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Title: Obama: I'm a Symbol of 'America's Best Traditions'
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URL Source: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner ... ymbol-americas-best-traditions
Published: Jul 30, 2008
Author: Warner Todd Huston
Post Date: 2008-07-30 10:14:00 by Peppa
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Keywords: Obama, IamwaitingforME, MeMeMeMeMe
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Jonathan Weisman is reporting on his "The Trail" blog that presumptuous Democratic nominee Barack Obama told House Democrats that he believes himself to be the symbol of all that is good in America. It appears that he is beginning to believe the over-the-top hype that he really is the Obamessiah for America. So, will this little Washington Post blog post make waves in the media? Will Barack's increasingly out-of-control ego become the talk of the day? Weisman reports that candidate Obama met in a closed door meeting with House Democrats and he let loose with a "real zinger," as Weisman put it. He told the rapt audience of House members that his candidacy was the moment "the world is waiting for" -- as if the whole world clamored for his presence? He went even further than that proving that he may be losing touch with reality and believing his own surreal campaign rhetoric. "I have become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions," he said. Wow, the arrogance in that. The hubris, the astounding hubris of it all is overwhelming to anyone that knows even a tiny bit of human history. This is the sort of thing if said by a Republican would be hung around that candidate's neck like a mill stone. The epithet of "arrogant" would be the tail pinned forever to him and would appear in every single news story. Should a Republican bespeak of himself in such terms, he'd be branded the next Hitler leading us all to ruin. Why Obama gets a pass for this sort of messianic rhetoric is amazing to me. It also amazes me that his string pullers are allowing him to speak like this. He is building himself up so high that he cannot possibly maintain this level of acclaimed perfection of purpose and spirit. If he wins in November, when the inevitable compromises and missteps begin to occur, and his high flung rhetoric begins to ring hollow, he will assuredly fall far faster and much farther than any common politician. Certainly his reputation as the new messiah will not be able to stand the tarnishing of real life and his mind-numbed fans will awake from their stupor and find themsleves livid at his failures? Measured by his impossible campaign rhetoric, meteoric rise without being vetted by his fans, and his utterly empty experience, Barack Obama could easily crash and burn because he won't be able to live up to the hype. And surely his candidacy will drive cynicism to ever greater heights. Let's hope that small reports like Weisman's start to get through to people and cracks begin to appear in Obama's current teflon coating. But so far, he has been allowed to get away with massive amounts of arrogance in rhetoric and campaign posters. The media has thus far either ignored, made excuses for, or merely joked about this style of campaign he has been running -- a style that is only getting more pronounced as the weeks roll on. Many of you will recall when George W. Bush said that Jesus was his role model. You'll recall how the media nearly went apoplectic over his use of a religious figure and he's been called a "zealot" ever since. Well, here we have a candidate who thinks he himself is that religious figure and the media hasn't even noticed. If this doesn't show how they are in the tank for Obama, it's hard to find a better reason.
Poster Comment: POSTER COMMENT FROM SITE: July 30, 2008 - 08:17 ET by motherbelt ==== “For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country,” she told a Milwaukee crowd today, “and not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change.” -- Michelle Obama Feb. '08 JUST WORDS??????????? Ugh.
What was that his prayer at the Wall said?
"Help me guard against pride......" (corrected)
Yeah, right.
I am curious about what TRADITIONS he's referring to. Like the ones Congress apologized for a day or so ago?
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#14. To: Peppa (#0)
Unless Obama is going to urge people to take up arms and become proficient with them and encourage them to stop watching football and start holding their politicans accountable he's just bloviating...
Oh he's all for mandatory public service!! He probably does support the above in the 'right' form. Yesterday someone on the tube was talking about how everybody is making everything historic. Especially with respect to Obama. But, it's true.. when Paterson became NY gov., it was HISTORIC. I think Obama just made a historic blunder forgetting the scam to be pulled over the public. He may have just taken those football watchers off their couch, and pushed them in the booth for McCain. This goes back to a discussion the other day about him not having the faintest understanding of anything coming out of him mouth. Traditions? WHAT? Did he pick that word up over in the ME?
Yep. Obama's mouth is McCain's best vote getter.
ROFL! WaPo's Milbank: Obama's Biggest Challenger Is His Own Hubris By Noel Sheppard (Bio | Archive) You can now include the extremely liberal Dana Milbank in the growing list of Washington Post reporters seemingly disgusted with the arrogance of presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama. Frankly, one has to start wondering what's going on at the Post as writer after writer comes out from under the Obama-ether and begins pointing an accusatory finger at the would-be president in a fashion quite contrary to most in the media. With that as pretext, readers are advised to strap themselves in tightly as they review this column from a man that is so far to the left that he's practically a regular on MSNBC's "Countdown" with Keith Olbermann (emphasis added): Barack Obama has long been his party's presumptive nominee. Now he's becoming its presumptuous nominee. Fresh from his presidential-style world tour, during which foreign leaders and American generals lined up to show him affection, Obama settled down to some presidential-style business in Washington yesterday. He ordered up a teleconference with the (current president's) Treasury secretary, granted an audience to the Pakistani prime minister and had his staff arrange for the chairman of the Federal Reserve to give him a briefing. Then, he went up to Capitol Hill to be adored by House Democrats in a presidential-style pep rally. Along the way, he traveled in a bubble more insulating than the actual president's. Traffic was shut down for him as he zoomed about town in a long, presidential-style motorcade, while the public and most of the press were kept in the dark about his activities, which included a fundraiser at the Mayflower where donors paid $10,000 or more to have photos taken with him. His schedule for the day, announced Monday night, would have made Dick Cheney envious. [...] The 5:20 TBA [on his schedule] turned out to be his adoration session with lawmakers in the Cannon Caucus Room, where even committee chairmen arrived early, as if for the State of the Union. Capitol Police cleared the halls -- just as they do for the actual president. The Secret Service hustled him in through a side door -- just as they do for the actual president. Inside, according to a witness, he told the House members, "This is the moment . . . that the world is waiting for," adding: "I have become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions." As he marches toward Inauguration Day (Election Day is but a milestone on that path), Obama's biggest challenger may not be Republican John McCain but rather his own hubris. [...] It had been a long day of acting presidential, but Obama wasn't done. After a few hours huddling with advisers over his vice presidential choice, Obama made his way to the pep rally on the Hill. Moments after he entered the meeting with lawmakers, there was an extended cheer, followed by another, and another. "I think this can be an incredible election," Obama said later. "I look forward to collaborating with everybody here to win the election." Win the election? Didn't he do that already? Once again, let me remind readers that Milbank is one of the far-left Post writers that has routinely gone after President Bush, Vice President Cheney, and virtually anyone associated with this White House. If Obama's arrogance is beginning to wear on him, it must be overbearing.
Only Algore, JFingKerry and Fobama could make Wolf Bush and mcCain palatable to the sheeple. Unreal. ;-)
Amazing turn of events. Joe Scarborough said Monday, before all of this... he had a 'feeling' the press was about to turn on Barky. I wonder what he knows...... Still, as many have stated already, everything is scripted for him.. so, the titans are battling it out.. it's the neo's v the trilats
I wonder what he knows...... Scarborough is quite familiar with the almost exclusive membership of "the press", particularly the news commentator press. Scarborough probably saw a well known rivalry come to fore in Obama's candidacy. Pass the popcorn. The press is liberal but they also have a loyalty that Obama does not share or worse still even recognize to their satisfaction.
Scarborough probably saw a well known rivalry come to fore in Obama's candidacy. Pass the popcorn. The press is liberal but they also have a loyalty that Obama does not share or worse still even recognize to their satisfaction. All good points. Mika (Zbig) has been in a 3 day snit, that's for sure. There's a word for her and begins and ends with a T.
I'd like to buy a vowel.
#39. To: Tauzero (#33)
LOL!
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#17. To: X-15 (#14)
Unless Obama is going to urge people to take up arms and become proficient with them and encourage them to stop watching football and start holding their politicans accountable he's just bloviating...
#18. To: Peppa (#17)
I think Obama just made a historic blunder forgetting the scam to be pulled over the public. He may have just taken those football watchers off their couch, and pushed them in the booth for McCain.
#20. To: scrapper2, christine, jethro tull, cynicom, tauzero, JD, Rotara, WKWE, all (#18)
July 30, 2008 - 11:18 ET http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2008/07/30/wapos-milbank-president- obama-continues-hectic-victory-tour 
#21. To: Peppa (#20)
You can now include the extremely liberal Dana Milbank in the growing list of Washington Post reporters seemingly disgusted with the arrogance of presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama.
#22. To: Rotara (#21)
Only Algore, JFingKerry and Fobama could make Wolf Bush and mcCain palatable to the sheeple. Unreal. ;-)
#24. To: Peppa (#22)
Joe Scarborough said Monday, before all of this... he had a 'feeling' the press was about to turn on Barky.
#26. To: scrapper2 (#24)
Scarborough is quite familiar with the almost exclusive membership of "the press", particularly the news commentator press.
#33. To: Peppa (#26)
Replies to Comment # 33. I'd like to buy a vowel.
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