On pomposity and other affectations

Mr. Gekas has been oblivious to the primaries of his Country until now (oh...ho...hum) and yet on the basis of a speed read of 200 articles, more or less, (you did read at least that many, didn't you? or did you just skim the headlines?) he decides that one candidate has been victimized by the shallowness and ignorance of those of us who support the other? Many of us have been reading and listening and reflecting and reading and listening some more in order to make an informed selection on a decision that affects us all. Perhaps Mr. Gekas sentencious pronouncements stem from being abroad too long and affecting the hubris of his current millieu.

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This comment is perfectly acceptable discourse.

by R Graffos (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 6 comments) on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 12:33:13 PM
 

thanks

Just like Hillary should be asked to explain her lying about her Bosnia trip, I think Obama should be pressed harder on his claim of no money from federal lobbyists and his stance on mercenaries in Iraq. Unfortunately, the level of debate is nowhere near that point in mainstream media outlets. If I have missed those articles where Obama explains this in specifics, I would welcome the links. The media is trying to push a consensus candidate on us, rather than letting people decide on the issues. I am sorry you think I am insulting the American public. I expect more. I have been taking jabs from the French intellectual since I have been here.

by Alex Gekas (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1 comments) on Monday, March 31, 2008 at 4:01:51 AM
 

Excellent Article

This is an excellent piece. Good work

Few Americans know anything about what exactly the Big BO means when the word "change" floats from his mouth. Then  he hadds, "Change you can believe in" and by gum, they believe. Ask them what kind of change, and how it will come about, and why we can believe that the Big BO can bring it -- and they are dumbfounded. They don't know. Because even the Big BO doesn't know. It's a script he's reading from and he reads it well.

The Media isn't the only culprit -- Americans themselves must share the blame. Their lack of inquisitivenes, their desire for easy (easy to chant, easyt to swallow) answers, their short attention span. All of that leads to the rise of a phantom like the Big BO -- no one cares to delve into his murky past (and it is murky with lots of old style politics, the style he says he's not going to use though he uses it every day). No one cares to analyze his words, look into his virtually non-existent Senate record. No one is willing to fault him for sitting at the feeel of a bigot and absorbing his message for 20 years. No one is willing to fault him for allowing his little daughters to sit at the feet of the same bigot and absorb that same insane message.

No, when it's messianic fervor, you don't want to look too closely because you might not like what you see.

Your article does a great job of letting people begin to think about these things.

You will be heavily attacked by the obamaroids. But you've done a good thing.

by fou (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 88 comments) on Sunday, March 30, 2008 at 9:04:39 AM
 

She is not likeable because she is a phony.

She pretends to be of the people when she is mainly of the cash.  I wish she was a better person (like Obama), and that she could have run an honest campaign.  I had some respect for her once, but no more.

by John Hanks (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 996 comments) on Sunday, March 30, 2008 at 6:37:12 PM
 

You Need To Look Deeper

I am voting for Obama becuse of his vote on the FISA bill in the Senate.  He voted against the versian they passed.  Hillary?  She couldn't be bothered to even show up for a vote that directed imipinged our Constituitional rights.  She was in the area (it was the day of the Virginia Primary) but she couldn't be bothered.

by Susan Cass (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 12 comments) on Monday, March 31, 2008 at 1:16:00 PM