Barack Obama's Denver acceptance speech
What did Senator Barack Obama really say or leave unsaid in Denver? Andy Martin provides his analysis of the presidential candidate's acceptance speech.
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION DOINGS: PART FIVE
Andy Martin on Barack Obama's DNC acceptance "speech"
ANDY MARTIN
Executive Editor
ContrarianCommentary.com
“Factually Correct, Not
Politically Correct”
AMERICA’S #1 POLITICAL
BLOG ON THE 2008 CAMPAIGN
-------------------------------------------------------------
We’re not always first because we’re #1;
We’re #1 because we are always first.
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AS OBAMA'S SPEECH AT THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION FADES INTO MEMORY, SOME OF HIS REMARKS BEAR REMEMBERING.
(NEW YORK, NY)(DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION)(September 1, 2008) How many years ago was Senator Barack Obama's acceptance speech to the Democratic National Convention (DNC)? It seems ancient. Within hours, Obama's pallid remarks were eclipsed by Senator John McCain's bold tactics. Now Hurricane Gustav is temporarily eclipsing everything. I'm back in New York, and three things from Obama's DNC speech left a lasting impression on me.
THE DOG THAT BARKED, NUMBER ONE: I began writing about Obama's troubled psyche four years ago. I was fascinated with his relentless efforts to create a "fantasy family." He's still at it. In Denver Obama again pretended that his mother and father had some "plan" based on "America" that led to their becoming his parents. They had nothing of the sort.
His mother was a troubled teenager who probably disregarded warnings and became pregnant by an already-married African huckster. They had no "plans" at all. In fact, Barack Obama, Senior disentangled himself from his second "wife" at his first opportunity. Despite the fact that Barack Junior was the product of an embarrassingly casual liaison, he continues to pretend that his parents embarked on a grand "plan" when they created him. On the contrary, he should be a poster boy for unwanted pregnancies. His mother was several months pregnant when she allegedly "married" her first husband, Obama's father.
Despite the unpleasant reality, Obama continues to spin his family fantasies. Why do I focus on this point? It isn't because of the pain inflicted on "Barry" Obama by his parents. I have no desire to cause him any further injury. There has been hurt enough in his life. Rather, I continue to be fascinated by Obama's inability to deal with the truth about his conception. Obama's mother, who could have terminated the pregnancy, had the baby. Maybe she was a pro-lifer, unlike her son. She had the unwanted child. (Pro-lifers would say that every child is "wanted," but I am not going to argue that point now.)
Nevertheless, a man who continues to manifest an inability to deal with his family history is a man who continues to be a prisoner of his own childhood frustrations and fantasies. That's dangerous in any politician; it could be fatal in a president. The power of fabrication still controls his psyche. Over and over again Obama peddles his family fantasies to the American public. It is scary. I just don’t feel comfortable with a man in the Oval Office who can’t face reality and start by facing his own reality. Dangerous.
THE DOG THAT BARKED, NUMBER TWO: One of the slurs on Obama is that he is an "elitist." Well, in his own life, he can afford to be. He began life as a mediocre lawyer and through skillful management of his political career he has become a multimillionaire. I predict even more millions will find their way into his pocket once he is defeated for the White House. Corporations will pay him well, very well, for his services. Obama may not be a great leader, but he is the world's greatest entertainer.
But just as Obama slipped in San Francisco, by making snide remarks about small town residents who cling to guns, religion and prejudice, he slipped again in his DNC speech. He said a "big election" could not be about "small issues." This from a man whose party made school uniforms a reelection issue in 1996.
Obama is an elitist because his "small issues" indeed loom very large in the minds of many voters. Where he really stands on faith matters is of concern to many voters, including Roman Catholics.
Where he stands on the Second Amendment deserves greater specification than his contrapuntal examples of urban violence and hunting. What about the right to bear arms in the home to defend against urban violence? African-Americans today are under siege from other African-Americans. Helpless children are murdered by stray bullets almost every day in Chicago.
Whites are not part of the problem; white police are often the only solution to this intra-racial gun violence. Should Blacks be denied the right to defend their homes? With a gun? Or does the Second Amendment stop at the forest's edge? Obama won't say. That's a "big" issue, even if he doesn't think so. I could go on, but you get the point. What are "small" matters to Obama are "big" issues to most Americans. Elitist.
THE DOG THAT DIDN'T BARK, NUMBER ONE: In case Obama only reads or listens to his left-wing echo chamber at MSNBC (sorry, Keith), I begin this comment with a link to MSNBC:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26403580/
See also: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4615158.ece;
There you have it: reality compels the conclusion we are indeed in a new Cold War. But foreign policy was a curiously absent topic in Obama's DNC speech. How will Obama deal with the new Cold War? Talk? Action? Indifference? We don’t have a clue. Obama's only foreign policy focus was to call Senator John McCain a coward and declare that McCain was afraid to go to Osama Bin Laden's "cave." (How does Obama know where Bin Laden lives, and that it is a "cave?") The last I checked McCain was a senator, not president or SecDef. In other words, Obama made a joke of the foreign policy crisis confronting every American. The war on terror. Big issue, small response.
I am a Republican, because Republicans preach about less government and less spending. (They lie too.) I am also a Republican because over the past half century, Republican foreign policy has generally kept the peace, with one notable catastrophe (Iraq, which I opposed). For me, foreign policy is almost everything. The standard of living we enjoy is a direct result of freedom—and foreign trade. The shipping lanes must be open. There must be peace in the world. And we must bring enduring conflicts such as the Israeli/Palestinian imbroglio, to an end.
We are told that Obama "wrote his (DNC) speech." If so, the speech is an insight into the man, and it is not a particularly flattering insight. Obama doesn't care about foreign policy, and probably doesn't understand it. He has a hyper-intellectualized approach to the rest of the world. That's why he was so popular in the law school faculty lounge.
"Let's talk" doesn't work in the real world. You can't just sit down and speak with savages like Vladimir Putin, who is murdering innocent civilians in Georgia and his own people within Russia.
If Obama had asked me, I would have told him to attack McCain on his strong point. To do a "McCain on McCain." "Don't sweat the small stuff, Barry," I would have said. "Attack Johnny Mac on foreign policy. Show how you can do a better job." By his silence Obama forfeited foreign policy to McCain. Obama the bold? Or Obama the scold? You be the judge.
All in all, a very forgettable speech. On second thought, maybe left-wing wacko Michael Moore is right. There is a God. Maybe God took pity on Barack Obama, and sent a hurricane so people would quickly forget his pathetic acceptance speech.
Now you know why I am a Republican. And why I make fun of the cable TV bobbleheads, who usually do not have a clue what is going on in the real world. But then again, neither does Obama. Rachel Maddow and Barry Obama. Perfect together.
Make mine "McCain."
--------------------------------------------------
Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask confirm the book is the only practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.
Book orders: http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from the publisher now available.
---------------------------------------------------
FULL DISCLOSURE: I have decided to oppose Barack Obama's election and have become Executive Director of The Stop Obama Coalition, http://StopObamaCoalition.com and CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com. By default, I have become the national leader of the anti-Obama movement. I am not acting as either a Democrat or Republican. I have had no contact whatsoever with the McCain Campaign. The views expressed are entirely independent of McCain. I am not a member of any political organization. I am acting as an American citizen who sincerely believes Obama is not the man we need in the Oval Office. We are running a very dynamic and aggressive campaign against Obama. We know how. We are the recognized experts in the field. I will, however, continue to write my columns for ContrarianCommentary.com. /s/ Andy Martin
contact@CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com
contact@StopObamaCoalition.com
----------------------------------------------------------
Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He is currently based in New York selling his new book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask. Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com. © Copyright by Andy Martin 2008. Martin comments on regional, national and world events with over forty years of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law.
His columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com. Andy is the author of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, published in July 2008, see http://www.OrangeStatePress.com.
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or cell (917) 664-9329 E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com [NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.
What did Senator Barack Obama really say or leave unsaid in Denver? Andy Martin provides his analysis of the presidential candidate's acceptance speech.
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION DOINGS: PART FIVE
Andy Martin on Barack Obama's DNC acceptance "speech"
ANDY MARTIN
Executive Editor
ContrarianCommentary.com
“Factually Correct, Not
Politically Correct”
AMERICA’S #1 POLITICAL
BLOG ON THE 2008 CAMPAIGN
-------------------------------------------------------------
We’re not always first because we’re #1;
We’re #1 because we are always first.
-------------------------------------------------------------
AS OBAMA'S SPEECH AT THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION FADES INTO MEMORY, SOME OF HIS REMARKS BEAR REMEMBERING.
(NEW YORK, NY)(DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION)(September 1, 2008) How many years ago was Senator Barack Obama's acceptance speech to the Democratic National Convention (DNC)? It seems ancient. Within hours, Obama's pallid remarks were eclipsed by Senator John McCain's bold tactics. Now Hurricane Gustav is temporarily eclipsing everything. I'm back in New York, and three things from Obama's DNC speech left a lasting impression on me.
THE DOG THAT BARKED, NUMBER ONE: I began writing about Obama's troubled psyche four years ago. I was fascinated with his relentless efforts to create a "fantasy family." He's still at it. In Denver Obama again pretended that his mother and father had some "plan" based on "America" that led to their becoming his parents. They had nothing of the sort.
His mother was a troubled teenager who probably disregarded warnings and became pregnant by an already-married African huckster. They had no "plans" at all. In fact, Barack Obama, Senior disentangled himself from his second "wife" at his first opportunity. Despite the fact that Barack Junior was the product of an embarrassingly casual liaison, he continues to pretend that his parents embarked on a grand "plan" when they created him. On the contrary, he should be a poster boy for unwanted pregnancies. His mother was several months pregnant when she allegedly "married" her first husband, Obama's father.
Despite the unpleasant reality, Obama continues to spin his family fantasies. Why do I focus on this point? It isn't because of the pain inflicted on "Barry" Obama by his parents. I have no desire to cause him any further injury. There has been hurt enough in his life. Rather, I continue to be fascinated by Obama's inability to deal with the truth about his conception. Obama's mother, who could have terminated the pregnancy, had the baby. Maybe she was a pro-lifer, unlike her son. She had the unwanted child. (Pro-lifers would say that every child is "wanted," but I am not going to argue that point now.)
Nevertheless, a man who continues to manifest an inability to deal with his family history is a man who continues to be a prisoner of his own childhood frustrations and fantasies. That's dangerous in any politician; it could be fatal in a president. The power of fabrication still controls his psyche. Over and over again Obama peddles his family fantasies to the American public. It is scary. I just don’t feel comfortable with a man in the Oval Office who can’t face reality and start by facing his own reality. Dangerous.
THE DOG THAT BARKED, NUMBER TWO: One of the slurs on Obama is that he is an "elitist." Well, in his own life, he can afford to be. He began life as a mediocre lawyer and through skillful management of his political career he has become a multimillionaire. I predict even more millions will find their way into his pocket once he is defeated for the White House. Corporations will pay him well, very well, for his services. Obama may not be a great leader, but he is the world's greatest entertainer.
But just as Obama slipped in San Francisco, by making snide remarks about small town residents who cling to guns, religion and prejudice, he slipped again in his DNC speech. He said a "big election" could not be about "small issues." This from a man whose party made school uniforms a reelection issue in 1996.
Obama is an elitist because his "small issues" indeed loom very large in the minds of many voters. Where he really stands on faith matters is of concern to many voters, including Roman Catholics.
Where he stands on the Second Amendment deserves greater specification than his contrapuntal examples of urban violence and hunting. What about the right to bear arms in the home to defend against urban violence? African-Americans today are under siege from other African-Americans. Helpless children are murdered by stray bullets almost every day in Chicago.
Whites are not part of the problem; white police are often the only solution to this intra-racial gun violence. Should Blacks be denied the right to defend their homes? With a gun? Or does the Second Amendment stop at the forest's edge? Obama won't say. That's a "big" issue, even if he doesn't think so. I could go on, but you get the point. What are "small" matters to Obama are "big" issues to most Americans. Elitist.
THE DOG THAT DIDN'T BARK, NUMBER ONE: In case Obama only reads or listens to his left-wing echo chamber at MSNBC (sorry, Keith), I begin this comment with a link to MSNBC:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26403580/
See also: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4615158.ece;
There you have it: reality compels the conclusion we are indeed in a new Cold War. But foreign policy was a curiously absent topic in Obama's DNC speech. How will Obama deal with the new Cold War? Talk? Action? Indifference? We don’t have a clue. Obama's only foreign policy focus was to call Senator John McCain a coward and declare that McCain was afraid to go to Osama Bin Laden's "cave." (How does Obama know where Bin Laden lives, and that it is a "cave?") The last I checked McCain was a senator, not president or SecDef. In other words, Obama made a joke of the foreign policy crisis confronting every American. The war on terror. Big issue, small response.
I am a Republican, because Republicans preach about less government and less spending. (They lie too.) I am also a Republican because over the past half century, Republican foreign policy has generally kept the peace, with one notable catastrophe (Iraq, which I opposed). For me, foreign policy is almost everything. The standard of living we enjoy is a direct result of freedom—and foreign trade. The shipping lanes must be open. There must be peace in the world. And we must bring enduring conflicts such as the Israeli/Palestinian imbroglio, to an end.
We are told that Obama "wrote his (DNC) speech." If so, the speech is an insight into the man, and it is not a particularly flattering insight. Obama doesn't care about foreign policy, and probably doesn't understand it. He has a hyper-intellectualized approach to the rest of the world. That's why he was so popular in the law school faculty lounge.
"Let's talk" doesn't work in the real world. You can't just sit down and speak with savages like Vladimir Putin, who is murdering innocent civilians in Georgia and his own people within Russia.
If Obama had asked me, I would have told him to attack McCain on his strong point. To do a "McCain on McCain." "Don't sweat the small stuff, Barry," I would have said. "Attack Johnny Mac on foreign policy. Show how you can do a better job." By his silence Obama forfeited foreign policy to McCain. Obama the bold? Or Obama the scold? You be the judge.
All in all, a very forgettable speech. On second thought, maybe left-wing wacko Michael Moore is right. There is a God. Maybe God took pity on Barack Obama, and sent a hurricane so people would quickly forget his pathetic acceptance speech.
Now you know why I am a Republican. And why I make fun of the cable TV bobbleheads, who usually do not have a clue what is going on in the real world. But then again, neither does Obama. Rachel Maddow and Barry Obama. Perfect together.
Make mine "McCain."
--------------------------------------------------
Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask confirm the book is the only practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.
Book orders: http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from the publisher now available.
---------------------------------------------------
FULL DISCLOSURE: I have decided to oppose Barack Obama's election and have become Executive Director of The Stop Obama Coalition, http://StopObamaCoalition.com and CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com. By default, I have become the national leader of the anti-Obama movement. I am not acting as either a Democrat or Republican. I have had no contact whatsoever with the McCain Campaign. The views expressed are entirely independent of McCain. I am not a member of any political organization. I am acting as an American citizen who sincerely believes Obama is not the man we need in the Oval Office. We are running a very dynamic and aggressive campaign against Obama. We know how. We are the recognized experts in the field. I will, however, continue to write my columns for ContrarianCommentary.com. /s/ Andy Martin
contact@CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com
contact@StopObamaCoalition.com
----------------------------------------------------------
Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He is currently based in New York selling his new book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask. Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com. © Copyright by Andy Martin 2008. Martin comments on regional, national and world events with over forty years of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law.
His columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com. Andy is the author of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, published in July 2008, see http://www.OrangeStatePress.com.
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or cell (917) 664-9329 E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com [NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.
posted by Andy Martin | 12:50 AM
1 Comments:
Thanks be! Someone finally mentions our shipping lanes! Seriously, it's appreciated by one in the export logistics biz. I need to keep mah job, ya know?
And I sure as shootin' prefer to work logistics into Georgia (great at streamling port clearance for cargo to move inland or transit thru) - than into Russia (a cluster-duck of red tape and delays. Every. Single. Time.)
Have marked you as a regular read. It may just save my sanity this electoral season as I wade amongs the lazy libberals daily.
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