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Cool Hand Barack
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 02/27/2008 4:56:10 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest

If one image can illustrate why Barack Obama is on the verge of winning the Dem presidential nomination, this one from last night's debate could be it.

View video here.

Not only does it represent the epitome of good-natured cool, it comes in stark contrast to the patented glare that Hillary aims at those who draw her ire. We've often illustrated the death-ray genre here at NB; you'll find a representative image after the jump, taken from this summer's CNN/YouTube debate.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barackobama; coolhandluke; hillaryclinton
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1 posted on 02/27/2008 4:56:15 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: Behind Liberal Lines; Miss Marple; an amused spectator; netmilsmom; Diogenesis; YaYa123; MEG33; ...

Cool hand versus ice queen ping to Today show list.


2 posted on 02/27/2008 4:57:14 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (Keeping track of the MSM so you don't have to!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

He is one cool customer. Hate to say it, but I look for Obama to wipe the floor with McCain in the fall debates.


3 posted on 02/27/2008 5:02:26 AM PST by IndyTiger
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I lost the use of my left arm just by looking at the picture. Being in the same room would mean certain death.


4 posted on 02/27/2008 5:03:24 AM PST by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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To: IndyTiger

I’ve thought about that, and don’t feel Obama will be as successful with McCain as with Hillary. McCain is much more authentic than she is, has earned respect for his personal history, etc. McCain can afford to be a bit grouchy; people will cut him some slack. I don’t expect McCain to out-debate Obama on pure speaking points, but feel he can hold his own in other ways during the debates. Many people feared Gore would wipe the floor with W, and we know how that turned out.


5 posted on 02/27/2008 5:05:52 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (Keeping track of the MSM so you don't have to!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

6 posted on 02/27/2008 5:05:53 AM PST by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: Lee'sGhost

“I lost the use of my left arm just by looking at the picture.”

It could be worse. A lot worse ;-)


7 posted on 02/27/2008 5:06:35 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (Keeping track of the MSM so you don't have to!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

If you were watching Hitler and Stalin debate, or Brezhnev and Mao, who would you root for? I felt the same way what little I watched last night.


8 posted on 02/27/2008 5:08:35 AM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

You got me there.


9 posted on 02/27/2008 5:09:23 AM PST by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten

Hmm. Pol Pot? ;-)


10 posted on 02/27/2008 5:09:48 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (Keeping track of the MSM so you don't have to!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

He was good on (re) education :)


11 posted on 02/27/2008 5:12:26 AM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Did you see her opening harangue about getting the first question (which turns out not to be true)? This woman needs some medication...that rant was embarrassing. What is she thinking??

She would have a hard time winning a city council seat in Poughkeepsie with that persona...

12 posted on 02/27/2008 5:13:39 AM PST by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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>> I look for Obama to wipe the floor with McCain in the fall debates

Like governsleastgovernsbest, I think McCain will do fine against Obama.

One thing to keep in mind: since both Donkees agree on the message, it’s all about the “tone” and delivery between them.

But between McCain and Obama there are real differences in substance.

Take Iraq, for example: both Clinton and Obama agree that we shouldn’t have gone in and they beat each other up over who reached that conclusion first.

But neither one of them have ever been called to account for the REALITIES of the WOT, the success of the surge (which McCain sponsored even when it was an unpopular idea), the drawbacks of a cut and run withdrawal, and so forth.


13 posted on 02/27/2008 5:18:30 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Retire Ron Paul! Support Chris Peden (www.chrispeden.org))
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

She was so obnoxious last night. The thought of her and Bill in the White House is unimaginable...


14 posted on 02/27/2008 5:20:38 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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You have to wonder who writes this stuff for her.

In the first words out of her mouth she plays the victim card coupled with a snide remark. Gotta love it..


15 posted on 02/27/2008 5:22:35 AM PST by vietvet67
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I’d be “cool” too if I had the entire media, Hollywood, and Academia at my back.


16 posted on 02/27/2008 5:23:02 AM PST by roses of sharon (Who will be McCain's maverick?)
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To: Pharmboy
Did you see her opening harangue about getting the first question (which turns out not to be true)? This woman needs some medication...that rant was embarrassing. What is she thinking??

She'll probably have to go on medication once this is over. Plus, the clintons probably hate each other more than ever...

17 posted on 02/27/2008 5:23:08 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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I've grabbed an image from last night's debate to illustrate that same death glare:


18 posted on 02/27/2008 5:46:50 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (Keeping track of the MSM so you don't have to!)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta
She'll probably have to go on medication once this is over

Been there, done that.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933270/posts

Hillary Clinton suffered bouts of depression as U.S. First Lady

19 posted on 02/27/2008 5:56:03 AM PST by COUNTrecount
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
The Force is strong in Oba Ma Kenobe...

Win the nomination he will...

END of the Clintonian Age it is...an UNcivilization Gone With The Wind...

20 posted on 02/27/2008 6:06:58 AM PST by O Neill (Aye, Katie Scarlett, the ONLY thing that lasts is the land...)
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