Wall Street Journal Sizes Up Obama
- by Alan Caruba:
"I have this theory about Barack
Obama. I think he's led a kind of make-believe life in which money was
provided and doors were opened because at some point early on somebody or
some group (George Soros anybody?) took a look at this tall, good looking,
half-white, half-black, young man with an exotic African/Muslim name and
concluded he could be guided toward a life in politics where his facile
speaking skills could even put him in the White House.
Obama. I think he's led a kind of make-believe life in which money was
provided and doors were opened because at some point early on somebody or
some group (George Soros anybody?) took a look at this tall, good looking,
half-white, half-black, young man with an exotic African/Muslim name and
concluded he could be guided toward a life in politics where his facile
speaking skills could even put him in the White House.
In a very real way, he has been a
young man in a very big hurry. Who else do you know has written two memoirs
before the age of 45? "Dreams of My Father" was published in 1995 when he
was only 34 years old. The "Audacity of Hope" followed in 2006. If, indeed,
he did write them himself. There are some who think that his mentor and
friend, Bill Ayers, a man who calls himself a "communist with a small 'c'"
was the real author.
young man in a very big hurry. Who else do you know has written two memoirs
before the age of 45? "Dreams of My Father" was published in 1995 when he
was only 34 years old. The "Audacity of Hope" followed in 2006. If, indeed,
he did write them himself. There are some who think that his mentor and
friend, Bill Ayers, a man who calls himself a "communist with a small 'c'"
was the real author.
His political skills consisted of
rarely voting on anything that might be deemed controversial. He went from a
legislator in the Illinois legislature to the Senator from that state
because he had the good fortune of having Mayor Daley's formidable political
machine at his disposal.
rarely voting on anything that might be deemed controversial. He went from a
legislator in the Illinois legislature to the Senator from that state
because he had the good fortune of having Mayor Daley's formidable political
machine at his disposal.
He was in the U.S. Senate so briefly
that his bid for the presidency was either an act of astonishing
self-confidence or part of some greater game plan that had been determined
before he first stepped foot in the Capital. How, many must wonder, was he
selected to be a 2004 keynote speaker at the Democrat convention that
nominated John Kerry when virtually no one had ever even heard of him
before?
that his bid for the presidency was either an act of astonishing
self-confidence or part of some greater game plan that had been determined
before he first stepped foot in the Capital. How, many must wonder, was he
selected to be a 2004 keynote speaker at the Democrat convention that
nominated John Kerry when virtually no one had ever even heard of him
before?
He outmaneuvered Hillary Clinton in
primaries. He took Iowa by storm. A charming young man, an anomaly in the
state with a very small black population, he oozed "cool" in a place where
agriculture was the antithesis of cool. He dazzled the locals. And he had an
army of volunteers drawn to a charisma that hid any real
substance.
primaries. He took Iowa by storm. A charming young man, an anomaly in the
state with a very small black population, he oozed "cool" in a place where
agriculture was the antithesis of cool. He dazzled the locals. And he had an
army of volunteers drawn to a charisma that hid any real
substance.
And then he had the great good
fortune of having the Republicans select one of the most inept candidates
for the presidency since Bob Dole. And then John McCain did something crazy.
He picked Sarah Palin, an unknown female governor from the very distant
state of Alaska. It was a ticket that was reminiscent of 1984's Walter
Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro and they went down to defeat.
fortune of having the Republicans select one of the most inept candidates
for the presidency since Bob Dole. And then John McCain did something crazy.
He picked Sarah Palin, an unknown female governor from the very distant
state of Alaska. It was a ticket that was reminiscent of 1984's Walter
Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro and they went down to defeat.
The mainstream political media fell
in love with him. It was a schoolgirl crush with febrile commentators like
Chris Mathews swooning then and now over the man. The venom directed against
McCain and, in particular, Palin, was extraordinary.
in love with him. It was a schoolgirl crush with febrile commentators like
Chris Mathews swooning then and now over the man. The venom directed against
McCain and, in particular, Palin, was extraordinary.
Now, 5 full years into his
presidency, all of those gilded years leading up to the White House have
left him unprepared to be President. Left to his own instincts, he has a
talent for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. It swiftly became a
joke that he could not deliver even the briefest of statements without the
ever-present Tele-Prompters.
presidency, all of those gilded years leading up to the White House have
left him unprepared to be President. Left to his own instincts, he has a
talent for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. It swiftly became a
joke that he could not deliver even the briefest of statements without the
ever-present Tele-Prompters.
Far worse, however, is his capacity
to want to "wish away" some terrible realities, not the least of which is
the Islamist intention to destroy America and enslave the West. Any student
of history knows how swiftly Islam initially spread. It knocked on the doors
of Europe, having gained a foothold in Spain.
to want to "wish away" some terrible realities, not the least of which is
the Islamist intention to destroy America and enslave the West. Any student
of history knows how swiftly Islam initially spread. It knocked on the doors
of Europe, having gained a foothold in Spain.
The great crowds that greeted him at
home or on his campaign "world tour" were no substitute for having even the
slightest grasp of history and the reality of a world filled with really bad
people with really bad intentions.
home or on his campaign "world tour" were no substitute for having even the
slightest grasp of history and the reality of a world filled with really bad
people with really bad intentions.
Oddly and perhaps even inevitably,
his political experience, a cakewalk, has positioned him to destroy the
Democrat Party's hold on power in Congress because in the end it was never
about the Party. It was always about his communist ideology, learned at an
early age from family, mentors, college professors, and extreme leftist
friends and colleagues.
his political experience, a cakewalk, has positioned him to destroy the
Democrat Party's hold on power in Congress because in the end it was never
about the Party. It was always about his communist ideology, learned at an
early age from family, mentors, college professors, and extreme leftist
friends and colleagues.
Obama is a man who could deliver a
snap judgment about a Boston police officer who arrested an "obstreperous"
Harvard professor-friend, but would warn Americans against "jumping to
conclusions" about a mass murderer at Fort Hood who shouted "Allahu Akbar."
The absurdity of that was lost on no one. He has since compounded this by
calling the Christmas bomber "an isolated extremist" only to have to admit a
day or two later that he was part of an al Qaeda plot.
snap judgment about a Boston police officer who arrested an "obstreperous"
Harvard professor-friend, but would warn Americans against "jumping to
conclusions" about a mass murderer at Fort Hood who shouted "Allahu Akbar."
The absurdity of that was lost on no one. He has since compounded this by
calling the Christmas bomber "an isolated extremist" only to have to admit a
day or two later that he was part of an al Qaeda plot.
He is a man who could strive to
close down our detention facility at Guantanamo even though those released
were known to have returned to the battlefield against America. He could
even instruct his Attorney General to afford the perpetrator of 9/11 a civil
trial when no one else would ever even consider such an obscenity. And he is
a man who could wait three days before having anything to say about the
perpetrator of yet another terrorist attack on Americans and then have to
elaborate on his remarks the following day because his first statement was
so lame.
close down our detention facility at Guantanamo even though those released
were known to have returned to the battlefield against America. He could
even instruct his Attorney General to afford the perpetrator of 9/11 a civil
trial when no one else would ever even consider such an obscenity. And he is
a man who could wait three days before having anything to say about the
perpetrator of yet another terrorist attack on Americans and then have to
elaborate on his remarks the following day because his first statement was
so lame.
The pattern repeats itself. He
either blames any problem on the Bush administration or he naively seeks to
wish away the truth.
either blames any problem on the Bush administration or he naively seeks to
wish away the truth.
Knock, knock. Anyone home? Anyone
there? Barack Obama exists only as the sock puppet of his handlers, of the
people who have maneuvered and manufactured this pathetic individual's
life.
there? Barack Obama exists only as the sock puppet of his handlers, of the
people who have maneuvered and manufactured this pathetic individual's
life.
When anyone else would quickly and
easily produce a birth certificate, this man spent over a million dollars to
deny access to his. Most other documents, the paper trail we all leave in
our wake, have been sequestered from review. He has lived a make-believe
life whose true facts remain hidden.
easily produce a birth certificate, this man spent over a million dollars to
deny access to his. Most other documents, the paper trail we all leave in
our wake, have been sequestered from review. He has lived a make-believe
life whose true facts remain hidden.
We laugh at the ventriloquist's
dummy, but what do you do when the dummy is President of the United
States?
dummy, but what do you do when the dummy is President of the United
States?
