Comments on: He’s not bordering on arrogant, he is arrogant

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:50:20 +0000

I suspect that his head is full of calculations;

I suppose when I say empty headed, I really was thinking of how obama’s head is empty of anything that could be good to human beings.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:15:13 +0000

Obama’s going to use the first nuke on a city since Truman, I say.

By: Mike Devx

Mike Devx — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:31:25 +0000

I remember that exchange. Hillary’s “Well, that hurts me” moment, winning but fake. Obama’s “You’re nice enough” moment, snarky but fake. It certainly was condescending, but the way I read it at the time was that these two candidates had already built up a large dislike for each other, and Obama simply couldn’t lie convincingly.

If you think they didn’t like each other THEN, can you imagine what the true feelings are NOW?

As Danny L. said above, make yourself some popcorn, folks, and enjoy the show!

What with Florida proving itself incapable yet again of participating in a democracy… and with Rev. Al Sharpton ready with his court case and his impassioned (and justified) rhetoric if Democrat leadership tries to seat the Florida delegates from the non-vote in January…

Michigan might or might not succeed in holding a revote. It’s case is clearer, with neither Edwards nor Obama on the ballot. A case for a revote to avoid disenfranchisement can easily be supported there by all concerned.

Obama’s lead in delegates and Hillary’s potential lead by June 3rd in popular vote… an intense struggle for the pocketbooks – er, I mean, the hearts and minds – of superdelegates… The Party That Can’t Shoot Straight may be in the process of losing an election that should have been a slam dunk.

I was angry at Rush Limbaugh and others for urging conservatives to vote for Senator Clinton, since I fear the Clinton Corruption Machine far more than Obama’s smugness and naivete, but they have every right to vote in any legal way allowed, and who knows, in ensuring that this frenzied battle extends deep into June, their strategy may be the right one.

By: Danny Lemieux

Danny Lemieux — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:13:13 +0000

I really can’t fault Obama for making Hillary “put-downs”. I think that I will go and make myself some more pop-corn.

By: Oldflyer

Oldflyer — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:32:43 +0000

eh?

BO has a smiley face; at least when he is on camera. The question is: What is behind the smile?

By: Helen Losse

Helen Losse — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:01:06 +0000

I think, perhaps, that Obama is missing a few of the smiley faces that Bookworm suggested we use to clarify.

By: Oldflyer

Oldflyer — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:22:58 +0000

Ymarsakar,

I have never heard him referred to as empty headed. I don’t think selling empty rhetoric to the masses necessarily indicates that the seller himself is empty headed. I suspect that his head is full of calculations; and he tries very hard to obscure those calculations from the suckers, err I mean primary voters.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:16:33 +0000

Given people’s views of Obama the empty headed, it would be better to call it conceit, not arrogance.

By: Oldflyer

Oldflyer — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:51:49 +0000

Interesting Book. I have looked askance at those who continually refer to Obama as nice. My wife is quick to point out that I don’t know him, and I don’t listen to him for more than 30 seconds at a time. But, since his image has been ubiquitous on the TV (I started referring to Fox as the Obama Campaign Network, and I am sure others are worse) I have had ample opportunity to observe his body language, expression and posture, even when his voice was muted. What I observed was Arrogance with a capital A.

Of course it is easy to write me off as a Southern born, white boy, racist.

Still, it is fascinating to watch the Media dynamic now that there is a drop of blood or two in the water. They just can’t help themselves; sharks will be sharks.