others around them as people, but only as targets and opportunities. Instead of friends, they have victims and accomplices who end up as victims. The end always justifies the means and they let nothing stand in their way.
Shallow Emotions
When they show what seems to be warmth, joy, love and compassion it is more feigned than experienced and serves an ulterior motive. Outraged by insignificant matters, yet remaining unmoved and cold by what would upset a normal person. Since they are not genuine, neither are their promises.
Incapacity for Love
Need for Stimulation
Living on the edge. Verbal outbursts and physical punishments are normal. Promiscuity and gambling are common.
Callousness/Lack of Empathy
Unable to empathize with the pain of their victims, having only contempt for others’ feelings of distress and readily taking advantage of them.
Poor Behavioral Controls/Impulsive Nature
Rage and abuse, alternating with small expressions of love and approval produce an addictive cycle for abuser and abused, as well as creating hopelessness in the victim. Believe they are all-powerful, all-knowing, entitled to every wish, no sense of personal boundaries, no concern for their impact on others.
Early Behavior Problems/Juvenile Delinquency
Usually has a history of behavioral and academic difficulties, yet “gets by” by conning others. Problems in making and keeping friends; aberrant behaviors such as cruelty to people or animals, stealing, etc.
Irresponsibility/Unreliability
Not concerned about wrecking others’ lives and dreams. Oblivious or indifferent to the devastation they cause. Does not accept blame themselves, but blames others, even for acts they obviously committed.
So, who did that psychological analysis of
Bill Clinton?
McCain’s message is already entrenched in “tough times” talk. It’s a bit ridiculous when you consider how resilient our economy has been.
Benford's Law in spades....
Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available.
I consider him to be even more of a sociopath.
There is a third reason: leftists are in love with death.
Sounds a little premature to me. Obama and Biden can still win this election. And that wouldn’t be fun.
Obambi is not an intellectual heavyweight, not by a longshot. What he is, though, is an arrogant opportunist of the highest order.
I wonder how the insane bordom outside of camerashot was missed?
Oh year the reporters were busy cheering.
... rejecting Clinton in favor of the colorless, unpopular, tangle-tongued Washington perennial Joe Biden was a statement of weakness. McCain's selection was a statement of strength. America's voters will forgive many things in a politician, including sexual misconduct, but they will not forgive weakness.
Precisely.
Again,IMHO, I wonder if the naming of Palin doesn't signal the beginning of a new campaign strategy. This pregnant daughter thing will run its course in a day or two and then it's up to McCain/Palin to seize the initiative by going on the offense. I keep seeing articles saying the GOP has been forced into a defensive posture. The MSM saying something does not make it so, and John McCain needs to remind voters of that at every turn. When the press makes a charge and then McCain responds to it the charge is given merit in the mind of the voter.
I'm content to wait and see what the next few days, weeks bring. Truth is, based on facts like the war, oil prices, the handling of Gustavo, and a dozen other things McCain/Palin have a pretty solid hand with which to slap down Obama/Biden.
It's not like were suddenly seeing new tactics by the Lefties/MSM. Goodness, it's been the same play book for almost 30 years now. And we fall for it time and again.
Obama: “If they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”
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Either that or you have been waiting for a good excuse to fire up a cancer stick.
People relapse because they are addicts, not because of external circumstances. I have survived many personal challenges, including the deaths of beloved family members without returning to the use of alcohol or cigarettes. I know engaging in self-destructive behavior will not make my situation any better and will probably make things worse.
I like to think that the GOP is the party of no excuses.
bttt
I agree. It's a mistake to think he is unintelligent. He is very dangerous and we'll be lucky to defeat him and his machine that has waited many years to take over this country.
No thanks, one sociopath president was one too many.
You’re absolutely correct that the Franklin Davis’, the Bill Ayers’, and the Reverend Wright’s of this country have been waiting a long time for their ultimate victory.
*Agree*
I was telling my wife the other day how I’d love it if McCain countered the “Parade of Victims” at the DNC with a “Parade of American Success Stories” at the RNC.
Now THAT would be great!
That's some sort of sarcasm, right? I mean, you don't seriously consider Obambi to be either bright OR articulate, do you? He is neither intelligent nor articulate.
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