Posted on 07/30/2008 4:03:26 PM PDT by flyfree
Barack Obama has long been his partys presumptive nominee. Now hes becoming its presumptuous nominee.
Fresh from his presidential-style world tour, during which foreign leaders and American generals lined up to show him affection, Obama settled down to some presidential-style business in Washington yesterday. He ordered up a teleconference with the (current presidents) Treasury secretary, granted an audience to the Pakistani prime minister and had his staff arrange for the chairman of the Federal Reserve to give him a briefing. Then, he went up to Capitol Hill to be adored by House Democrats in a presidential-style pep rally.
Along the way, he traveled in a bubble more insulating than the actual presidents. Traffic was shut down for him as he zoomed about town in a long, presidential-style motorcade, while the public and most of the press were kept in the dark about his activities, which included a fundraiser at the Mayflower where donors paid $10,000 or more to have photos taken with him. His schedule for the day, announced Monday night, would have made Dick Cheney envious
Add this piece to Cohens column (linked by me a few days ago), and slew of private comments from journalists I have picked up from others in the past few weeks, and it seems as if Obama has jumped the shark.
(Excerpt) Read more at pajamasmedia.com ...
I think Humptey Dunptey Omomity might be in trouble.
How can a candidate have so many gaffes and employ such slimy tactics as having concerts before and after his speeches to inflate attendance numbers and not go down in flames unless the press is complicit in the act?
Well, he certainly has not peaked in the NEGATIVE direction. So much about him remains UNEXPOSED by the McCain campaign. Get with it Johnny if you want to win this election. We certainly hope you do instead of putting a radical, lying, liberal, socialist, part-time Muslim, racist, tax-crazy, Marxist, inexperienced, America-hating, military-hating, know-nothing, egotistical, arrogant, ZERO in the White House....
Now that's funny.
If things don’t go well, maybe he’ll make plans to leave the country as soon as possible. Both of his parents did.
I’m starting to worry about Mrs. BJ again. The rat convention could still be the decisive moment. Surrender-monkey boy is unelectable.
hate him enough for Hillary to force herself back into nomination ?
Obama represents what all liberal babyboomers want to say:
“Mommy, Daddy, I hate you, I hate you, I hate you” while stamping his little liberal feet.
And remember, Satan is ready from day 1 if he stumbles.
Obama peaked back in 2004 with his DNC Convention speech. IMHO
I’m starting to wonder if he’s going to crash in the polls and then they’ll try a Bob Torricelli/Frank Lautenberg bait-and-switch.
“hate him enough for Hillary to force herself back into nomination ?”
It would be great if Obama self destructed and Hillary had to step in....most if not all of the black democrats would stay home in November! The democrat party would be in shambles!
Here I thought I had a big ego. How much bigger will he show his to be before people wake up?
He is already living in an ObamaNation.
The question is whether or not the rest of us will choose to join him in this ObamaNation.
>>It would be great if Obama self destructed and Hillary had to step in....most if not all of the black democrats would stay home in November! The democrat party would be in shambles!<<
What you are basically saying is that the democratic party is between a rock and a hard place on this one.
That is a good thing.
Better the democrats be between a rock and a hard place instead of the whole country if they win.
Operation Chaos!!
(wink)
Well, this seems to be our burden. But it is a glorious burden. Let's keep it alive.
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