Comments on: John Kerry on Obama’s unique attributes

By: SteveH

SteveH — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:38:00 +0000

Perhaps democrats sense their need for therapy and are actually choosing a national therapist in Obama.

Makes me wonder how many therapist are slick enough to have all their clients pay by automatic electronic withdrawal.

Hmmmm

By: Monday Musings « Obi’s Sister

Monday Musings « Obi’s Sister — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:11:39 +0000

[...] Lurch speaks. Neoneocon, of Sanity Squad fame, distills his ramblings down to the few points that matter: I think the Kerry quote is important because it illustrates a number of principles: [...]

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:35:25 +0000

Neo, it is going to be really ironic if theocracy comes from a Democrat being given power instead of the usual line about right wing religious nuts.

Of course, that’s just be about par for the course when speaking of Democrats.

By: Michael Lonie

Michael Lonie — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:15:35 +0000

Tom ,
You hit the nail on the head. Obama’s acolytes give off the whiff of the brownshirt. Listen to them chanting O-ba-ma, O-ba-ma.

By: Tom the Redhunter

Tom the Redhunter — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:46:28 +0000

All of your points are good, but these two hit the nail squarely on the head

“(3) This is the sort of magical power that Obama supporters have invested in their candidate.

(4) This power is inherent—as Kerry makes clear—not in anything Obama need actually do. No, it flows from his inherent qualities: what he is.”

I’d substitute “religious” for “magical” but the point is the same. The adoration accorded Obama by some of his followers is downright creepy.

What’s interesting is that if it was all reversed, and Obama was a republican, the lefties would be comparing his followers to storm troopers or religious zealots, and his “Audacity of Hope” to “Triumph of the Will”.

And as far as his being able to “bridge the divide of religious extremism”, you’re right, this sort of thinking shows a stunning lack of knowledge about the Muslim world.

By: Terrye

Terrye — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:24:01 +0000

Well we could vote for a woman for the same reason. Just consider the place of women in the Muslim world…I am sure that if the Muslim world were forced to deal with a woman as the most powerful person in the world their attitude toward women would change.

Needless to say I am kidding.

By: Sergey

Sergey — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:52:13 +0000

The situation with Obama can be really much worse than most of his critics believe. The quotes from his book depict him as clinical paranoic with life-long habit of successful dissimulation of normalcy:
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=17EEFD33-E50C-4E5B-AFB9-7D3F581A1F85

By: harry McHitlerburtonstein the Extremist

harry McHitlerburtonstein the Extremist — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:33:23 +0000

strcpy; I believe largely in what you say is true with the exception that I think Kerry, (and Ted Turner with his latest remarks), actually believe, or like to believe they are true the moment they say these things. The rest ties in with what you say that their remarks are never questioned, so they never have to examine their thoughts. Couple this with the fact that words to them are tools they use to keep themselves afloat among a constituency that isnt interested in anything other than identity politics anyway.

Will Obama help the cause of moderating Islam in the world by simply being simply a black man? Sure, why not? It sounds good. Maybe the Islamic world will see that America has voted in its first black Jimmy Carter, see that we’re not such racist pigs after all and will adopt a more favorable opinion of us. Sure It sounds like racial pandering, but its what the democrats are good at.

Hell, it beats having a conviction.

By: amr

amr — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:30:29 +0000

Then we must forget Darfur; Muslim Arabs killing Black Christians and Muslim Africans. Yea, I’m sure having an African American president in the US would do wonders for peace in that portion of the world.

That world didn’t listen to JFK, as I remember. He found out that resorting to the assassination Patrice Lumumba in 1961 had a greater immediate impact in the Congo than any espoused international hope for maintaining that country united.

Unfortunately, the world in general does not respect good intentions, rightly or wrongly. It is what it is and no matter of wishing/hoping for it to be different will change it.

Unfortunately, too often perceptions are everything. The perception of President Kennedy not being strong, as Mr. Kruchev noted in his book, ended up giving us the Cuban Missile Crisis. Looking at Mr. Obama’s résumé doesn’t cause me to believe that he will be perceived any better and in fact worse, since Mr. Kennedy was at least a war hero. No thank you Mr. Kerry; I don’t want to live through something like that again.

By: kcom

kcom — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:16:07 +0000

Aside from media spin, I don’t know how anyone objectively watching or listening to John Kerry could ever consider him an intellectual. He’s a completely empty suit. He just knew enough important people to get him started on the road to national politics and has learned to imitate enough political mannerisms to keep him there. I doubt he could have achieved that remarkable feat, considering his innate (in)abilities, anywhere (or very few places, at least) outside of Massachusetts.