I'm not a sycophant, but I am a contrarian. One of the things I have a contrary opinion about is the view that is becoming very widespread on FR: that Obama is merely a Chauncey-Gardner-like idiot who got where he is entirely through affirmative action and ghostwriting and is now controlled like a puppet by unseen forces.
What unites all these theories and why are they directed at Obama rather than other politicians? There is no question that a lot of the reason for more than a few people is just that they can't get their head around the fact that a black guy has gone so far and they have decided there must be alternative explanations.
I don't have a problem with criticism of Obama and I do think there are a bunch of things about his background, his political beliefs, and his attitude that are highly questionable. But now that I've spent 6 years visiting FR, which used to be a place where conservative ideas were defended in a logical manner, I just don't like the idea that it would become a haven for a racist philosophy.
Laughable that you are attempting to praise 0bama’s intellectual ability when there is absolutely nothing to go on as none of his college transcripts, papers, writings etc have surfaced other than one crappy paper about Evil Militarism that would be crappy if a 10th grade high school student wrote it.
Do you always find it necessary to view someone's college transcripts before you form an opinion about their intellectual ability?
As for Obama's lack of published writing outside of his books, I agree that is a little weird. But considering that he was at Harvard Law School at about the time of the Bork nomination, that he obviously already had formulated his plans for a political career, and had no need to "publish-or-perish" since his goal was not an academic career or a clerkship, his lack of published writing may have been a plan that served him well.
As for his "Breaking the War Mentality" article, I just looked at it again, and in my judgment it is naive and very poorly edited, but it is college-level rather than sub-tenth grade level.
If you mean his books, obviously he either didn’t write them at all or had lots of “help”.
I'm not sure this is clear. Where is Jack Cashill's promised software textual analysis that would prove Obama's writing really came from Bill Ayers? Obviously Cashill couldn't deliver the goods. And no one else has either.
One has to take into account the fact that 12 years passed between the college paper discussed above and the publication of Obama's first book.
If you mean his speeches, obviously he didn’t write them.
Not at all obvious. No doubt he has a lot of help from speechwriters. But so have many other intelligent politicians.
If you mean his reading the Teleprompter, anyone who is semi-literate can read, and you will have to have noticed that when asked a question and has to answer with the Prompter he sounds like a total fool.
I do agree that Obama is weirdly reliant on the Telepromper even for short introductions, and he does look foolish turning his head from side to side as he reads his speeches. But you seem to be saying that he actually is given answers to questions through the Teleprompter. There is no evidence for that.
Contrary to what is often expressed around here, Obama does often answer questions without a Teleprompter. He appears to give thoughtful answers that one may not agree with but are his own opinion. In three debates with McCain, where he was not being fed by a Teleprompter, Obama did not come across as a moron.
Your sycophant status is crystal clear.
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Indeed it is ..... and for over a year and a half. Obongo lover, no way wide can deny it.
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