Remember Chance the Gardener?

Special to FreeRepublic ^ | 7 March 2008 | John Armor (Congressman Billybob)

[Congressman Billybob]

Hope you enjoy this.

John / Billybob

[nufsed]

We intelligensia know him as Chauncey Gardiner.

[Chet 99]

Bump.

[mylife]

Great film, Lousy President.

[sionnsar]

“I like to watch.”

Great movie and great posting. Thank you!

[VRWCTexan]

Hey - No fair - well prior to the election I posted that Obama was really "Chance the Gardner" - same intellect whenever you remove his teleprompter

[Carlucci]

Bump!

Those with Netflix, “Being There” is available on watch-it-now.

Those with DirecTV HD, it’s coming on the HDNM channel sometime in the next few weeks, in HD.

[beckett]

Chauncey Gardiner, simple, good hearted and honestly ingenuous but not a real leader, is more Dubya than Obama. Barry is more Richard Corey, only he’s not going to go down alone. He’s taking us all with him.

[rellimpank]

—good one, Cong.Billybob—although I suspect Harding will be rated more highly a century from now than Obozo—if anyone is left who cares about stuff such as dead U. S. presidents-—

[Texas Fossil]

I remember the posts about, the parallel was really made then.

Even then it was clear.

Regards,

Texas Fossil

[rellimpank]

—good one, Cong.Billybob—although I suspect Harding will be rated more highly a century from now than Obozo—if anyone is left who cares about stuff such as dead U. S. presidents-—

[smokingfrog]

I admire your good, solid sense. That’s precisely what we lack on Capitol Hill.

[Former MSM Viewer]

“You can trim the branches, but never sever the roots.”

Chance

Gotta see that one again....

[blackie]

That same thought has been running through my mind.

Thanks for writing it down!

Obamaloon is a huckster and a hoax!

Be Ever Vigilant!

[Congressman Billybob]

Congratulations. I didn't mooch from you. Just a case of two minds finding an obscure reference.

John

[beckett]

By the way, here's the Richard Corey lyrics, with only the second to last word changed:

• "Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
• We people on the pavement looked at him:
• He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
• Clean favoured, and imperially slim.

• And he was always quietly arrayed,
• And he was always human when he talked;
• But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
• 'Good morning,' and he glittered when he walked.

• And he was rich--yes, richer than a king--
• And admirably schooled in every grace:
• In fine, we thought that he was everything
• To make us wish that we were in his place.

• So on we worked, and waited for the light,
• And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
• And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
• Went home and put a bullet through [our] head."

I rest my case.

[Tenniel2]

Yes indeedy, thank you.

Would only add one tiny chilling point: Chance the Gardener learned everything he knew about the outside world from.... television.

[andy58-in-nh]

Nicely done. The one stunning exception to the rule as you undoubtedly recognize is Ronald Reagan. The embers of his exceptional character still glow in these dark times. Reagan could match communication skills with the best of his generation, and that is saying quite a lot. But more than that, he knew how to lead: by personal example, by advancing simple truths, by seeking out and promoting great talent, by making timeless principles the basis of his Presidency.

Reagan was smart enough to allow others to hash out the details, acceding to compromise on tactics and sometimes even on strategy, but always focusing on the bedrock principles that provided the foundation of his beliefs.

Obama, in contrast, secrets his own principles by resort to rhetorical devices: repeated phrases, grandiloquent intonation, presumption in place of argument. I have not yet decided whether he does not believe he will be seen through, or whether he much cares. Either way, it is not good news for those who recognize the principles he takes care to hide.

[FlameThrower]

See my Reply to:
A Man of Seasonal Principles (Charles Krauthammer)
Friday, July 04, 2008 9:50:54 AM · 7 of 29
FlameThrower to kellynla

Do you all recall BEING THERE — the oddly great Peter Seller’s film about an empty vessel of a man absorbing the popular culture from TV and dishing it out to the people, guided by political hacks who believe they have discovered a nascent messiah? I believe we are seeing something similar. The difference is, of course, that Obama is not an empty vessel. He is a little, damaged man like Chauncey Gardner, but one with a nasty streak and dangerously leftist instincts. This man has been adopted by the Democrat establishment as he emerged — first as the front runner and then as presumptive candidate. Now they are repackaging him as a viable, mainstream candidate. The false facade is under construction as we watch. The question is this: what will emerge after victory? A butterfly or a moth? I suspect a moth.

[Chuck54]

Just watched the movie a couple of weeks ago for about the 5th time.

Great movie. I had forgotten that once, a long time ago, Shirley MacLaine was a knockout.

Thanks for posting.