Posted on 10/13/2008 6:29:50 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Four years ago, during one of the dullest and most depressing American presidential election campaigns in living memory, I happened by chance to watch an obscure senator from Illinois deliver a speech to the Democratic National Convention.
It was electrifying. I can still remember the power of his voice, as he said: 'I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story, that I owe a debt to all of those who came before me, and that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible.'
Barack Obama was the best political speaker I'd seen in my lifetime. And I wasn't the only one who thought so. He walked off that stage a star, and four years later he is the Democratic candidate for President of the United States.
My enthusiasm that day is now shared by millions, in America and in Europe. He gives hope to those of us in Britain who admire what America stands for but can't abide George Bush, with his cowboy boots, prayer meetings and appalling judgment - over Iraq, in particular.
For us, Barack Obama - who risked his career with a speech in 2002 against the war - seems to be the man who can decontaminate the American brand.
So I've rooted for Obama as he fought first to defeat Hillary Clinton and now John McCain, his admirable but not inspirational opponent. I've followed Obama's speeches on YouTube, and they've gone on getting better.
I've listened to him narrate his own remarkable autobiography - Dreams From My Father - and I've willed him on to victory.
Then a friend recommended a short book entitled The Case Against Barack Obama, by a respected U.S. investigative journalist called David Freddoso,
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Edward Heathcoat-Amory: “Oh, I still want Obama to win.”
This article is a waste of time.
Another kool aid drinking leftist who can't recognize a Marxist pawn from a person of real substance.
Go McPalin !!!
Geez, you moron! Don't let Michelle hear that or she will kick you in the 4$$!
Essentially many whom are generally informed on the left feel lackluster about him.
So the point of the story is that once you get over the celebrity aspects, you should still vote for Obama.
No thanks.
After all this you still want the Obamamama to win.
What does that say about you? Not much my friend, not much.
He read that book, believed and accepted what was in it, and he still wants Obama to win. This despite his admission that John McCain is an inspirational leader. Apparently McCain’s flaw is that he isn’t a wonderful public speaker. And as we all know, that is the only criterion by which one should judge the President of the United States.
Sheesh. What a buffoon. He’s no different than the other logic-free Obamatrons, just better educated.
Looks to me like an excuse to ignore what he claims he learned about Obama.
How on earth could this stupid man want a guy guilty of all that was laid out in this article to win?
Dastardly.
Not surprising. The writer’s self-described transition is from thinking Obama was an idealistic leftist (as if there was such an animal in politics) to realizing he’s a corrupt leftist. So he still supports Obama, but sadly, you see, rather than with heartfelt enthusiasm.
Even when confronted with truth, the delusion appears to be too strong for Obama followers to overcome.
They don't change. Some of the women wind up dead.
WASTE: Edward Heathcoat Amory with a typical M&S meal
So how much packaging is there in a typical family meal for four? I decided to find out from my local M&S. First, I chose Thai Chicken Satay with a spicy peanut sauce as a starter. That means a colourful cardboard outer package, a plastic inner package and, of course, a plastic pot to hold the peanut sauce.
Follow this with Aromatic Crispy Duck with Pancakes, hoisin sauce, cucumber and spring onions as a main course. Cue cardboard outer packaging, metallic cooking tray, another miniature cooking pot for the sauce, and naturally - or unnaturally – more plastic wrapping for both the cucumber and the spring onions. And that serves two, so double the whole pile for a family meal.
Chunky chips to go with the duck - more cardboard boxes. And some Caesar-style vegetables, encased in plastic microwaveable packs, which you need to open to remove the small plastic wallet containing parmesan shavings. Don't forget some 'Gastropub' creamed spinach, complete with outer cardboard packaging and inner plastic tray...
This one should have had a barf alert, too......in Spades!
This clown apparently is a Brit. He’s not voting for anybody on Nov. 4th. Not in THIS country, anyhow!
Truly a waste of time!
From the land of sharia law....
Is this guy mentally retarded?
He cleary sees the Chicago pond-scum that Obama happily swam in, yet somehow still wants him elected?
So the Euro-weenies are still chewing the cud of Bush hating. They won’t have to pay our increased taxes when Obama is done with us.
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