Posted on 12/15/2006 4:36:31 AM PST by IrishMike
Look beyond Obama's two years in the Senate and you'll see that he's well prepared to run for president. SO WHY not Barack Obama?
On his swing through New Hampshire last weekend, Obama drew rapturous crowds. But many pundits continue to assume that he'll be just a flash in the pan, sharing the fate of Howard Dean, the one-time Democratic hottie who flamed out before the campaign season ended.
Sure, say his detractors, Obama is a symbol of hope to Americans desperate for politics that transcend barriers of race, class and ethnicity. But charisma isn't everything — it can't make up for lack of experience. Obama has never been "tested." Can he withstand the rigors of the campaign trail? When the ads go negative (start looking now for sly insinuations that a man named Barack Hussein Obama can't be trusted!), will he fall apart? Can he handle the challenges of leading the world's last limping superpower through an era fraught with conflict and danger?
But Obama is nowhere near as unseasoned as his detractors suggest.
A political campaign isn't the only kind of test, and Obama's no stranger to the sort of criticism or hostility he'll face if he runs for president. With his racially mixed background (his father was from Kenya; his mother was a white American), his international upbringing (he spent part of his youth in Indonesia before returning to Hawaii, where he was born), and his penchant for work among the downtrodden and disaffected, Obama has spent his life struggling against those eager to discredit or exclude him. He's already faced tests of character and endurance. They were different in scale from those he'll face if he runs for president, but not different in kind.
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The MSM ought to distribute napkins with their Obama stories, so the readers can wipe their chins after all the gratuitous slurping.
This reporter actually wrote that??
My My ... how they change their tune when it's a Democrat
Obama has BIG EARS.
Maybe he will FLY away
Heh, you beat me by a minute :)
He's a lot like jimmah carter, IMO. As soon as he cuts the honeychile crap there will be nothing left but the downhill.
Based on this criteria, I'm supporting Tiger Woods for POTUS.
I think it's a big, big mistake for the GOP to deride and misunderestimate Obama. Given the negativity associated with DC (both Republican and Democrat) these days, his so-called resume may be an asset in the '08 election. And considering that Dubya had only 5 years as a governor when he began his run for 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Ike had no elective office experience at all, and Lincoln had 2? years as a US Representative, it is not unfathomable that Obama will run...and that he may win. If we focus too much on tearing Hitlery down, then we may risk leaving the door wide open for Obama.
Nope .. he's more like a cross between Bill Clinton and Jesse Jackson
And Obama's new line is .. "A man OF Hope"
And Obama's new line is .. "A man OF Hope"
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as opposed to " A man FROM Hope"
cross between Bill Clinton and Jesse Jackson
both also preachers of the honeychile type.....in the end, the same empty suits as obama and carter.......all 3 dragged America down, and so would obama
How can O'bomba transcend race isnt that his only real
qualification?
I cant wait till the Clintons decide to end his career
for him I hope its deliciously brutal!
Im thinking they will have their FBI stooges tie him to
the Vesco mess in Chicago.
Interesting to contrast MSM coverage of Obama, an inexperienced Midwestern Senator, with Dan Quayle, an inexperienced Midwestern Senator.
All I can figure is that Soros must be pushing for Barack and the word has gotten out that Barack is the anointed one. The media conglomerates have all signed on to Barack's presidential campaign. It is almost as if it is already decided and we are being conditioned to accept this new anointed one as president.
I thought O'bama was Irish...
"Ears" is becoming quite tiresome. Already.
When they are not wearing their Presidential Wannabee Kneepads (tm).
They won't
Obama is a Rainmaker for them and the DNC ..
He is their shining star and the money is pouring on where ever he goes
If you think Obama is running against the Clinton Machine .. think again
Obama IS part of the Clinton machine
Don't look at just his voting record .. also look at his campaigns and how he got elected
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