Has Obama become the front-runner for ’08?
posted at 2:38 pm on December 1, 2006 by Allahpundit
Ian blogged this yesterday but I got a solid e-mail from a friend about this this morning so I’m going to post on it again. My politically savvy pal advises us to prepare for full-blown Obamamania:
He has as much star quality and friendly media coverage as Hillary but, unlike Hillary, he opposed Iraq war from the start. That is a huge advantage.
If he runs–and I believe he will–he will quickly establish himself as the only viable alternative to Hillary and will easily win over Iowa’s very liberal, very anti-war caucus-goers.
He is smooth, good looking, and has an interesting life story. Unlike Howard Dean, he is not prone to gaffes. His candidacy will energize blacks and liberals more than any since Robert Kennedy’s.
Assuming no skeletons emerge from his closet, he’ll be competitive in New Hampshire and Nevada and will win overwhelmingly in South Carolina (30% black) and Delaware (19% black). The race will be over by early February.
He’s hip, he’s hot, he’s not Hillary. (Or is he?) What more do you need to know?
Krauthammer’s a skeptic, sort of: he thinks Obama should run now because he’s likely to lose. He’ll end up on the ticket anyway as the VP nominee. If the ticket loses, he’s the heavy favorite in 2012; if it wins, he’s the heavy favorite in 2016.
Republican strategist Ed Rogers is a skeptic too because he thinks Obama is little more than a blank canvas onto which voters can project their hopes. Right — that’s what makes him so appealing. Here’s a clip of him talking about it; it’s been making the rounds on liberal blogs because the lefties think he went out of his way to mention Obama’s middle name.
Either they’re stupid or Rogers is stupid. Although I’ll admit, the name “Robinette” strikes me as more than a little shady.
Vote it out, baby. Let’s do this.
Update: Meanwhile, Rudy’s gone Christianist.
Update: If you’re wondering what Rudy’s doing in that photo, he’s thanking god for Mitt Romney’s exceedingly poor taste in landscapers.
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I don’t think Hillary’s going to just roll over while Oprah and the Kommentariat anoint Obama. I expect those two to fight it out tooth and nail, until the consensus candidate emerges: experienced, progressive, and anti-Iraq from the start:
Don Goreleone. Obama takes VP once all family business is settled.
Kid from Brooklyn on December 1, 2006 at 2:44 PM
He may be news now but when people start looking at his voting record (small as it is) he will be outed as a flaming liberal.
Wade on December 1, 2006 at 2:44 PM
Just remember what happened the last time the donks started chanting “Rock Star!” – we ended up with Bill Clinton, who interestingly enough behaved in some ways much like that appellation suggests: various forms of sexual intemperance, and treating his body (as well as the presidency) like it was some kind of personal amusement park.
Spurius Ligustinus on December 1, 2006 at 2:44 PM
I think they’re right. I think he did go out of his way to mention Obama’s middle name, and that he was right to do it. It raises a valid question about where Obama’s sympathies lie in the GWOT. Surely his father’s beliefs have had some impact on Obama’s outlook.
aero on December 1, 2006 at 2:46 PM
He’s a newbie without an incriminating political past. A clean canvas for which he can invent himself to satisfy the largest portion of the base.
Clinton, Gore, and Waffles have too much of a political past to draw negatives from.
Obama feels like the clear front runner.
Regardless of his politics, he definitely has more integrity than the other characters.
natesnake on December 1, 2006 at 2:48 PM
This might be good. The way Hillary and company can dig up dirt on anybody. I don’t see Obama standing a chance. This might be the fall of both of them. I hope.
MikeyB on December 1, 2006 at 2:50 PM
Hillary is going to stomp Obama. He may be “smooth, good looking”, and “interesting”, but she’s devious. Devious will beat smooth every time.
High Desert Wanderer on December 1, 2006 at 2:55 PM
Are we ready for a president to take his oath on a Koran?
bbz123 on December 1, 2006 at 2:57 PM
Obama scares me. Not because he’s “the antichrist” or anything extreme like that. He scares me because he’s a liberal, and he’s managed to wrap himself around “cool” quicker than any politicians this side of good ol’ Kennedy. Being of the easily influenced generation, and living in Caifornia, I see it everywhere around me. Image is everything. All this guy needs to do is bleed charisma and there’s a real chance that the MTV generation might get off of their asses just so that they can say “I was there” and be part of something. I’d love for my generation to get more involved, but not if it’s for the hip factor. Art students everywhere are riding the Obama train…crap…this concerns me.
StoutRepublican on December 1, 2006 at 3:01 PM
That is a great picture of Rudy…er…sorry…Rudolph William Louis Giuliani.
And Pataki’s middle name is Elmer? Somehow that fits.
Slublog on December 1, 2006 at 3:05 PM
Bring it.
BirdEye on December 1, 2006 at 3:07 PM
Uh, oh. Did I find an Elmer?
Slublog on December 1, 2006 at 3:07 PM
He may not have an incriminating political past, but we really don’t know much about his past personal life. Hillary will find all the dirt and it is doubtful she will allow him to survive politically. He is a blank slate and we will eventually know more about him than we care to know.
bopbottle on December 1, 2006 at 3:08 PM
Obama/Hilliary?
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on December 1, 2006 at 3:09 PM
You know, I try not to throw personal insults, so I don’t do this lightly. You’re an idiot.
honora on December 1, 2006 at 3:10 PM
I don’t know a single Democrat who likes Hillary. The only thing with Obama is, he has so little experience, and his other opponents will certainly bring that up again and again.
Yossarian on December 1, 2006 at 3:11 PM
Hasn’t Hillary been sucking in the Nutroot polls? Her desire to be seen as a centrist has hurt her nutroot support. Obama is the favorite son of the nutroots.
Middle America would likely favor the centrist candidate (Hillary), but may vote for the smart, savy, young, black candidate to prove their non-racist cred.
Obama will pull away from the pack so long as Clinton doesn’t have him wacked.
natesnake on December 1, 2006 at 3:12 PM
And by Waffles, you mean Kerry, right?
So how ’bout that Romney–pro-life/pro-choice/pro-life. As Waffles is already taken, how about “Flip-Flopper”? I know the right won’t stand for that in a candidate!!
honora on December 1, 2006 at 3:12 PM
I’d rather see Obama run instead of Hillary too. If the Republicans nominate someone I can’t in all good conscience vote for, I need a good back-up candidate… and that sure as hell wouldn’t be Hillary.
Who let you out? Get back under your bridge.
SilverStar830 on December 1, 2006 at 3:14 PM
That didn’t seem to hurt Clenis or GWB.
natesnake on December 1, 2006 at 3:15 PM
Here’s my prediction: I don’t know who the presidential candidates will be from each party, but the VP candidates will be Michael Steele and Obama.
Mallard T. Drake on December 1, 2006 at 3:15 PM
Well, he has this, which Hillary is certainly not going to ignore, and he has the vote against John Roberts, which will help him in the Moonbat primary, but not in an actual election.
But, bbz123, he is a Christian, not a Muslim. There wouldn’t be any of that “swearing on a Koran” nonsense. Still, I think he’s running for vp. He can raise his kids in D.C. at Sidwell friends, not work very hard, or at all, and would be a shoe-in in ’16.
Great Googly-Moogly: 16 years of Democrat nitwits in the Oral Office?!
Jaibones on December 1, 2006 at 3:16 PM
i’m going with an al gore triumphant return to the scene of the crime.
progressives don’t actually like black people. progressives also hate blow-dried dlc robots conditioned for electability, especially when the party types tell them that they should be realistic and support the electable guy.
hilliary? traitor.
kerry? toast.
no, what really reddens the cheeks of progressives are tales of their martyrdom at the invisible blades of rightwing cabals. progressives identify themselves as rigtious victims and none of the named candidates fit that bill so neatly as gore.
i can see them two days before election day – of its hilliary, indifference. obama? they’re skating on the confidence that its a win-win because they already have the “its because of racism” narrative ready for 10/3/08.
but gore? i see only their red faces laced with bulging veins. tears of rage welling up in their bulging eyes, their hoarse voices shrieking, “GORE! GORE! GORE!”
jummy on December 1, 2006 at 3:17 PM
Obama, special honored guest in Kenya, managed to piss off his hosts so bad, they cancelled appearances with him. He energized the Africans pretty good. They’re mad at him. Something to the effect, “Who do you think you are, coming into this country and criticizing us?”
How vapid is the political situation in the US when someone with practically zero political experience and absolutely zero executive experience in governing is touted as a viable contender for the office of president in 24 months time? Commander-in-Chief ring any bells? Course, not a single Dem in the last several elections had any such qualifications – Dean, governor of the least diverse state in the nation, Edwards, the ambulance chaser … Kerry the filthy rich senator … AL Gore, groomed for politics, while growing up in a hotel suite – is it all looks for the Left and no substance?
naliaka on December 1, 2006 at 3:17 PM
Good observation honora. It is this type of rhetoric which will in short order have the right leaning bloggers looking remarkably similar to the “moonbats” who have caused them such consternation over the years. This is just the type of comment which gives Dems a legitimate reason to say Republicans are not a party of inclusion.
Bradky on December 1, 2006 at 3:17 PM
Which right-leaning bloggers would those be, Brad? Point me to a righty blogger who’s defending Rogers.
Allahpundit on December 1, 2006 at 3:19 PM
The GOP will not tap a pro-choice candidate. Romney has been a consistent 3rd in many GOP straw polls.
Also “Flip-Flopper”? Honora, you’re as funny as a hemroid.
natesnake on December 1, 2006 at 3:20 PM
The POTUS doesn’t do even close to the majority of th governing. The House and Congress do. The POTUS just needs good advisors. Obama or anyone could have 3-weeks experience and still do the job. I would assert that he hasn’t paid his dues to warrant a POTUS position, but millions of others might disagree. Either way, if they put Jihad Johnnie McCain up on high for the Repub candidate, I would vote for Obama. If I see Jihad Johnnie and Hillary on the ballot, then I’ll write in Borat.
SilverStar830 on December 1, 2006 at 3:21 PM
That’s because most people don’t know him yet. I think he’s going to get the nomination; he’s the only social con in the hunt.
Allahpundit on December 1, 2006 at 3:22 PM
Good golly. Obama is up to his neck in a real estate/bribe/pay to play deal for his house. I’d bet there’s a lot more out there. There has to be since he’s a Chicago pol. He might even be in Fitzgerald’s sights. He skated into the Senate because the Trib destroyed the top Republican candidate, Ryan (yeh the one that was married to the actress). He has absolutely no executive experience of any importance. There’s a reason most Presidents have been former governors. He’s like Edwards who hadn’t completed a single term in office before running for the top office. He’s an empty suit and a good opposing candidate may undress him for all to see. He’s a trademark, not a product. On the other hand, as silly as the voters are sometimes, we might be in for another Jimmy Carter-type experience.
Laddy on December 1, 2006 at 3:24 PM
Honora wrote:
Why am I an idiot to raise the question about Obama’s Muslim heritage? Liberals and conservatives alike already want to know how Romney’s Mormon beliefs might impact his policies if he were president. I think it’s a legitimate question to ask whether or not Obama, though apparently not a practicing Muslim himself, might be influenced by his father’s beliefs. Would he be more reluctant to come down hard on Muslims working against U.S. interests because of it? Would extremists consider him to be apostate and seek even harder to assassinate him? Does he sympathise with the cause of jihad? Many Muslims, even moderates, say they support jihad. Obama will have to answer these questions if he runs. If he says he’s not Muslim because he chose to reject his father’s beliefs, he’ll have a problem. If he says he is Muslim, he’ll have a problem. If he says he respects the beliefs but isn’t a Muslim himself, he may get to walk the line, but he will probably still have problems. Like it or not, it was Muslims who attacked us on 9-11, and it is Muslims who shout “Death to America!” every day all over the world. Obama will have to address the question if he runs. It’s not idiotic to ask it.
aero on December 1, 2006 at 3:24 PM
Right, except Hillary will have him whacked.
Jaibones on December 1, 2006 at 3:24 PM
Perhaps right leaning posters would be a better description Allah. Since the November election the intensity of the rhetoric on forums has matched some of the intensity on left leaning boards. My point is that the name calling and insinuations so typical of the left over the last few years will not help convince the moderates that the more conservative postions serve the country better.
I’m not asking you to agree – it is simply my observation and concern.
Bradky on December 1, 2006 at 3:26 PM
You’re forgetting that the odds the terrorists will attack again in the next 2 years is quite high. Obama’s far-Left pacifism will not play well. Hill’s been the centrist for a reason: it works whether they hit us or not.
ahem on December 1, 2006 at 3:27 PM
Turn on the Robinette in Sydney, to see if the water flows in the right or the left direction.
You Kanne see it or believe it? Put on your Mitt and Reid your science instructions. Newton would be proud of you, watching from behind a Birch or Elm(er) tree. Albert would be too.
“It’s funny that your name is the same as Arnold Schwarzeneggers”, Diane was overheard.
It’s the season and Rudolph is on his way and J. Forbes K. is not here to stay.
Hussein, Hussein!
Entelechy on December 1, 2006 at 3:28 PM
Mormons aren’t blowing themselves up. Mormons aren’t calling for a revolution inside America.
The whole Romney = Scarey Mormon” crap on both the lib & conservative side is wearing on my nerve (yes I only have one left) already, and it’s not even 2007 yet.
It’s going to be a long election cycle.
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on December 1, 2006 at 3:28 PM
Maybe his public HIV test will reveal something about him.
Rick on December 1, 2006 at 3:29 PM
gore.
you’ll see.
jummy on December 1, 2006 at 3:29 PM
Let me start by saying that I’ve never met a Mormon I didn’t like. Now let me give you exhibit “A” of why a Mormon will not be elected president:
South Park Mormon Episode
The religious scrutiny would be a blood bath.
natesnake on December 1, 2006 at 3:29 PM
Dammit AP! Why do half my comments hit the moderation filter?
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on December 1, 2006 at 3:31 PM
Let’s see: you don’t like Dean because he’s from Vermont (you got something against cheese?); you don’t like Kerry because he’s rich (well I don’t have to comment on that, do I?); you don’t like Gore because he’s spent time in hotels (ok, that’s just peculiar…)and Edwards is an ambulance chaser–well that’s something
Sooo,how many wives do Newt and Rudy have between them? Just askin’….
honora on December 1, 2006 at 3:32 PM
…Heaven spare us from the Democratic designer candidate.
Puritan1648 on December 1, 2006 at 3:33 PM
POOPY MOUTH!
natesnake on December 1, 2006 at 3:33 PM
Is that what happens to our comments when they don’t post?
Rick on December 1, 2006 at 3:34 PM
Funny thing is, that wasn’t one of them…
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on December 1, 2006 at 3:35 PM
Bradky wrote:
I don’t think I name-called or insinuated anything along the lines of what many lefty commenters do. I know the kind of commenters you’re talking about. I was not implying in any way that all Muslims are extremists, or Anti-American, or anything like that. But I think if a Muslim or a person strongly influenced by Islam is running for office–POTUS, at that–it would be remiss of us as voters not to at least ask the question. We cannot let our PC inclinations keep us from asking the hard questions in the next election. The stakes are just too high to find out after the fact. “How do you feel about Muslim extremism” is an extremely important question, especially for a guy whose middle name is Hussein!
aero on December 1, 2006 at 3:35 PM
I disagree, the Mormons don’t have anything to hide.
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on December 1, 2006 at 3:37 PM
An extremely important question for all candidates not just those with Arabic names.
My opinion but unless you know something about his father others aren’t privy to, I think it was over the top.
Bradky on December 1, 2006 at 3:39 PM
E.L. Frederick wrote:
Agreed. But they are asking about Romney’s beliefs, but seem to be too scared or PC to ask about Obama’s. That was my point in mentioning Romney’s Mormonism.
aero on December 1, 2006 at 3:40 PM
I would expect Sharpton or another black candidate to be brought into the primary to question Obama’s sharing of the African American experience. I would not be surprised to hear a clever soundbite that Obama is more closely related to Jefferson Davis than to a slave.
Obama has to get through the primary, and ultimately, that hinges on being deemed “electable.” Obama has not run a contested statewide or national race. He has no foreign policy experience. The Dem nominee will be a media darling and have the black vote locked up no matter who is nominated. So what does Obama bring to the race?
rw on December 1, 2006 at 3:40 PM
honora, lady, you kill me when you argue morals.
They’re all snooty prima donnas, rich, moral, chasers or not – that’s what did them in. Basta.
Entelechy on December 1, 2006 at 3:40 PM
It’s too early for 08 candidates. If the Dems throw obama out there now as their candidate, everyone will be sick of him by 08. People have a short attention span for national figures. New and fresh is who wins presidential elections.
lorien1973 on December 1, 2006 at 3:41 PM
I’m going to have to agree with BradKY on the single point of:
I don’t care if your a practicing dyslexic agnostic, it’s a fair question to everyone, not just Muslims.
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on December 1, 2006 at 3:42 PM
Anyone can do it! Just need good advisors!
It’s so easy, what’s been holding everyone back?
naliaka on December 1, 2006 at 3:45 PM
Allahpundit:
From the linked article:
Heh.
Allahpundit, Michelle, have you checked the immigration status of your commenters here? Because I’d hate to uh,…have Gleen Greenwald gleefully point out that we are using illegal immigrants to pad our blog hit statistics.
Just out of curriosity, what will HotAir’s stance on this important issue be?
Our immigrant commenters make the comments that Americans aren’t willing to do.
or is it
No Amnesty for illegal commenters! Tighten up and enforce registration policies!
.
.
.
I kid! I kid!
EFG on December 1, 2006 at 3:45 PM
If elected, he would be the first Mormon President. I believe that the left would have little restraint in dragging a non-mainstream Christian faith thru the mud for political reasons.
natesnake on December 1, 2006 at 3:46 PM
Bradky wrote:
Okay. I’ll cede you that point. I just don’t want to see Obama get a pass on that question because of his middle name.
aero on December 1, 2006 at 3:46 PM
I like the rythm to that take…very Buffalo Bill-ish.
“It pulls away from lefty pack or else the Hill will have him whacked. PUT THE LOTION IN THE BASKET!”
Kid from Brooklyn on December 1, 2006 at 3:48 PM
They’ve been drug thru the mud since 1830, that not gonna be a big change. (former Mormon)
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on December 1, 2006 at 3:48 PM
name-recognition/overall popularity… that’s it pretty much.
SilverStar830 on December 1, 2006 at 3:49 PM
I think the more interesting issue surrounding Obama is how the black community at large will receive him. His parents and upbringing were not like most black Americans. IMHO the real question will be is he received as the “Great Black Hope” or does a significant portion of the black community think “Is this the best the Democrats could do for our community after the almost undivided loyalty we have shown?” If black turnout is low at the polls the democrats have a bad election night.
Bradky on December 1, 2006 at 3:49 PM
Obama, he’s Hussein in the membrane! sorry. I could not resist the Cypress Hill reference. It’s a compulsion.
Trooper on December 1, 2006 at 3:51 PM
If Obama gets elected he’d be the first black president. If Hillary gets elected she’ll be the first woman president and that will make Bill the First, First womanizer…
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on December 1, 2006 at 3:54 PM
The liberal press would push these as positives, and the conservative press will not comment on the black/woman thing because it’s not relevant.
It’s almost worth voting Hillary just to see the impending train-wreck.
natesnake on December 1, 2006 at 4:05 PM
Imagine Bill, with no country to run and Hillary keeping him out of the oral office… with time on his hands, and a White House full of Interns…
How any woman can defend Bill is beyond me.
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on December 1, 2006 at 4:07 PM
Bill Clinton – Luckiest Man Alive
natesnake on December 1, 2006 at 4:08 PM
Let’s see: you don’t like Dean because he’s from Vermont
Honora, you put up your own words, your own boring sterotypes, then you argue with yourself. Let’s look at what are behind those small comments: Gore lived in a swank Washington, DC hotel, amazingly on his father’s Senator salary? Really? Do you have any idea what that cost? AL Gore’s father was a good friend of Armand Hammer who had exclusive and wonderful business connections with the Soviets. A US Senator cozy with a guy who was extremely tight with the Soviets, our enemy, in the midst of the Cold War? Hmm.
As far as Vermont, it has nothing to do with cheese and everything to do with complexity of governing. I would have more confidence in a governor of a state that had a large, mixed population, with city-rural issues, big trade, both US and international, big state national guard, a variety of problems and issues, than a governor from a small, uniform state with comparatively little industry or issues. Even if both are succesful, one governor is going to have more experience and will have been far better tested and equipped to be president than the other. I don’t like Kerry because he married his riches instead of worked for them. You learn a lot from making it in business the hard way, making tough decisions, taking risks, developing a successful company, a solid staff, stable payroll. Don’t get any sense whatsoever that Kerry has ever learned any of that.
Don’t know how many wives Rudy and Newt have between them. Do you? I mean, isn’t polygamy illegal in the US? But since you bring that up, Do you think that Obama, being of Muslim Kenyan heritage might well have a wife on the shamba back in Kenya? Most of the Kenyan Muslims do that. They can four. A pagan Kenyan can have as many wives as he wants. It’s culturally acceptable as a man’s right. It’s only those pesky, annoying Christians who stay loyal to one wife.
naliaka on December 1, 2006 at 4:09 PM
Some it appears have forgotten that we already had our first black president..Clinton. That is what several black leaders and celebs have told us. We have already had our first female president…Clinton. So, sorry, neither Hillary nor Obama can claim firsts on anything. The two have to be attractive to libs though. They’ve accomplished nothing, stand for nothing, and say virtually nothing, even when they same something. I’ll never forget the NY Times endorsement of Hillary in 2000. They supported her because she cares about children and has knowledge of the World. Really? By that endorsement, I can be senator from NY. I know the world and hell I even like crumb-snatchers…
ritethinker on December 1, 2006 at 4:10 PM
Isn’t Obama a big Ferrakan supporter?
CaCa on December 1, 2006 at 4:10 PM
He contracted a company to work on his lawn that, allegedly, used illegal immigrant labor.
EFG on December 1, 2006 at 3:45 PM
Every lawnmowing company in america uses
illegals.
Scot on December 1, 2006 at 4:12 PM
“Has Obama become the front-runner for ‘08?”
No. If it’s more than 2 months before the Iowa caucus, “frontrunner” means “guy journalists feel like talking about, because they have nothing else to report”. It’s newsless news in the worst sense of the words.
Kevin M on December 1, 2006 at 4:16 PM
Billy Jeff for First Pimp.
Kid from Brooklyn on December 1, 2006 at 4:16 PM
Obama is the perfect Democrat candidate for president:
No paper trail.
No domestic policy experience.
No foreign policy experience.
Oh! Did I mention that he’s black?
He would be a great hand-puppet president, with the Democrat’s hands up his you know where.
pocomoco on December 1, 2006 at 4:18 PM
Actually, they (the media) are really in love with Hussien Obama. They’ve been fawning over him for quite a while now. And if you don’t like his middle name being used, too f***in’ bad.
Scot on December 1, 2006 at 4:21 PM
Live from Madison Square Garden….
The Battle of Brooklyn….
Osama vs Obama
This ought to be fun.
Limerick on December 1, 2006 at 4:22 PM
Obama will probably win the primary if he runs. If he wins the primary he’ll probably become President because the Republicans have no one even remotely as interesting or charismatic.
So just another reason for the Republicans to get their butts in gear and start making changes. Sorry it’s already too late for that though. Another ’06 in ’08 seems inevitable to me.
Benaiah on December 1, 2006 at 4:24 PM
Enough talk about Democratic front runners. Let’s talk about Republican front runners.
Newt! Newt! Newt!
natesnake on December 1, 2006 at 4:26 PM
“Another ‘06 in ‘08 seems inevitable to me.”
Wow, that’s pretty defeatist! Are you becoming a Democrat Benaiah?
Kevin M on December 1, 2006 at 4:39 PM
Although I like Newt because he says what’s needed to be said about America, he’s the opposite of Obama due to the amount of baggage he’s carrying. That, however, would be one hellatious campaign.
pocomoco on December 1, 2006 at 4:46 PM
Osama Obama
Zetterson on December 1, 2006 at 4:51 PM
I know. Which is why we must ensure that these illegals do not take over our comment boards!
Ms Malkin, I demand that you build a registration wall! We cannot allow this sort illegal commenter invasion! HotAir is In Mortal Danger! This is The Battle for HotAir’s Border and Security!
EFG on December 1, 2006 at 4:57 PM
honora,
Clearly, we’re talking about men who can close a deal. It’s a good thing!
Pablo on December 1, 2006 at 4:58 PM
Allahpundit,
I’ve been thinking about what Bradky said. Did I embarrass you and this blog by saying that Obama’s name raises questions for me about how his Muslim heritage might influence his policies on the GWOT if he were POTUS?
If so, I am very sincerely sorry. Bradky is correct that the quality and tone of a blog are influenced by its commenters and that “outsiders” form opinions about all conservatives based on what they see on blogs/comment strings like this one. If you feel I need to tone down my rhetoric, I will respectfully do so.
aero on December 1, 2006 at 5:14 PM
EFG, you also forget that Mr. Gore invented the Internet; therefore it is global and all world-citizens have a right to comment here. To still focus on terms like ‘legal’ and ‘illegal’ regarding something as outmoded as citizenship of a specific country is so, well, so narrow-minded and xenophobic, really…/sarc
Also, Mrs. Clinton would be the First Lady of the first Black President. The media can’t have this virginity back.
Entelechy on December 1, 2006 at 5:22 PM
Relax flyer, it’s not all about you. His muslim heritage scares the sh*t out of me also. I’d prefer acid baths for 4 years to having a president named obama hussein anything.
You shouldn’t lose sleep over a blog entry.
shooter on December 1, 2006 at 5:36 PM
Shooter wrote:
Well, I’m fairly new here, but I like the blog a lot. I don’t want to cause any problems.
aero on December 1, 2006 at 5:44 PM
According to this article, Hill is already making discrete moves.
ahem on December 1, 2006 at 5:47 PM
The Barack Star would need the 125 lbs of good ol’ boy luck that propelled Clinton into the White House ….. that pint-sized troll named Ross Perot. Without Perot mucking up the election, Elvis would still be cruisin’ for chicks in Little Rock.
fogw on December 1, 2006 at 5:55 PM
To paraphrase our good friend Serpent-head Carville, drag Clinton behind a truck through an Arkansas trailer-park and you never know what trailer trash you’ll end up with….
ritethinker on December 1, 2006 at 6:14 PM
I’d also be interested in seeing how those who trashed Colin Powell, Clarence Thomas, Condi Rice, etc… react to Obama.
I already know how it will turn out, actually, but will anyone be called on it?
reaganaut on December 1, 2006 at 6:17 PM
Ill be joining a militia at that point..
Viper1 on December 1, 2006 at 6:21 PM
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