Posted on 08/21/2008 5:59:47 AM PDT by Kaslin
Anybody who watched Barack Obama’s sorry performance during Saturday Night’s Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency with Pastor Rick Warren had to come away with the question, “What is this guy doing running for president of the United States?”
The worshipping media described his comments as “nuanced,” the word they use to describe “wishy-washy.” It was full of those “on the other hand” answers to Pastor Warren’s probing questions.
Obama was anything but wishy-washy, however, when he said that knowing when human life begins was “above his pay grade.” He was just plain evasive, obviously seeking to play down his extremist view that abortion at any time, in any circumstance, is perfectly acceptable to him.
This isn’t surprising since he took the lead in the Illinois Senate in fighting a bill that would outlaw the barbarous murder of newborn infants who survive being killed in a partial-birth abortion.
During the forum, his struggle to please everybody by straddling the issues was plain for all to see. He showed he was willing to say and do what he believed everybody wanted to hear. When you try to find any real depth in his beliefs you quickly discover he is utterly shallow and soulless, a sloganeer instead of a missionary.
He’s just a politician on the make, trying to be all things to all people -- an empty suit proclaiming empty promises.
Being without real depth, his platform merely floats on a surface of promises categorized as “Hope” and “Change,” neither of which is clearly defined.
He assures us that he wants to change Washington and sweep away all that this city represents. Yet one has only to look at next week’s Democratic National Convention to understand that it’s not change, but lots more of the same.
Just look at the roster of speakers lined up and try to find a single new face. It’s the same old lineup, the same old roll call of familiar Democrat politicians who have constituted the leadership of the national Democratic Party for eons.
Change? Does inviting Jimmy Carter (arguably the worst president in our long history and a dedicated foe of Israel) constitute meaningful change?
Is John Kerry a new face, or simply a retread of a failed presidential candidate who represents his party’s recent past as well as its immediate future?
How about putting Al Gore on the speaker’s dais? Al Gore, the high priest of the phony climate-change religion who to this day can’t accept the fact that he lost to George Bush in 2000 and never stops whining about it. That’s change?
Just what changes the old Democratic order when you have Bill Clinton speaking one night and Hillary Clinton the next night?
Is Mayor Daley, Obama’s strongest backer and the boss of the corrupt Chicago Democratic machine, a symbol of change?
You look at this upcoming convention and you have to ask yourself, “Have I not seen this show before?”
We saw it in 2004 and 2000 and 1996 and 1992, and every other Democratic convention going back to Harry S. Truman. And by the way, if Truman were alive today he would be the one familiar face who wouldn’t be invited to speak.
Plain-spoken Harry would take one look at Obama and we’d be hearing some of his patented obscenities. Truman had no tolerance for politicians who tried to pass themselves off as messiahs, above the give and take of everyday politics.
Change? It’s simply more of the same old thing: power-hungry politicians lusting after the authority to impose the decades-old Democrat, socialist, big-brother programs on the American people. An authority the people wisely continue to deny them.
Barack Obama hasn’t demonstrated that by virtue of any past experience that he possesses the capacity to be president of the United States, a job far above his pay grade.
Stick a fork in BO. He is done.
“Stick a fork in BO. He is done.”
McCain is being offered the White House on a silver platter.
“Above my pay grade” was where his campaign hit the iceberg. And unlike what Dukakis said about what-if-Kitty, it’s a neat sound bite.
This is not your father’s Democrat Party. With Harry Truman, it was “The Buck Stops Here”. With B.O., it is “This is above my pay grade”. B.O. is clearly a member of the Not Ready for Time Prime Players.
Interesting, though, that neither of them can get above 50 in the polls.
Until McCains citizenship also makes the headlines.
According to his CoLB, he was born in Colón, Republic of Panama.
That would be the difference between Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, California, United States of America.
Why it’s not a McCain blowout:
1. Obamedia.
2. Bush is unpopular and ‘wrong track’ numbers are high.
3. Obama’s campaign is about the best you can do with a left-liberal ... run a vague hope and change campaign. That will give you soft support for a while, until your real agenda is exposed.
4. Did I mention the Obamedia?
“Interesting, though, that neither of them can get above 50 in the polls.”
In wrestling, when you have your opponent pinned, it is best to keep your advantage.
It would be bitter irony if McCain’s natural status were to be seriously questioned again. I’d heard clips of legal eagles on the radio. Was it a US military base he was born in? If I’m not mistaken, his father was serving in the military at the time.
BRB.
Snopes — a place that sometimes lacks coherent thought regarding Clinton coverups, but useful for background information:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/mccain/citizen.asp
There is a gray area in the law whether a military station counts one as being a ‘natural born US citizen’. The reason it’s a gray area was due to partizan resistance by democrat senators and the tyrannical nature of rogue justices. Despite that, a resolution was passed by the legislative — lawmaking — branch [as opposed to those who are constitutionally limited to reading the law— the judicial branch]. The resolution made it law that McCain is natural born, but five rogue justices could try to legislate by fiat.
I believe that most US citizens will agree that being born in a US military station— the son of two US citizens — is a plus rather than a minus. If I’m wrong [which I doubt], or if the supreme court really steals an election, let us hope that McCain has a strong veep.
There is nothing to guess here. His CoLB states he was born in Colón, Republic of Panama.
You [Gatun] are persistent about this.
McCain was born in a US military base, and if I’m not mistaken, wasn’t Panama a US territory at the time?
“You [Gatun] are persistent about this.”
I am merely telling you what his CoLB states. Have you seen his CoLB?
It is the difference between being born in Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, California, USA.
If you come to Panama, I will give you a tour so you can see the differnce for yourself. Lunch is on me.
I take it, then, that when you are born in a US military station, you can’t be commander in chief, unless you’re father is stationed inside a state. Is that what you are trying to say?
I suspect that Hillary supporters would be quite happy that you are stirring the pot in this forum about McCain’s birth certificate, on the same day that a Clinton supporter sued regarding BO’s birth certificate. The Clintons would love it if we were the ones to take the bait and retaliate on behalf of McCain.
I don't think JFK would be allowed to speak either. He cut taxes and was anti-communist.
Plain-spoken Harry would take one look at Obama and we’d be hearing some of his patented obscenities. Truman had no tolerance for politicians who tried to pass themselves off as messiahs, above the give and take of everyday politics.
For that matter I don't think Harry would like W either.
I am saying he was born in Colón, Republic of Panama. Colón is a city within the Republic of Panama, a Panamanian civilian city, full of Panamanian citizens, with Panamanian courts, police, fire department, Panamanian laws. He was NOT born in a military installation.
I can’t spell it out any clearer.
“He was NOT born in a military installation. I can’t spell it out any clearer.”
And McCain is the child of two US citizens. Snopes makes it clear that the meaning of ‘natural born citizens’ is unclear.
The Senate, in its wisdom, did its job and clarified the meaning. So as I understand it, the matter is cleared up to all but those who wish to ‘game’ the system and appeal to rogue justices.
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