Posted on 09/11/2008 6:13:51 PM PDT by Kaslin
The Democrats are in a panic. In a presidential race that is impossible to lose, they are behind. Obama devotees are frantically giving advice. Tom Friedman tells him to "start slamming down some phones." Camille Paglia suggests, "Be boring!"
Meanwhile, a posse of Democratic lawyers, mainstream reporters, lefty bloggers and various other Obamaphiles are scouring the vast tundra of Alaska for something, anything, to bring down Sarah Palin: her daughter's pregnancy, her ex-brother-in-law problem, her $60 per diem, and now her religion. (CNN reports — news flash! — that she apparently has never spoken in tongues.)
Not since Henry II asked if no one would rid him of his turbulent priest, have so many so urgently volunteered for duty.
But Palin is not just a problem for Obama. She is also a symptom of what ails him. Before Palin, Obama was the ultimate celebrity candidate. For no presidential nominee in living memory had the gap between adulation and achievement been so great.
Which is why McCain's Paris Hilton ads struck such a nerve. Obama's meteoric rise was based not on issues — there was not a dime's worth of difference between him and Hillary on issues — but on narrative, on eloquence, on charisma.
The unease at the Denver convention, the feeling of buyer's remorse, was the Democrats' realization that the arc of Obama's celebrity had peaked and had now entered a period of its steepest decline. That Palin could so instantly steal the celebrity spotlight is a reflection of that decline.
It was inevitable. Obama had managed to stay aloft for four full years. But no one can levitate forever.
Five speeches map Obama's trajectory.
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Maybe he had a favorite in the Republican primary who didn't make the cut. I can't remember it if he did. I know he was down on Fred(he was my first choice), so I didn't much listen to him after that.
Most Dems believe in government, having spent their entire life either counting on it or working for it.
They have no concept about how business works or economies function; why profits are good and taxes are bad.
Liberal disassociation from the private sector is almost as complete as their disassociation from the military.
Even aside from politics, she's got a much more substantial personality and history than Obama - so she has long-term star power as well. Obama has papered over his history and he's got nothing but vapors for policy - so what's left is just an arrogant asshole.
And those are just his better qualities.
one of my most liberal friends who was hot for bho is cooling off and offering me examples of How He Is Disappointing him in various ways..I just listen quietly...
chris has a man crush
I am not sure if overconfidence is warranted yet.
Absolutely not....anything could happen. I'm counting on Obama to continue messing up but he could still somehow get a lot of last minute lookers.
What the last minute lookers are going to see is:
Obama/Ayers
Obama/Rezko
Obama/Dorn
Obama/Davis
Obama/ACORN
Complete with the requisite deep bass drum and scary music.
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