The Obama Delusion

Hillary hasn't said much about how she pay for all of the things she's promising. Hillary is giving speeches (inspiring) to her supporters as well, and yet this article is slamming Obama! This article demeans and beliitles the art of inspiration and inspiring people to go beyond what has been the norm. You are just making him out to be a good speaker, and yet I see no where in this article or in the previous posts that even mentions his accomplishments during his tenure in politics. But yet you say he has no substance to back up his speeches. We have become a nation that has become lost in our thinking that beleiving that that this country can't rise up and achieve. Question for you! If Hillary was winning, would you still be slamming his inspiration speeches? Would you be praising her in this article? Sir, Martin Luther King Jr gave inspiring speeches and those speeches ignited a nation of people and changed the scope of civil rights in an entire country. Was that useless rhetoric! The bible tells us that where there is no vision, the people will perish!
Have a great day......

Obviously the Clinton machine was consulted before preparation of this article. All politicians offer vision- some rear-view and some forward looking. Only Obama has offered hope and maybe this is what America is looking for more than detailed policy which we know will be mangled by the political process.

It is about time we Americans can look forward. Our international audience has a clear choice- let us finally join the world community.

I am just amazed that Michelle Obama is allowed to say anything anti-American and many people accept her views. I don't trust any politician or his wife to make derogatory statements about my country. There is no other country that gives a women of color the oportunities to go to college, and to climb as high as she has. I am old fashioned and I love this country even when our politicians make mistakes as all of them have. Hey Michelle, LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT.

Posted By: jtemple04 @ 02/20/2008 4:09:56 PM
Comment: I dont understand obama's rhetoric and his views.

Obama gives hope when cynics like Newsweek take up obvious political agenda's. This nation is in shambles. We do not need bickering between McCain and Hillary. Hillary's tactics have become very rudumentary and ill concieved, the days of evil politics will end in November when President Obama enters the Whitehouse. I use to like Hillary, but her eveil tactics are transparent and Bill should just be put back in the doghouse as he ruined her chance to be the first female president, cheaters do not love or respect thier wives, they love themselves. Not matter what this creep writes, Obama will win.

Samuelson really is so dazzled that he doesn't even know what Obama has said. Fortunately many of us know better, which is why we are voting for Obama and giving small donations to his campaign. See p. 183 of the Audacity of Hope, about the need to reduce the cost of Medicare. Obama's health care plan puts cost cutting first, despite Clinton's complaint that he isn't for universality first. Some of us know better.

Posted By: lyingbigot @ 02/20/2008 4:06:46 PM
Comment: "Change" scaries the crap out of me. I'm supposed to be educated and a bit more knowledgeable than your average Joe. I fell like rubbish!. I love George Bush and I am hopeless!! He gave me the boost that l needed to actually vote for Hillary. I love her.

Let's talk about pride in one's country. I'm a veteren and very proud to be an American but in my 47 years of exsistance I've had some not so proud moments. For instance I remember visiting my relatives in In W. Virginia as a child and not being able to go into certain stores, eat at certain resturants and those infamous water fountains. Oh yes I remember them as well. Not a very proud American moment. I recall Reaganomics and tax cuts for the very rich while the poor got poorer, Not a very proud American moment. A friend and fellow soldier dishonorably discharged from the army when he admitted that he had relations with a women. This was during a rape trial and he proved his innocense but was still dismissed because he was a married man and adultry is not permitted even though his commander in chief did the same thing around the same time, lied about it, was found out and still kept his job. NAPAM! We are sent into a war by another Commander in chief on false pretence thousands die or are wounded but never send a single soldier into a country where hundreds of thousands have been slaughtered, to stop the viloence. NAPAM. When we had a horrific natural disaster in our own back yard and help comes from Canada before the victims get any relief from our own country. In fact many are still waiting. NAPAM. So yes I am proud for the first time in a long time.

Samuelson can say and feel as he likes. So can you and I but I'll let you in on a secret: you only get one vote and after the American people speaks, that's the one chosen by the people, for the people, we elect his then stand by him, pray for him because we chose him. If it is Obama, that's okay too, he won didn't he, then except it.

This is why he would lose to McCain.

Obama is like Spam. A little piece of meat all fluffed up with no nutritional value.

Fear is a terrible thing. As long a Barack Obama seemed a nice pleasant alternative, a nice way for some to feel empowered by the graciousness that they and others in the Washington DC periphery bestowed upon him. It certainly seems that the national media liked the idea. Wouldn???t it be nice, lauding how much fun it would be to write about the 1st plausible African American in the Democratic race, at least until he was defeated by a more ???proper??? candidate.

Now it appears that his candidacy has a real possibility and that he just might attempt to enact some of his ideas on transforming some of the corrupt environments in Washington DC. This realization holds much fear for those entrenched in the Washington DC establishment, and that would most certainly include some in the national media.

So now it begins??? Fear is a terrible thing???

I dont understand if people have such a huge problem with the gap bwtn obama's rhetoric and his views then instead of talking behind his back about it i.e. news reporters and columnist, why not just call him out on it. for some reason or another people seem to be scared to ask him about the discrepencies. if there is such a big problem Mr. Samuelson, then telephone him personally and call him out on it. i'm sure he would be willing and ready to defend his policies and his rhetoric. if he give a half-assed answer then you know that he's a crook and all this is just a delusion...ASK and stop assuming...it's not becoming of reporters and columnist