The Obama Delusion

The person who posted that they felt they were watching "The Candidate" is spot on. This is scary. I don't need "Tony Robbins" as my president. I don't need a mentor with little experience as my president. I fear we are going to wake up with another GWB or McCain. I wanted to vote for Obama but, really after waking up and scrutinizing the real problems we face and his actual record and speeches...I just cannot gamble right now. I

Robert J. Samuelson, I know you get paid to say what you say, but if you know all these things and have such a fantastic delusion that you get paid to write I wonder why you didn't run for president? I could be just as delusional as you and Obama and Clinton, both of them!

You HAVE to view this video that FreeElection posted.....!!!!!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/23256713#23256713

In order to make change, Obama needs to get elected. Hence, for the time being, he needs to be a politician. There is nothing in his background to suggest that he lacks either integrity or talent. The man has run a hell of a campaign. He knows how to organize to get the damn thing done. Clinton, on the other hand, makes one tactical or psychological error after another. For instance, calling him a plagiarist when the man from whom he was supposed to have plagiarised stood ready to defend him, looked petty. Mr. Samuelson, if you consider Clinton and Obama not far apart on some policies, why do you prefer the candidate who repels rather than the one who attracts? To say that their similar policies on some issues indicate that Obama falls short of his own standard is to miss the point that this election is about emotional IQ. Obama has it; Clinton does not. No one on the planet has the background to grasp the compexity of the American presidency. If time spent in Washington correlates with ability to lead, then Dick Cheney is our man. Trusting that the way he has run his campaign is an indicaton of his administrative ability, I argue that Obama will appoint good people to address domestic as well as international issues. jmcschmidt@hotmail.com

You are skipping over the major issue. The U.S. is engaged in a war of agression which is stupid and a crime against humanity. This is the major issue and should not ever be ignored.

It is about time that someone in the media came out and stated everything that I have discussed with my husband, Obama is well spoken but shows little to no record of accomplishments that makes him stand out as a presidential candidate. I have been an executive in corporate America for a number of years and I have hired countless associates to fill high level positions and the best gauge to determine if someone has the ability to do well at a given position is to see what they have accomplished in their past. I do not see the list of accomplishments I feel a presidential candidate should have in Obama. As a leader the worst thing that you can do is not make a decision Obama has done this over a 130 times in the Senate he has voted present opposed to making a decision and being accountable for that decision. We need to review the facts of the situation, because making decision based on ones emotions will lead to a poor decision which is why we as a country have as many problems as we do currently, and stating the facts is not negative campaigning it is merely the truth.

You are missing the major point. The U.S. is engaged in a "war of agression" which is a crime against humanity. This is the major issue.

Holy cow! A presidential candidate who doesn't offer real solutions? Outrageous! Wake up, Samuelson. Obama, Clinton, McCain - they're ALL catering to the lowest-common denominator right now because that's what being elected President of the United States (sadly) requires. Advocating on behalf of real solutions and substantive debate (e.g., Dennis Kucinich, Ron Paul) is a good way to knock yourself out of a national campaign. Obama shouldn't be singled out simply because his rhetoric resonates more fully than that of his rivals, or that he's so shrewdly taken advantage.

It is fairly apparent that a large part of Obama's appeal is that he is NOT Hillary Clinton!!! How so many Democrats can forget Bill Clinton's scandle-plagued days in the White House is unbelievable. Does any sane person really want to return to that type of environment! Certainly, the best way to guarantee another Republican administration is for the Democrats to select devisive Hillary as their candidate!! I would also note that for someone who claims to be so ready to lead "day one", she has done a miserable job of running her own campaign!

I guessing Mr. Samuelson's didn't watch Obama's 45 minute motivational and policy speech last night in Houston. Obama's campaign method is about empowering people with motivation and inspiration. I'm sure you've heard him tell his supporters to be the change they want to be. Empowering people is what effective leaders do. Our present leadership, both Democratic and Republican, have failed at trying to motivate people to get things done and have gave into corporate interest. Believe it or not, that same failed leadership is the reason why our econonmy is having some many issues now. Its not just the "housing crisis" as the media pondets like to put it. Clearly, Obama "rethoric" instills a need for change for 7+ years of failed, weak, and fear-mongering leadership. I also like the fact that he once worked as a Civil Rights attorney, which is far better than the failed CEO we have now.

The obstacle to moving forward politically in this country has nothing to do with a lack of specific ideas or agendas, and everything to do with a lack of consensus. Obama is exciting because he defuses the cynicism that results in a divided electorate providing no mandate to its politicians except the sabotage of the opposition's agenda. Obama has the ability to inspire us to relax our partisanship enough to dismantle the Red State/Blue State mentality that has poisoned the American political process.

Mass delusion?????!!! Really? It's come down to this. The media has given one SINGLE man SUCH POWER??? Obama has "hypnotized much of the media and the public with his eloquence and the symbolism of his life story". If this is the case I'm just mad he didn't do it 8 years ago before the idiot we have now became president. Obama '08




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I guessing Mr. Samuelson's didn't watch Obama's 45 minute motivational and policy speech last night in Houston. Obama's campaign method is about empowering people with motivation and inspiration. I'm sure you've heard him tell his supporters to be the change they want to be. Empowering people is what effective leaders do. Our present leadership, both Democratic and Republican, have failed at trying to motivate people to get things done and have gave into corporate interest. Believe it or not, that same failed leadership is the reason why our econonmy is having some many issues now. Its not just the "housing crisis" as the media pondets like to put it. Clearly, Obama "rethoric" instills a need for change for 7+ years of failed, weak, and fear-mongering leadership. I also like the fact that he once worked as a Civil Rights attorney, which is far better than the failed CEO we have now.

If you look at his plans - for Social Security, the AMT, Medicare (for god's sake, don't ignore Medicare.. its a single-payer system going bankrupt in 10 years), ending the war (2009? It would 20 months in a expedited mode just to get all the vehicles out of the country!) - there is nothing there, or what is there is impossible.. I love change.. I don't love naivete, and I don't think even the most rosy of voters should give someone a free pass on the "Ignore the facts, he's for change" mantra.

I guessing Mr. Samuelson's didn't watch Obama's 45 minute motivational and policy speech last night in Houston. Obama's campaign method is about empowering people with motivation and inspiration. I'm sure you've heard him tell his supporters to be the change they want to be. Empowering people is what effective leaders do. Our present leadership, both Democratic and Republican, have failed at trying to motivate people to get things done and have gave into corporate interest. Believe it or not, that same failed leadership is the reason why our econonmy is having some many issues now. Its not just the "housing crisis" as the media pondets like to put it. Clearly, Obama "rethoric" instills a need for change for 7+ years of failed, weak, and fear-mongering leadership. I also like the fact that he once worked as a Civil Rights attorney, which is far better than the failed CEO we have now.