Posted by
beltway girl on Friday, August 29, 2008 2:13:43 AM
Senator Obama made a lot of promises tonight. And, for the moment, for this big, Obama moment, held in a venue worthy of either Madonna or the Pope, those rhetorical gifts delivered, and delivered big.
They couldn't get enough of Senator Obama tonight. He could have told that audience that his real choice for veep would be Socks the cat, or a convicted murderer, and they would all have cheered the same way. He could have told many there they would have to provide a year of community service working at the local Pizza Hut or White Castle just to cast their votes for him, and they'd all have cheered the same way.
He could have told them infanticide was a woman's right to choose. And they'd all have cheered the same way.
In fact, he did tell them that.
And they all cheered just the same way.
He gave them every carrot to the Republican stick. Free health care, tax relief for everyone but the rich, more money for education, etc.
John McCain was, of course, maligned. Not really gutsy. A wimp who refused to go get Bin Laden in his cave. Or was that Bush? Does it matter?
Former president Jimmy Carter earlier had said McCain had "milked" his POW status for everything it was worth in this election.
Perhaps President Carter should be asked if he also feels that Senator Obama has also "milked" his biracial status for everything it is worth at this point. Or whether Obama has "milked" his mother's death from cancer for everything it's worth in his crusade for universal health care.
It wasn't very nice to read President Carter's wrong-headed words today. Nor was it easy to listen to Senator Obama's words.
The ears of many liberals will prick up after that statement. If you don't like his words, they will note, it's because you fear them.
Correct.
And you fear them because they challenge your own antiquated and ill-founded beliefs.
Incorrect.
You see, Senator Obama says from one side of his mouth that we are all our brother's keeper, and our sister's keeper. But out of the other side of his mouth, he says he is pro-choice where his sister is concerned.
It seems like there's a failure to communicate in terms of one side of Senator Obama's brain with the other side. Will the real Barack Obama please stand up?
Because we do fear your words, Senator Obama. They're a crystal-clear indication of how truly inexperienced you are in foreign policy, and also what an either completely misguided person you are, or what a hypocrite you are. You owned America tonight. And you said, "America, you cannot go back."
Right you are. Let's hope America doesn't turn back from rejecting you in November, and electing John McCain. Because Barack Obama should not be elected America's "keeper" in 2008.