Obamarama
Big speech notable mainly for its defensiveness. “We are better than John McCain says I am.” At least, I’m pretty sure that’s what he was saying. In other business, apparently we live in a third-world country. Also, we are better than the last seven years of struggle and sacrifice of some Americans, finally engaged in a complex decades-old conflict against a determined enemy, that saw the liberation of 50 million people, al-Qaeda decimated and hamstrung, international unity against Iran, unprecedented Arab opposition to Palestinian terrorism, etc. Obama will “end this war in Iraq responsibly.” Thanks to the Bush administration, which did not cave to Democratic demands for immediate abandonment two years ago, a President Obama could actually be able to do that, if he didn’t bollix it by, say, truckling to mullahs.
Here’s a quick roundup:
AP analysis: George Bush is so last eight years ago.
Robert Robb, Arizona Republic via RCP: Democratic platform is for whiners.
Krauthammer, via RCP: The Perfect Stranger.
Meanwhile, Pawlenty and Romney both apparently not the pick. Speculation on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Fox.
With thanks to RealClearPolitics and Memeorandum.
Topics: Obama
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 9:33 am on Friday, August 29, 2008
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August 29th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
I believe John McCain has just cut Obama off at the knees by choosing Sarah Palin as his VP, despite her so-called “inexperience”. In fact, the Dems can’t make too much of that without calling attention to Obama’s own weakness, and she at least has managed to accomplish a few things.
August 29th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Good to see you back, Jules.
Robert Robb has it right. I don’t believe in ghosts, but if I did, I would have wished for the ghost of Harry Truman to appear at the convention, walk up to the podium, and say these words clearly into the microphone:
“Quit your whining!”
August 29th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
I don’t believe that Harry would have been so polite, Fatty, but I agree that his statement would boil down to that.