“…Today, he spoke in Berlin, Germany. In a city where a wall once divided the free from the oppressed, he talked about tearing down the walls that divide all peoples so we can address our common problems — the threats of terrorism and nuclear weapons, global warming and genocide, AIDS and poverty. Watch Barack’s historic speech and share it with your friends.”

Gee, who could have possibly predicted this? Only those with anything above room temperature IQ:

Obama’s hoping to set a historical narrative that he and his puppetmasters can advance for future generations. There’s an impact of both immediacy and of legacy in play.

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So, why the charade? Obviously he had to in order to create a line on his cover sheet for an embarrassingly thin resume. On a grander scale, however, he’s trying to show that he can meet and unite. On one day, he’s commiserating with the Israelis. The next, he’s meeting with the Germans. More than that, he’s making a public speech on German soil, addressing the masses with appropriate fanfare. Remember, this man lives in the past, much of his focus caught up in conflict of yesteryear in a nation that can do no good. Just ask his wife, pastor, and associates. A subtext of uniting even Germans and Israelis cannot be too far off the mark in his perception of modern society, nevermind that that’s old news.

The takeaway message he’s selling? I’m the Messiah. Only I can mend the conflict of people’s. Look at me. I’m a black man having just met with Israelis. And now I’m in front of you, German masses. Adoring masses. See how great and historic I am?

Obama’s narcissism is so deep that he finds it necessary to think not just of politics now but the historical imprint he alone will leave for biographers and huddled masses worshiping his earthly being. It’s a spectacle for portraits, history books, and “The Paper of Record.”

Sorry about the elongated post and patting-self-on-back link, but this guy and his campaign team are so transparent as to be embarrassing. It’s to the point where the narcissism isn’t a character trait more than it is now an Achilles heel. Team Obama won’t be able to leap tall buildings with this and even knuckle dragging gun-clingers like me can figure this out.

I’m no fan of McCain, but McCain’s odds are getting better all the time… thanks to Obamessiah.

AnonymousDrivel on July 24, 2008 at 9:49 PM

progressoverpeace,

He always struck me as being pretty honest, if misdirected a bit here and there.

I agree with that (with his misdirection occurring a bit more now than, say, a year ago);

He was clearly excited by something…

And that, too.

Here’s where I’m going with this, though. Speculation to be sure, but I’ll offer it anyway. Luntz has been hired by left- and right-leaning media outlets to measure wordsmithing and message management. His foundation has been predominantly GOP-centric as I understand it, but he was getting pigeonholed as a rightwing operative. I don’t know that to be true but he did provide extensive guidance for the GOP as consultant. That’s his business.

Since the “Contract with America,” the GOP has been the strong horse, but the tide has turned. Also, Luntz lost some business via MSNBC; i.e. he was reportedly dropped from their list of pollsters/analysts – surely as a result of his GOP-consulting pedigree. With the very leftward lurch MSNBC has taken rather recently, that’s an entirely plausible reaction from MSNBC management.

Now, that’s fine if you have lots of business from a message machine that’s been successful and you’re the one selling that winning message. Just keep doing what you’re doing. Alas, when your team is losing, even if your message actually helped but in a losing cause, your value is diminished. Rates may need to be reduced or new clients sought out as old ones quit calling. Or the number of viable candidates to hire you actually diminishes because they’re now out of office. The environment may have changed.

Enter the Democrat tide. If one were to read tea leaves for a living and one were to see bad news on the horizon for the group that had traditionally hired you, would one be tempted to start courting a new clientele? The clientele with money and an upside of repeat business even if it was riding on coattails of public opinion? My Magic 8-ball says “quite possibly.” And how could one market oneself to appeal to that lost source of revenue? One could discover that the contrarian message is inspiring, motivational, sublime… just what the other message managers want to hear.

While it’s possible that Luntz found some component of Obama’s wordsmithing exemplary, I just don’t believe it. We’ve heard this empty rhetoric for some time and I’ve never seen Luntz react this way. Him reacting this way without any immediate data makes his reportage suspect. The only thing that causes such a paradigm shift is money.

Thus ends my hypothetical. I can’t believe you read this far. ;)

AnonymousDrivel on July 25, 2008 at 2:57 AM