Comments on: Obama’s Victory Speech

By: Yermal

Yermal — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:03:46 +0000

Obama is a good orator and people are impressed by his poise and charm. However, he is too young to be president and his experience in national and foreign affairs is limited. Many are concerned about this. That is why Hillary continues to lead him by a wide margin in the national polls. Meanwhile, Boston Globe has endorsed him for president for having “an intuitive sense of the wider world with all its perils and opportunities.” Intuition may be a laudable quality among psychics and palm readers, but it has no relevance to serious discussion of foreign policy. In fact, Obama’s “intuitive sense” is no different from Bush’s “instincts” and “gut feelings” which are the hallmarks of his foreign policy decision-making. We have been down this road before.

By: Elisabetta

Elisabetta — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:47:14 +0000

Yawn. How much is the price of eggs where you live?

David, David, you appear to have a monopoly on distorting people’s words and coming up with canards.
Not once, not ever, have I commented on President Bush’s speaking abilities.

Consequently, the problem lies with:

a. Your wrong recollection.
b. Your wrong understanding of simple English.
c. A well-developed ability to palter.

I vote for all the above.

Do you prefer to be painted a liar or an imbecile? Both will do.

I’ll add that your hatred for President Bush is so embedded that once you peg someone as a Bush’s supporter, you don’t ever HEAR anything they say as your rambling brain just starts spewing off incoherence.

By: David

David — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:05:38 +0000

Elisabetta, considerring that you think the current moron in the white house is a brilliant, eloquent speaker, everything you say is completely worthless.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:24:27 +0000

By: Elisabetta

Elisabetta — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:15:57 +0000

Jimmy, you hit the nail on the head.
The two people left standing – after all the promises are made to win the nomination – will have to discuss the issues. It won’t matter much how great a speech they gave, unless it can be backed up with solid plans for the “change” they are touting during this phase.
Personally, I thought Obama’s speech and correlations sounded like a wanna-be MLK.

By: Jimmy the Dhimmi

Jimmy the Dhimmi — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:25:35 +0000

Wow. Hope and Change and Unity. Great. Any substance? Do you think he will end partisanship in Washington? Is Obama going to be a uniter, not a divider? What does that mean? We will no longer have to use oil when he’s done, “once and for all?”

Boilerplate platitudes repeated over and over again. He stands for nothing. Maybe if he just does nothing but makes people feel good by making pleasant speeches with a firm speaking voice, people’s happiness will make them more productive citizens…Oh, I don’t know.

What a bunch of crap. You all know it. This is the same speech made by every politician every election cycle.

By: polrick

polrick — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:28:54 +0000

I agree. That’s just the speech he needed to give. Yeah, Anderson, Michelle is a great speaker, too. I wonder how involved she is in the daily affairs of the campaign. It generally isn’t a good idea for the spouses to get too involved…

By: Joshua

Joshua — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:40:48 +0000

I’ve always had reservations about Barack Obama, but I still prefer him over Hillary and Edwards, mainly because of the positive, energetic attitude he projects. If the final race turns out to be Huckabee vs. Obama (the two Iowa winners), and Ron Paul doesn’t run as a third-party/write-in candidate, Obama will have my vote too.

By: S.W. Anderson

S.W. Anderson — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:34:23 +0000

Slight revision to above comment: . . . if he continues to campaign and work as hard as he did in Iowa, and sews up the nomination, he’ll have my support as if he had been my first choice all along.

By: S.W. Anderson

S.W. Anderson — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:32:26 +0000

Fine man, fine speech. Obama wasn’t my first choice, but if he continues to campaign and work as hard as he did in Iowa, he’ll have my support as if he had been my first choice all along.

BTW, Michele Obama is one powerful stump speaker. She’s a natural at it. I wouldn’t be surprised to someday see her use it for a candidacy of her own.