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The Shadow Knows (Mark Steyn On Obama's "Shadow")
National Review ^ | 9/10/2008 | Mark Steyn

Posted on 09/10/2008 5:14:17 PM PDT by goldstategop

Jonah, re that incisive insight by Deeppan Pizza, I would hate to have to do as much parenthesizing as PC liberalism requires. I loved this bit:

She is the reverse of Barack Obama, in essence his shadow... (Just to be perfectly clear, I am not making a verbal play out of the fact that Sen. Obama is black. The shadow is a metaphor widely in use before his arrival on the scene.)

That's true. Many years ago Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr sang "Me And My Shadow". Oh, wait...

By the way, I'm no deep thinker but isn't the metaphor he's looking for not Barack's shadow but Barack's negative?


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: marksteyn; nationalreview; obama; obamabiden; shadow
No wonder Obama seems rattled on the campaign trail! So if Sarah is his "shadow", does she haunt his dreams too? It could be why he's focusing his fire on her. Fascinating stuff. One usually talks about one's better half this way, not one's political opponent! What a weird election.

"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

1 posted on 09/10/2008 5:14:19 PM PDT by goldstategop
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To: goldstategop

The Shadow Knows!


2 posted on 09/10/2008 5:16:14 PM PDT by Chubby
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We’re not allowed to talk of shadows- they are dark... ONLY Obama and Dems are allowed to say anything.


3 posted on 09/10/2008 5:37:11 PM PDT by PghBaldy (Obama: Terror Groups have "legitimate claims.")
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To: goldstategop

Deeppan Pizza - LOL!


4 posted on 09/10/2008 6:01:11 PM PDT by loungeSerf (Freedom Sucks! Obama 08)
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To: goldstategop

In Jungian psychology, the Shadow is the underdeveloped segment of the psyche that an idividual must recognize and integrate to achieve wholeness and balance. In Obama’s case, his shadow is a Ronald Reaganesque figure. Obama will always be the manchild.


5 posted on 09/10/2008 6:03:53 PM PDT by Combat_Liberalism
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You bet she's in his dreams! He's a moose with HUGH ears and she's got him in the crosshairs.

I might even pay for a photoshop of that. :-)

6 posted on 09/10/2008 6:27:49 PM PDT by rvoitier ("I'll see you at the debate, bitches!" ~~ Paris Hilton, '08 Campaign)
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I think the Mills Brothers did the most popular version of the song.


7 posted on 09/10/2008 7:03:42 PM PDT by Sicvee (Sicvee)
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Think Obama is the 'empty-suit' shadow we just did not know, for what; until the the full light of authentic Sarah moved onto the scene.'

Indeed, even as a shadow, Obama pales, by comparison.

8 posted on 09/15/2008 7:44:32 AM PDT by cricket (America's Freedom Rings! Thank You ~ U..S.A. Military~)
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