Are you in despair, Bob?

HW

On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 12:25 AM, Bob Calco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> http://tinyurl.com/4trfbe
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> "I'm saddened by today's verdict," Obama said Wednesday. "This isn't the
> Tony Rezko I knew, but now he has been convicted by a jury on multiple
> charges that once again shine a spotlight on the need for reform. I
> encourage the General Assembly to take whatever steps are necessary to
> prevent these kinds of abuses in the future."
> - - -
>
> 8-|
>
> At some point people are going to wonder just how the hell this guy
> fundamentally misjudges so many of his close, long-time friends, associates
> and spiritual mentors. Can't wait to see what kind of cabinet he picks...
> </sarcasm>
>
> In this case his "friend and fundraiser" Tony Rezko is coldly reduced to a
> bullet point for government reform. Rev. Wright and Fr. Phleger, his
> LONG-time spiritual mentors, are callously reduced to examples of what he
> WON'T let his campaign become. He dithered about his wife's insult against
> the nation, trying to make it sound like an innocent statement made after
> being very tired on the campaign trail, and then removed her from prominent
> view other than a few high-fives at victory speeches. Talk about "Get thee
> behind me Satan!" I don't think Jesus said it as many times in the New
> Testament as Obama has had to say it the primaries alone...
>
> Hey Obama supporters...does none of this bother you at all? Really?
> Criminals, bigots, chronic malcontents and religious lefters (to paraphrase
> Leland) seem the norm among his inner circle.
>
> This guy is either a total fraud, a schizophrenic, or an ignoramus.
> Actually, these aren't mutually exclusive possibilities--but at least one
> of
> them must be true.
>
> Personally I think it's the first option. When you peek under the hood you
> see that he's a textbook left-wing nut-job, whose ostensible "ideas" are
> sooo early 1900's in their perspective. He masquerades as a moderate, a
> uniter and, most ironic of all, something fresh, hiding behind a short
> resume, an empty suit and some decent speaking skills. He's aided
> tremendously by the caliber of his competition, to boot.
>
> And BTW, did you hear Obama effectively say that never before "this moment"
> did we "begin" to take care of the sick, create jobs for the jobless, etc.?
> Is he serious? And his taking credit for the future healing of the
> planet...
> my Lord, that sounds like Edward's prophetic vision of a once-and-future
> John Kerry administration, raising the dead and curing the terminally ill
> with plain ol' embryonic stem cells.
>
> I think they all have a God complex, loathe though they may be to admit
> that
> God is even on their playing field, and their constituents have a kind of
> secular Jesus envy--preferring these narcissistic duds for some reason to
> the real McCoy.
>
> With every election cycle I grow more apolitical, if not anti-political.
>
> - Bob
>
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