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Will Obama White House be a new Camelot?
Associated Press O ^ | November 7, 2008 | JOCELYN NOVECK

Posted on 11/07/2008 11:16:34 AM PST by presidio9

It was a mere fleeting image amid all the others that were beamed into our living rooms on that momentous election night: 7-year-old Sasha Obama in her black party dress, bounding gleefully up into her father's arms, each in turn planting a happy kiss on the other's cheek.

But the heart-tugging moment was as poignant a reminder as any that a vigorous, appealing young family is entering the White House - one that will bring a dramatically different energy and style to the presidency.

And on that night, it wasn't hard to see why some have been tempted to make the comparison with another highly telegenic first family who fascinated and inspired the country nearly a half-century ago: the Kennedys.

Youth, style, optimism - all those hallmarks of Obama's ascension to power remind Ted Sorensen, the speechwriter and adviser to John F. Kennedy, of his former boss. And, he says, an infectious sense of confidence. That's something few of us who watched Obama on that balmy Chicago night could have missed: The sense of calm and assuredness, though not cockiness, that he projected as he accepted the mantle of the most powerful job in the world.

"Kennedy had that confidence, too," Sorensen said. "And it carries over. Just as Kennedy's election restored confidence to a nation, Obama's will have the same results - confidence of Americans in our leadership, of consumers in our economy, of other countries in America."

Young family

What will mark the style of an early Obama White House? Friends of the new first couple say the mansion will be infused with the spirit of Sasha and her 10-year-old sister, Malia, just as the Kennedy White House often is remembered as a playground for Caroline with her pony, Macaroni,

(Excerpt) Read more at southtownstar.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: associatedpressobama; bho2008; camelot; liberalcamelotmyth; topushthepramalot
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1 posted on 11/07/2008 11:16:34 AM PST by presidio9
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To: presidio9

It sounds a bit bizarre.


2 posted on 11/07/2008 11:18:00 AM PST by thesetruths
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To: presidio9
Camelot? A castle occupied by people whose identities cannot be found in historical records and whose deeds are larely fictional?
3 posted on 11/07/2008 11:18:42 AM PST by KarlInOhio (11/4: The revolutionary socialists beat the Fabian ones. Where can we find a capitalist party?)
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To: presidio9

The media will keep telling us it is, until they and others actually believe it.
This stuff is just sickening.


4 posted on 11/07/2008 11:18:48 AM PST by snarkytart
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To: thesetruths

This needed a megs bsrf projectile hurl altert


5 posted on 11/07/2008 11:18:59 AM PST by jester221 (Obama and Osama both have friends who tried to blow up the Pentagon & the Capital)
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To: KarlInOhio
larely->largely
6 posted on 11/07/2008 11:19:09 AM PST by KarlInOhio (11/4: The revolutionary socialists beat the Fabian ones. Where can we find a capitalist party?)
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To: thesetruths

Another freeper coined it “Obamalot”.


7 posted on 11/07/2008 11:19:44 AM PST by AU72
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To: presidio9

Camel Shiite a lot..........


8 posted on 11/07/2008 11:20:07 AM PST by Red Badger (Hey! Look on the bright side! At least Joe Biden is out of the Senate!..........)
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To: presidio9

This has to be one of the most gagging articles I have read in a long time.

Terrible.


9 posted on 11/07/2008 11:20:39 AM PST by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
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To: AU72

Not likely. Kennedy was a rank conservative compared to theh Obama machine.


10 posted on 11/07/2008 11:21:00 AM PST by varina davis (Life is not a dress rehearsal)
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11 posted on 11/07/2008 11:21:50 AM PST by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: presidio9

The first was a media hyped abomination towards the ideas of our founders (No King, Queen, Prince, Princes, or tyrants, just the Constitution) and the second will be as well.


12 posted on 11/07/2008 11:22:58 AM PST by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: presidio9

This Camelot stuff was sappy, sophomoric and stupid the first time around. Now it is stale, cliche, lame and pathetic.


13 posted on 11/07/2008 11:23:17 AM PST by Paine in the Neck (Nepolean fries the idea powder)
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To: KarlInOhio
Camelot? A castle occupied by people whose identities cannot be found in historical records and whose deeds are larely fictional?

Yes! You have shown rare insight into what makes the Left tick!

14 posted on 11/07/2008 11:23:43 AM PST by Ohioan
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To: presidio9

No ‘Barf Alert’?


15 posted on 11/07/2008 11:23:45 AM PST by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: presidio9

Oh good Lord..

Someone please smack the MSM. Please.


16 posted on 11/07/2008 11:23:49 AM PST by Danae (Amerikan Unity My Ass)
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Will Obama White House be a new Camel lot? why yes.... yes indeed!
17 posted on 11/07/2008 11:23:54 AM PST by Ancient Drive (will)
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To: presidio9
did they mean a camel lot?


18 posted on 11/07/2008 11:23:57 AM PST by edzo4 (NoBama 2012)
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To: Westlander
White???? Castle. Please report to your locally assigned Re-Obamacation camp until you learn the error of your ways.
19 posted on 11/07/2008 11:24:15 AM PST by KarlInOhio (11/4: The revolutionary socialists beat the Fabian ones. Where can we find a capitalist party?)
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To: presidio9

This author is whacked out.


20 posted on 11/07/2008 11:24:24 AM PST by popdonnelly (Don't lose sight of your conservative principles.)
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