Posted on 08/31/2008 10:22:43 AM PDT by mojito
BY choosing the venue of a vast outdoor stadium as John Kennedy did for his “new frontier” acceptance, and by speaking on the anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” address, Barack Obama — whose claim to fame is an ability to move audiences with his words — deliberately invited comparison with two of the most memorable speeches of our recent history.
What a mistake.
A speaker must first ask: what is the best setting to make close contact with the person I want to reach? In this day and age, it is not a huge throng wildly cheering on cue. On the contrary, the target is the individual American voter watching a TV or computer screen at home, accustomed to looking over the shoulders of elected representatives, in colorful convention assembled, selecting the party’s nominee.
Instead, Obama’s handlers offered the political version of “American Idol” — the audacity of hype. On the 50-yard line of the football field, at a reported cost of $6 million, they erected a plywood Parthenon, its fake Grecian columns suggesting the White House. At the end, not a traditional balloon drop in a contained hall — enjoyable hoopla — but a fireworks display in the heavens over a mass of humanity in a blizzard of confetti, all too like the collectivist fantasy that opened and closed the Beijing Olympics.
To present what?
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Nice old school takedown of the One.
Actually, anything but a narcissistic, Greek column setting for Barry would have been a fake.
It was perfect.
At any rate, what a great opportunity now for Republicans to distinguish themselves in the face of Gustav.
What a coup if they could appeal to the common sense of the American people by pointing out the excesses and waste of the spectacle last week in Denver by contrasting it with a much simpler Convention that would concentrate dollars on helping real people in a real hurricane.
Last week's Hollywood and DNC waste on "smoke and mirrors" to promote a smoke and mirrors pair of candidates whose only promise is an illusory "change" cannot compare with the real change that ordinary people could see by such a move!
The brave souls who adopted our Declaration of Independence and framed America's Constitution did not promise a government that would do everything for us, but they did perform a miracle which freed ordinary men and women from government tyranny, enabling them to transform the wilderness and become a beacon of liberty for all the world.
The time to reassert their genius is now. Let's have real change! Enough of the glitz and silliness, already.
If he knows which cave bin Biden —oops — bin Laden is hiding in why doesn’t he tell the CIA?
Do people notice the number of gimmicks the Obama campaign is using to make their candidate look like Presidential material? A fake “Presidential” seal, a whirlwind World tour, a speech in front of a “Greek temple” supposed to evoke Washington. If they thought their candidate struck people as “Presidential” on his own, would they spend one dollar or one minute doing this?
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Because Bin Laden has a copy of his real birth certificate.
Obama made a promise in his acceptance speech that was ROTFLMAO.
He promised in front of 38 million viewers , that as Commander in Chief he would
” keep our water clean and our toys safe;”
Cheers!
all too like the collectivist fantasy that opened and closed the Beijing OlympicsLOL! How fitting that is!
When the Obamas and the Bidens came out after the speech the Obamas were not smiling...They knew then it was over for them. When Barry tried to kiss Michelle she would turn her cheek (hate to say it but they reminded me of a couple of chimps, one trying to kiss the other)..
BUT, the knockout punch came the next day from a gorgeous barracuda named Sarah.
Hey, now...that’s all *I* ever require from a president.
[roflmao]
Welcome back, Bill!
Gawd, my first thought, too, when I saw the Obambi speech venue was: AMERICAN IDOL.
With Chris and Keith as Randy and Paula.
Safire: The lone, rarely heard, voice of reason at the NY Slimes.
That whole production was worthy of Albert Speer.
That should scare the bejeezus outta anyone with a brain.....
(Juan Peron:)
People of Europe, I send you the Rainbow of Argentina
(Che:)
Spain has fallen to the charms of Evita
She can do what she likes, it doesn’t matter much
(Aide #1:)
She’s our lady of the new world with a golden touch
(Aide #2:)
She filled a bull-ring, forty-five thousand seater
(Che:)
But if you’re prettier than General Franco, that’s not hard
(Aide #1:)
Franco’s reign in Spain should see out the forties
So you’ve just acquired an ally who
Looks as secure in his job as you
(Aide #2:)
But more important current political thought is
Your wife’s a phenomenal asset, your trump card
Chorus:
(Peron and Aides:)
Let’s hear it for the Rainbow Tour
It’s been an incredible success
We weren’t quite sure, we had a few doubts
(Peron:) Will Evita win through?
(Aides:) But the answer is yes
(Peron:)
There you are, I told you so
Makes no difference where she goes
The whole world over just the same
Just listen to them call her name
And who would underestimate the actress now?
(Che:)
Now I don’t like to spoil a wonderful story
But the news from Rome isn’t quite as good
She hasn’t gone down like they thought she would
Italy’s unconvinced by Argentine glory
They equate Peron with Mussolini, can’t think why
(Eva:)
Did you hear that? They called me a whore!
They actually called me a whore!
(Italian admiral:)
But Signora Peron it’s an easy mistake
I’m still called an admiral
Yet I gave up the sea long ago
(Aide #2:)
More bad news from Rome; she met with the Pope
She only got a rosary, a kindly word
(Che:)
I wouldn’t say the Holy Father gave her the bird
But papal decorations, never a hope
(Aide #1:)
She still looked the part at St. Peter’s, caught the eye
(chorus)
(Peron:) Will Evita win through?
(Aides:) But the answer is ...
(Che:) A qualified
(Aides:) Yes
(Che:)
Eva started well, no question, in France
Shining like a sun through the post-war haze
A beautiful reminder of the care-free days
She nearly captured the French, she sure had the chance
But she suddenly seemed to lose interest
She looked tired
(Che:)
Face the facts, the Rainbow’s starting to fade
I don’t think she’ll make it to England now
(Aide #1:)
It wasn’t on the schedule anyhow
(Che:)
You’d better get out the flags and fix a parade
Some kind of coming home in triumph is required
(chorus)
(Aide #2:) Would Evita win through?
(Aide #1:) And the answer is
(Aide #2:) Yes
(Che:) And no
(Aides:) And yes
(Che:) And no
(Aides:) And yes
(Che:) No
(chorus)
(Aides:) Would Evita win through? But the answer is
(Aide #2:) Yes
(Aide #1:) Yes
(Aide #2:) Yes
(Chorus of aides:) AND NOOOOOOOOO.....
(Chorus sotto voce:) Let’s hear it for the Rainbow Tour its been an incredible......mistake.......
Rice/Lloyd-Webber, “Evita”, Act II
I knew Obama blew the speech when I saw his angry face shouting on the TV screen. Most sane people don't want that in their living rooms. You'd think his advisors would know better.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I had to do a double-take. The New York Times actually published this?????
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A remake of “Triumph of the Will” by Leni Riefenstahl.
They were true believers. Liberals believe the hype of the Obamapalooza which should be studied for what it reveals about this cult. There is a very thin line between fantasy and reality in Obama's liberalism. At times it comes across like he thinks we are in the pre-Civil War deep south or in South Africa before Mandela. That he will be the judge of America's moral fitness which rests upon whether Obama is elected. This overblown self-righteousness far exceeds the actual social conditions and civil rights issues in American society. At a certain point you have to ask where this anger, hubris, and grandiosity are coming from and what this is all about. It looks like the grandiosity and overcompensation of a neurotic, pathological narcissist who views himself just a notch below the deity, if that.
He owes some apology to Alan Keyes, Jesse Jackson, and Sharpton because, contrary to the way he makes it sound, he is not the first African-American man to run for president. I don't recall the media putting on an Obamapalooza-like concert for them. And they ran for president without seeking a stage in Berlin or hinting about being "the One." Jackson gave his convention speech in a regular hall...without fireworks. And whatever else you can say about him, when Jackson called for worship it was of God, not himself.
For all the hype about this being a historic candidacy, if the media had exposed John Edwards' affair last fall or vetted Obama more thoroughly before the primaries, it would be Hillary Clinton claiming the mantle of an "historic" candidacy for the presidency. And nobody - NOBODY - would be confusing her with Moses or Jesus.
BTTT!
What a great line. Deserves repeating again and again and again.
I posted earlier that I didn't expect ballons, but helium filled condoms floating overhead.
Liberals don't need 'em. They have abortions and drink HIV cocktails instead.
sounds a lot like John Kerry swiftboating into Boston Harbor, reporting for duty.
And, in the end, like they always do, they wasted the money...
the infowarrior
Fixed for ya...
the infowarrior
Sorry for that. I got my tabs confused.
It’s called “presumptive selling”. You do it to close the deal. Treat the customer as if he’s already bought; nobody in their right mind would turn this deal down. I’m going to take real good care of you, Mr. Customer, just you wait and see. Yada, yada, yada.
Who remembers that speech now? Who wants to?
In one catchall sentence, Obama promised to defeat “terrorism and nuclear proliferation; poverty and genocide; climate change and disease.”
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I heard this sentence and couldn’t beleive my ears. Obama apparently considers himself one notch ABOVE God Almighty, or else he thinks the voters are all idiots. I am beginning to believe both are true. Still, the most frightening thing to me is not Obama, it is the millions of voters who are stupid enough to take this insult to humanity seriously. If the average American still had the common sense that used to be standard for eighth grade dropouts Obama would be in prison now along with the Clintons and many others who are mismanaging our national government.
And we know Marx said history repeats itself, the second time around as farce. He's not Dr. King and we're not in Selma in the 1960s. REPUBLICANS ran as a candidate and were casting votes for Alan Keyes BEFORE he had ever been heard of. So where was the hysterical, gushy media coverage then? Oh, only liberal African-American candidates get favorable press coverage. The hype about his candidacy is overblown.
"too much" is an understatement.
I think Dr. Sowell wrote about “The Audacity of Ignorance.”
"Cutting the military budget and taking foreign policy problems to the United Nations are Obama's version of "change."
"That is change that we dare not believe in. It is the audacity of hype."
What really gets my goat are the Europeans getting in on the act-calling Americans “racist” if we won’t vote for him, nevermind if we disagree with his socialist policies. In the comments sections of a couple of British papers, I’ve asked them to tell me the last time a European nation elected a black man or woman, whether liberal or conservative, as head of government. Or even the last time a black person ran as a serious candidate in a mainstream party, much less got elected. No reply as of yet to my questions. And they say Americans are such racists-yet Britain has a hereditary head of state-monarchy-that is held by one family, much less there ever being a black person as king or queen. I have no problem with that-if they like having a monarchy, that’s their business-but the day they even run a black person for Prime Minister, much less elect one, then they can talk about our “racist electorate” or government.
I loved Patti Lupone as Evita.
His argument is essentially, "I'm black and went to Harvard so you have to vote for me or you're a racist." There is an overblown sense of entitlement here that is offensive.
You’re right, he’s just another Jesse Jackson, only with a better education. And Jackson is more cynically on the take, Obama is a true believer as far as his socialist agenda, and his visceral hatred of whites as proven by his embrace of black liberation theology. I think this makes Obama more dangerous than the Jackson/Sharpton types, because they’re basically in it for the money. Socialism and black liberation theology-hatred of and vengeance on whites-are religion to Obama.
Right. He may aspire to other roles.
Aww Jeez...
So let it NOT be written, so let it NOT be done already.
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