His campaigns new theme song
Posted on 09/12/2008 2:40:00 AM PDT by Fred
The Democrats are in a panic. In a presidential race that is impossible to lose, they are behind. Obama devotees are frantically giving advice. Tom Friedman tells him to "start slamming down some phones." Camille Paglia suggests, "be boring!"
Meanwhile, a posse of Democratic lawyers, mainstream reporters, lefty bloggers and various other Obamaphiles are scouring the vast tundra of Alaska for something, anything, to bring down Sarah Palin: her daughter's pregnancy, her ex-brother-in-law problem, her $60 per diem, and now her religion. (CNN reports — news flash! — that she apparently has never spoken in tongues.) Not since Henry II asked if no one would rid him of his turbulent priest, have so many so urgently volunteered for duty.
But Palin is not just a problem for Obama. She is also a symptom of what ails him. Before Palin, Obama was the ultimate celebrity candidate. For no presidential nominee in living memory had the gap between adulation and achievement been so great. Which is why McCain's Paris Hilton ads struck such a nerve. Obama's meteoric rise was based not on issues — there was not a dime's worth of difference between him and Hillary on issues — but on narrative, on eloquence, on charisma.
The unease at the Denver convention, the feeling of buyer's remorse, was the Democrats' realization that the arc of Obama's celebrity had peaked Advertisement — and had now entered a period of its steepest decline. That Palin could so instantly steal the celebrity spotlight is a reflection of that decline.
It was inevitable. Obama had managed to stay aloft for four full years. But no one can levitate forever. Five speeches map Obama's trajectory.
Obama burst into celebrityhood with his brilliant and moving 2004 Democratic convention speech (1). It turned an obscure state senator
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Seems to sum up the state of things nicely. Obama is becoming like that washed up celeb craving the ‘glory days.’
Time to go on the Surreal Life. Obama. heh
She’ll be VP on January 20th, 2009.
BHO’s in “Check”. Check Mate’s coming.
His campaigns new theme song
The debates are not going to help him. Two ‘forums’ thus far and I can safely say, McCain has beat him both times.
True. And they always seem to do or say outrageous things to get attention. Maybe Barry can have himself be seen getting out of a limo not wearing panties...
The Obama magic is gone. This clown is going down, hard
It’s all over but the Brittany Spears type meltdown. Hillary will be replacing him, not Biden
Someone who wanted to be the power behind Obambi’s throne had that speech written for him by a really really good speechwriter, I betcha.
good post and great writing. i do like krauthammer...
Big difference! Sarah has earned the spotlight with her intelligence and grace under fire.
Have you watched the whole thing? I’m having trouble stomaching anything now from the hollow “Empty Suit” and well was out reflecting on the 9-11 lights here.
I did see the last part of McCain and have to say he is solid on his feet.
Mulholland Drive?
That is one freakin' obscure reference. I had to think for a minute. Then, of course, I remembered...Peter O'toole and Richard Burton.
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I watched some of Mac...and he looked good. Then Obama came out to the crowd, clearly in his court, and I couldn’t stomach it. Did you or anyone see it last night? How did he look?
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