That’s been done zillion times before, of course, but not quite this baldly. According to Reuters, Obama is trying to wrest the ‘Straight Talk’ mantle from McCain.
White House hopeful Barack Obama sought on Saturday to wrest away rival John McCain’s campaign theme, casting himself as the “Straight Talk” candidate willing to level with voters about tough choices facing the country.
Say what?
Yes, you read that correctly. The man who spent twenty years in the pew of a wretched, racist, sociopath and claimed not to know how bad the execrable minister was is now projecting himself as a “paragon of the truth.” (How many different versions of that story did we hear? I’ve lost count.) And that’s not even getting into Rezko, Ayers, etc.
I know – surely he can’t be serious. It’s too ridiculous. But it does make some bizarre sense if you follow the psyche of Barack Obama. Anyone who thinks he deserves to be President at the age of 46 because of a couple of years in the Senate and, in his words, “years of community organizing” has a sense of entitlement the size of, well, Brooklyn. Why not try to sell us the bridge?
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1. Anthony (Los Angeles):Oh, brother. If Obama is the nominee, the debates with McCain may make him nostalgic for Pennsylvania.
May 4, 2008 - 7:54 am 2. David Thomson:“Barry” Obama is incapable of talking straight with the American people because of his intellectual shallowness. He is a very poorly read man. I cannot recall Obama uttering any profound insights on any topic whatsoever. Am I exaggerating? Well, can anyone point out any instances? Even one? No, Obama is simply taking advantage of his credentials from Harvard University and other Ivy League schools.
May 4, 2008 - 11:36 am 3. Sandy P:For Barry to be truthful – he’d have to admit he’s a red diaper baby and think marxism’s the cure to what ails America – those gun-toting, bible-clinging angry unwashed peasants.
May 4, 2008 - 1:14 pm 4. TerryeL:I think Obama is in over his head. But that does not mean he can’t win.
May 4, 2008 - 3:00 pm 5. srlucado:The fact that Hillary Clinton can get away with criticizing him for the very things she’s guilty of is an indication of how weak he is as a candidate.
For Obama, it’s always been about who people hope he is, not who he actually is. (It’s like infatuation; an initial rush that is eventually dimmed by reality.)
I’m not even sure he’s going to get the Democratic nomination–Dems better hope he doesn’t, actually. McCain will simply lacerate him in the debates. Obama can’t posture (duck) behind the issues forever. Jeremiah Wright is the least of his problems.
Of course, if Hillary gets the nomination, the Dems will lose for a completely different reason. Not a pretty scenario for them, but that’s what they deserve for fronting two such far-left-wing, unqualified candidates–and for playing the politics of polarization to such an extreme that they’ve fractured their own party.
Scott
May 4, 2008 - 4:40 pm 6. CTRepublican:Anyone who thinks he deserves to be President at the age of 46 because of a couple of years in the Senate and, in his words, “years of community organizing” has a sense of entitlement the size of, well, Brooklyn.
And McCain should be prez why, exactly?
Because he was a POW?
May 4, 2008 - 5:55 pm 7. tim maguire:CTRepublican, you are aware that McCain’s experience in government goes beyond his days as a POW, aren’t you?
May 5, 2008 - 8:52 am 8. Neo:How did I miss this ?
Obama and the art of bare knuckles politics.
May 5, 2008 - 12:09 pm