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The Galbraith Effect? (Sowell on Obama)
Jewish World Review ^ | August 12, 2008 | Thomas Sowell

Posted on 08/11/2008 6:58:23 PM PDT by jazusamo

Many years ago, when I was a college student, I took a course from John Kenneth Galbraith. On the first day of class, Professor Galbraith gave a brilliant opening lecture, after which the students gave him a standing ovation.

Galbraith kept on giving brilliant opening lectures the whole semester. But, instead of standing ovations, there were now dwindling numbers of students and some of them got up and walked out in the middle of his lectures.

Galbraith never got beyond the glittering generalities that marked his first lecture. After a while, the students got tired of not getting any real substance.

Senator Barack Obama's campaign this year reminds me very much of that course from Professor Galbraith. Many people were ecstatic during the early primaries, as each state's voters heard his glittering generalities for the first time.

The media loved the novelty of a black candidate with a real chance to become president, and his left-wing vision of the world was largely their vision as well. There was a veritable media honeymoon for Obama.

There was outrage in the mainstream media when ABC anchor man Charles Gibson asked Obama a serious question about the economic effects of a capital gains tax. Who interrupts honeymooners to talk economics?

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TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; galbraith; johngalbraith; johnkennethgalbraith; johnkgalbraith; obama; petergalbraith; sowell; thomassowell; tsbo
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1 posted on 08/11/2008 6:58:24 PM PDT by jazusamo
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2 posted on 08/11/2008 6:59:47 PM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: jazusamo

Sowell should be the first American Black President.


3 posted on 08/11/2008 7:01:12 PM PDT by paudio (Kerry had Global Test, Obama has Global Tax.)
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To: jazusamo

Another great column from Thomas Sowell.


4 posted on 08/11/2008 7:03:39 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY ((((Stop the Obamanation!))))
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Love his columns. His books are tough to read.
5 posted on 08/11/2008 7:08:49 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: paudio

He’s the man I’d vote for!


6 posted on 08/11/2008 7:09:02 PM PDT by Panzerlied ("We shall never surrender!")
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To: jazusamo

Isn’t he referred to as “Uncle” Thomas by the Left?


7 posted on 08/11/2008 7:13:52 PM PDT by Old Sarge (CTHULHU '08 - I won't settle for a lesser evil any longer!)
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To: jazusamo
AN ASIDE: Galbraith = one of the kids in the book, Cheaper by the Dozen. His parents were brilliant. I love the book and the original movie. (And Bells on Her Toes)

Too bad he hasn't measured up.

8 posted on 08/11/2008 7:14:52 PM PDT by bannie
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“The elitist sneers at people who believe in religion and who own guns, the Americans who don't speak foreign languages and the views of the “typical white person,” are all like rays of light that show through the cracks in Obama’s carefully crafted image.”

Beautifully and brilliantly put, Dr. Sowell.

9 posted on 08/11/2008 7:15:12 PM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (If Hillary is elected, her legacy will be telling the American people: Better put some ice on that.)
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To: jazusamo

Too clever by half, that is definitely Obama.


10 posted on 08/11/2008 7:15:32 PM PDT by autumnraine
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To: Panzerlied

You and me both!


11 posted on 08/11/2008 7:15:55 PM PDT by autumnraine
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To: jazusamo
...little glimpses of the truth keep coming out.

Another great article by Thomas Sowell. Thanks for posting AND linking his other articles on Obama.

12 posted on 08/11/2008 7:18:43 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: Old Sarge

I’ve heard of the term being used but don’t know how prevalent it is. I know the leftists ignore him, they know that he can think circles around them. :)


13 posted on 08/11/2008 7:18:47 PM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: bannie

Chow mein and Qwerty from the same household! But that was the Gilbreth family, with an ‘i’.


14 posted on 08/11/2008 7:18:53 PM PDT by bvw
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To: jazusamo

The package is being opened, and its contents are not pleasing.


15 posted on 08/11/2008 7:19:02 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (Liberalism is service to the self disguised as service to others.)
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To: Old Sarge
Isn't he referred to as “Uncle” Thomas by the Left?

Yep and that is all they got.

16 posted on 08/11/2008 7:21:37 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Obama, keep the change!)
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To: bannie
Are you quite sure of this relationship? I think John was a Canadian and the cheaper by the dozens kids were raised in Montclair, NJ.


17 posted on 08/11/2008 7:22:07 PM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: PGalt

You bet...Dr. Sowell pegged the inadequacy of Obama from the start and wasn’t bashful writing about it.


18 posted on 08/11/2008 7:22:48 PM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: paudio

Amen to that!!!


19 posted on 08/11/2008 7:26:08 PM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

You must not have read his Basic Economics one. That was really easy, and it sure did show why free markets are the only viable options.


20 posted on 08/11/2008 7:34:51 PM PDT by speekinout
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