Roger L. Simon

June 10th, 2008 9:24 am

Barack Obama Meets Vladimir and Estragon

… or the “New Politics” as the Theater of the Absurd.

And speaking of theater….

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1. David Thomson:

Barack “Barry” Obama is a very shallow man. However, many Americans simply do not know about the inflated degrees often awarded at Harvard University. This may especially be true if the graduate is a “man of color.” Try imagining Obama as a holder of a degree from “North Dakota State College.” Nobody would give him the time of day. He is literally getting away with his nonsense primarily because of his Harvard background.

Everyone should make it a point to read Ross Douthat’s splendid, Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class. He goes into quite a bit of detail concerning the scandalous situation at Harvard.

Jun 10, 2008 - 3:05 pm 2. Lightnin' Hopkins:

Coming in 2009, a Spike Lee Joint, starring Barack Obama, “Get Under The Bus” — Fun for everybody! Except you racist crackers who misrepresent the history of blacks in the armed forces (even if you do love jazz). Oh, and Grandma, and Jeremiah Wright, and Samantha Power, and….

Jun 10, 2008 - 5:34 pm 3. Jimmy:

The Impossible Dream

Lyrics by Joe Darion
Music by Mitch Leigh

To dream the impossible dream,
to fight the unbeatable foe,
to bear with unbearable sorrow,
to run where the brave dare not go.

To right the unrightable wrong,
to love pure and chaste from afar,
to try when your arms are too weary,
to reach the unreachable star.

This is my quest,
to follow that star –
no matter how hopeless,
no matter how far.

To fight for the right
without question or pause,
to be willing to march into hell for a
heavenly cause.

And I know if I’ll only be true to this
glorious quest
that my heart will be peaceful and calm
when I’m laid to my rest.

And the world will be better for this,
that one man scorned and covered with scars
still strove with his last ounce of courage.
To reach the unreachable stars.

Jun 10, 2008 - 7:25 pm 4. Lem:

Hillary fired volunteers for sending emails alleging Obama might be a Muslim.

But Obama can’t find someone better to vet a vice presidential candidate than someone with ties to the housing mortgage collapse?

Hillary might have been running a more ethical campaing than Obama?

You would not know it by listening to the MSM.

Jun 11, 2008 - 8:47 am 5. AlanC:

I’ve seen a couple of comments recently about Obama not having a valid birth certificate.

That can’t be true can it? Isn’t that just more of the “he’s a Muslim” type rumor mongering?

Good grief, the more I hear this buffoon the more despicable he is. How someone totally ignorant of economics, management, foreign policy and ethics who can’t even speak coherently without reading a script managed to get a nomination is truly mind blowing. And that doesn’t even get into his socialist background and elitist proclivities.

Jun 11, 2008 - 10:54 am 6. Captain Hate:

Why doesn’t Shelton do something imaginative, like a remake of “A Face in the Crowd” only with an AA version of Lonesome Rhodes? He could call it “Obamboozled”. Or something like that. Admittedly it would be a bit of a stretch for him but he’s always liked to consider himself edgy.

Jun 11, 2008 - 1:01 pm 7. Pat Patterson:

Man, one of those conditions that Sen. Clinton made has to be really hard of Sen. Obama. Estrogen will just make him bloat somethng fierce.

Jun 14, 2008 - 3:37 am

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