The theory that Obama’s meteoric rise was attributable to some devious behind-the-scenes scheming of the Democratic/leftist machine, would be plausible if it weren’t for the critically important role that the clownish Alan Keyes’ stupendously incompetent Senate campaign against Obama played in the improbable launch of Obama’s political profile into the stratosphere. There seems to be widespread amnesia on FR about this important chapter in US political history, and willful blindness to its impact. Those who forget history are apt to repeat it in unfortunate ways . . .
And if Obama’s got this huge secret band of ultrapowerful and ultrawealthy supporters who put him into the White House, what happened to them after that? Where are they when he’s nominating frightfully unvetted people for cabinet positions, only to have to withdraw them after political opponents spend 5 minutes vetting them? Where are they when he’s pushing through bizarre schemes like the “cash-for-clunkers” program that will obviously delay and worsen the inevitable relapse into economic decline, pushing it closer to the time he needs to start his re-election campaign?
All Presidents have “handlers” (and teleprompters), but Obama’s current crop of handlers are not doing an impressive job. They certainly weren’t capable of orchestrating his amazingly fast rise through the political ranks.
Alan Keyes is not a clown. He actually says the truth.
His take on Obama is that he is a “abomination”. Which I
think is putting it mildly. If you think Obama has good
intentions then you haven’t been studying the issues. His
intention is to put this nation under marxist rule.
He voted for partial birth abortion and has disgraced this
nation repeatedly by ill treatment of our allies. The fact that he hides all of his background information just adds to his disgusting behavior.
Personally I never attributed it to anything of the sort (Huge Leftist machine), or maybe I did if you consider the media as part of the Democrat party.
The Leftist media totally abrogated their duty as watchdogs and through themselves 100% in Obama’s camp. They carried his water from day one and attacked anyone who dared criticize him.
Tell you what. had Obama been white, with the exact same record politically, he NEVER gets pastr NH, if he even gets that far.
And that’s a fact, Jack!!
It wasn’t just Alan Keyes’ either. It was how Obama disposed of the first republican opponent, totally illegal IMO.
You must be the most unobservant person on the planet. Obama doesn’t have an original thought in his head.
He reads a good speech. That is his talent.
He is a Marxist-Socialist who has been elevated by the hard left. HE couldn’t think his way out of the bathroom.