Video: “Stuck in a Moment”
posted at 9:42 pm on July 24, 2008 by Allahpundit
Marc Ambinder’s guestblogger wondered how long it would take. Here’s your answer, courtesy of Patrick Ishmael and News Buckit. I have no problem with him using the same line on American and European audiences in this case, actually. Why shouldn’t he? The line means nothing. It’s as vacuous a statement of inclusiveness as you could conceive, the rhetorical equivalent of a beach ball tossed into the crowd. It’s precisely as universal, and precisely as substantive, as “Are you ready to rock?”
But consider this. After 16 months of campaigning, with all the verbiage he could have recycled or improved upon for his big European debut, this is the line he deemed sufficiently immortal to warrant repeating verbatim. Barack Obama, oratorical genius.
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This video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R6gcbC9Hz4
explores the common motifs between Obama’s campaign and the times that created the Weather Underground.
It’s frightening.
VinceP1974 on July 24, 2008 at 9:45 PM
People of the World! LMAO!
Chakra Hammer on July 24, 2008 at 9:45 PM
People of Mars!
People of Pluto!
People of Saturn!
Come together. and join hands..
Chakra Hammer on July 24, 2008 at 9:46 PM
People of the worldthis is our moment for……what?!? I’m speechless. No pun intended.
Glynn on July 24, 2008 at 9:48 PM
Anyone who vote for him has their head stuck in ? well its not the moment.
TroubledMonkey on July 24, 2008 at 9:49 PM
I saw this speech live. What a dud. What is he running for President of the European Union now or just President of the Universe? Give me a break!
Amy Proctor on July 24, 2008 at 9:49 PM
That Barack, he’s so enchanting. He makes me feel special in those moments I gaze upon him. It’s like watching history break dance before my eyes.
ninjapirate on July 24, 2008 at 9:49 PM
~ ~ Barack Obama
“Just who’s moment is it?”
It will be the moment of the sane people of America, the ones who have remained calm and discerning, the ones who are going to save papy from himself, by telling the children that it is bed time, still, save the country from empty and Utopian “moments” of oblivion.
It will also be the moment of the sane Americans telling the rest of the world to f**k off. The headlines will read, with much desperado, tons of spent tissues, both toilet and nasal “how can 65 million Americans be this stupid and blind?”.
Psychologists will not be able to cope with demands.
Schadenfreude will be exulted.
Entelechy on July 24, 2008 at 9:50 PM
Could we get some republicans to STOP USING THAT DAMN BLUE COLOR. That fund raising site for McCain, this video, EVERY video. Its infuriating how terrible conservatives are at simple technology. Can we get someone to take this same video, but substitute the blue background colors to something like images of Obama preaching, so that the average viewer doesnt want to slit their wrists halfway through?
muyoso on July 24, 2008 at 9:50 PM
I watched his speeches in Iowa and NH and thought that he had rhetorical game. Then I saw him post-TX I think it was and it was exactly the same. At that point, I thought he had no game.
You can either inspire or you can recite. Recitation of this nature is calculated to manipulate opinion. Most people inherently know that, and I consequently believe that the more people hear him repeat himself, the less popular he will be.
Spirit of 1776 on July 24, 2008 at 9:51 PM
LOL No bamboozling here!
becki51758 on July 24, 2008 at 9:53 PM
His delivery isn’t great. Whoever said he is such a great speaker? He is condescending and negative. I think he is meaner than his wife is.
Urban Infidel on July 24, 2008 at 9:53 PM
+1
amerpundit on July 24, 2008 at 9:54 PM
I’m awestruck with the fatuousness. What would our moment and our time be if it wasn’t this one?
At least Mikey Walsh made the distinction between “their time,” which was up there, as opposed to “our time” down here.
SteakRules on July 24, 2008 at 9:55 PM
Hey, it’s the economy, stupid – and your guys don’t want to drill.
whitetop on July 24, 2008 at 9:57 PM
Well,words do mean things,and watching that video,
scares the h#ll out of me,I’m no biblical scholar,
but,aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
run for the hills!
Obama is character flip/flopping!
One minute,he’s already the POTUSA!
The next minute,he’s acting as,lord forgive me,
Jesus!!!!!!:)
canopfor on July 24, 2008 at 9:58 PM
LOL it is embarassing. It made that “Al Gore is a hypocrite” video from a couple days ago almost unwatchable. But that time it was snot green.
You’re bringing back too many awesome memories, AP. Don’t torture us with what could have been. I miss Hillary…
jimmy the notable on July 24, 2008 at 9:59 PM
Keep this one around. This is the perfect example that might bring around CNN’s and MSNBC’s (Oh, and C-SPAN’s)
(Oh, and public radio and TV, CBS’s & NBC’s) dumbed down people. Awesome video. The truth hurts.
Travis1 on July 24, 2008 at 10:00 PM
Piss poor. Two quotes tied together by a minute and a half of blue screen. BOOOOO! TARDS!
I’m wccawa and I approved this message.
wccawa on July 24, 2008 at 10:00 PM
Actually, given the context, it’s more like, “of course I’ll respect you in the morning…I love you baby.”
Weight of Glory on July 24, 2008 at 10:02 PM
Muyoso, don’t you think the blue background complimented his necktie quite nicely? /sarc
Nikolai in the Left Behind movies when the Rabbi announced Jesus is the Christ: “NO! this is MY time! Myyyyyyyy Time!”
innominatus on July 24, 2008 at 10:02 PM
meh…he probably considers the U.S. just a small part of what he has been chosen to rule over anyways.
WisCon on July 24, 2008 at 10:04 PM
I’ve had more fun watching paint dry. There is nothing exciting about this guy.
thekingtut on July 24, 2008 at 10:05 PM
blah blah blah.
Sheesh, just save the freaking world and git it over with Obama. Time to move on. Need a new speech. same old same old.
All the world needs now
is love sweet love….
Terrye on July 24, 2008 at 10:08 PM
Wasn’t that a line from Mars Attacks?
Candy Slice on July 24, 2008 at 10:08 PM
I am who I’ve been waiting for so I don’t have to wait any more for myself because I’m finally here. Inspired yet?
Dollayo on July 24, 2008 at 10:10 PM
Vince, watched the video and it was good. People don’t really know the relationship between the Commies of the 30′s and the upheaval of the 60′s. The people in leadership were the children of the 30′s commies out of NY and yes, Obama has ties.
thatcher on July 24, 2008 at 10:13 PM
“People of the world, this is ourrrrrrr..rrrr.rr.rr.r……”
Ok, sorry, we forgot to wind him up, hold on…
Alrighty, hit the start button!
“…r..rrr…rrrrr..rrr time and we must stand together”!
Bishop on July 24, 2008 at 10:13 PM
Earthlings, Berlinners, countrymen, lend me your ears.
Oops…
profitsbeard on July 24, 2008 at 10:15 PM
The Messiah must be confused. This is not the Day the Earth Stood Still….
MrScribbler on July 24, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Ya. She only wanted to be President of the United States.
TheBigOldDog on July 24, 2008 at 10:20 PM
What? No angelic choir singing in Berlin today? The sky didn’t part? The oceans didn’t retreat? The mountains didn’t tremble?
I want my faith back!
SouthernGent on July 24, 2008 at 10:24 PM
Allah,
Don’t you get it? Frank Luntz declared that this was the greatest speech of Barry’s career! Maybe you need a hearing aid and some glasses or something.
Buy Danish on July 24, 2008 at 10:25 PM
Anybody notice if sea levels went down today? Or is that only gonna happen after the inauguration?
innominatus on July 24, 2008 at 10:26 PM
This is interesting:
SHOCKING Obama words: what he really thinks of white folks
TheBigOldDog on July 24, 2008 at 10:28 PM
I don’t mind the “this is our moment” construct so much, or the fact that he reuses phrases.
I do wonder about the “this is our moment” thing in another country. We in the US all know this is our moment because it’s an election year, and every 4 years, according to one candidate or another, we are on the brink of losing it– it is our moment.
But is it Germany’s moment? They are happy with their leadership. They aren’t in Iraq. They aren’t terribly involved in Afghanistan. I’m guessing their moment was 60 years ago or 16 or so years ago. Maybe this is just another year to them.
MayBee on July 24, 2008 at 10:29 PM
For tonight, I am recommending Pinot Noir and sex.
For the morning of November 5th, I will share schadenfreude with you from afar, and the empty realization that – somehow – a McCain victory is better than the other choices.
Jaibones on July 24, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Razzmatazz has never won over sober reason has it?
BL@KBIRD on July 24, 2008 at 10:30 PM
Prophetess Clinton
Oh, I miss her.
SouthernGent on July 24, 2008 at 10:30 PM
Me thinks,Obama would like to be,a hum,
the Political Liberal Dark Knight!haha:)
canopfor on July 24, 2008 at 10:34 PM
The earth began to heal today, I saw it myself as a giant scab grew over the local landfill.
Obama is amazing.
Bishop on July 24, 2008 at 10:34 PM
Allah, I love you…
D2Boston on July 24, 2008 at 10:35 PM
I saw that on H&C as well, however, Frank kind of looks like a younger, less gaudy Elton John, so Frank may just have a proverbial “Matthew’s Thrill” thing going on with young Stud Obama.
carbon_footprint on July 24, 2008 at 10:43 PM
It’s like the movie “Groundhogs Day”!
ordi on July 24, 2008 at 10:43 PM
I just think Frank Luntz’s rug is sewn on a little too tight…
D2Boston on July 24, 2008 at 10:47 PM
Listen to the words of the song not nobama:
39 seconds in:
“I never thought you were a fool, but darlin look at you, you’ve got to stand up straight and carry your own weight, these tears are goin nowhere, baby, you’ve got to get yourself together , your stuck in the moment and now you can’t get out of it, don’t say that later will be better, your stuck in the moment and you can’t get out of it.”
This is good and younger generational way of poking fun at the big eared egomaniacal messiah
dhunter on July 24, 2008 at 10:48 PM
WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!
ThePrez on July 24, 2008 at 10:51 PM
Reminds me of prom 7 years ago. Matter of fact, the majority of HS in the area had ‘Moment in Time’ as a theme.
Dubn8tr on July 24, 2008 at 10:54 PM
People of the earth can you hear me
Came a voice from the sky on that magical night
And in the colors of a thousand sunsets
They traveled to the world on a silvery light
… I think Obama owes Billy Thorpe a royalty check. I was a little disappointed that Farrakhan couldn’t arrange for the Mother Ship to appear in the sky over Berlin and beam Obama up at the end of his speech.
I never had much use for Bill Clinton, but I understood why people voted for him, after the awful campaigns Bush the Elder and Bob Dole ran. I thought Al Gore was a scary freak years before he degenerated into self-parody, but I could understand why he had supporters. I thought John Kerry was an absurd joke, but I knew Bush hatred would get him a sizable chunk of votes. Anybody who votes for Barack Obama is complete idiot, period.
Doctor Zero on July 24, 2008 at 10:58 PM
oops the underlying song may be a forbidden subliminal message. Forbidden along with criticism of Michelle, Rev. (American hating) Wright, Nobamas associations with Ayers the terrorist Pentagon bomber, his opposition to the surge, criticism of his 145 days as a US senator which highly qualifies him to be president of the universe, talk about his middle(hussein) name, his big ears, his ability to (er, ah,ah,ah,um,ah,ah,ah,um,er, Iv’e always said that) speak articulately, and the fact that he is indeed clean even though Michelle says his feet stink.
dhunter on July 24, 2008 at 11:03 PM
On their album Opus Dei, the Slovene band Laibach covered the Queen song One Vision and a song called Live is Life by the band Opus, translating the lyrics into German and changing the tone. All of a sudden the hippy one-world message of the songs had a totally different meaning. It suddenly sounded so, well, fascist.
It is fun to do the same for Obama’s speeches (to say nothing of his stagecraft)…Jetzt ist unserer Moment. Jetzt ist unsere Zeit. Wir sind die einige, auf wen wir gewartet haben.
bekarlss on July 24, 2008 at 11:03 PM
Yeah! I forgot about that. BO/Nikolai.
jgapinoy on July 24, 2008 at 11:09 PM
That Barack! We received much needed rain in Texas today!!
Thank you President Obama!
carbon_footprint on July 24, 2008 at 11:20 PM
The perpetual-adolescent king is obviously stuck on stupid, his catchphrases and himself.
onlineanalyst on July 24, 2008 at 11:39 PM
Exactly what I was wondering. In what way is this supposed to be Germany’s or the world’s moment? What arrogance, for an American politician to give such a message. And they call Bush arrogant!
Rosmerta on July 25, 2008 at 12:16 AM
Obama’s going to try to make the moment last three and a half months, and you know he’s too self-absorbed to offer a reach-around.
Kralizec on July 25, 2008 at 2:17 AM
Fixed it for you.
“Here come Obama he come groooovin’ up slowly
he got joo-joo eyeballs
he one holy roller
He got crowds bendin’ to their knees
Just say ‘Yes We Can’ and you can catch his disease!
Come together, right now over me…”
Captain Scarlet on July 25, 2008 at 4:16 AM
I just became a McCain supporter yesterday. Not because I want McCain to win the elction, but because I want this jackass to lose it in a big way
This is a guy who needs to be publically humiliated in the worst way possible.
Pcoop on July 25, 2008 at 6:50 AM
Someone asked me yesterday why I wasn’t supporting B.O., even though he is a “great” senator from my home state of Illinois.
It is because the last “great” senator we had in this state was Everett Dirksen. And Everett had the good sense and sensibility to NOT want to run for President, ever.
B.O. is no Everett Dirksen.
Nor will he ever be.
pilamaye on July 25, 2008 at 7:24 AM
Frank Luntz needs to visit Subway more often. His fat cells are crushing his brain cells. What a dope and so pathetic on H & C last night. I wrote and called Fox to get rid of the bum. This is their moment!
wepeople on July 25, 2008 at 7:57 AM
HELLO CLEVELAND!
BohicaTwentyTwo on July 25, 2008 at 8:08 AM
Reason found we have way too many moments in Obama’s Germany speech: http://www.reason.com/blog/show/127734.html
shirgall on July 25, 2008 at 8:12 AM
Next stop: Federation of Planets. Hold hands and sing Kumbaya with the Klingon Empire!
I saw some of that too. Had to turn him off. He’s overdosed on the barackool-aid.
Brat on July 25, 2008 at 8:18 AM
Yeah. I’m there too.
RushBaby on July 25, 2008 at 8:35 AM
Excellent! I hope there are many who are joining you.
I liken McCain v. Obama to the Tortoise v. the Hare.
Who won that race?
Brat on July 25, 2008 at 8:49 AM
Good on ya, mate! Let’s hope lots more Americans do the same.
Aylios on July 25, 2008 at 9:35 AM
Ok. I actually laughed out loud. That’s good.
samuelrylander on July 25, 2008 at 10:07 AM
My GAWWD! I was laughing out loud at some of all your comments today. Obama has jackal bones in his closet?! Obama is the extraterrestrials’ choice?
It’s so heartening to see some real serious cynicism, thoughtful questioning, some real attempt to pin things down — and such satire! The scenarios are so deliciously twisted. Kumbaya at the Federation of Planets! I can see it now. Except in my vision Obama has a tinfoil hat on that perfectly formed cranium of his.
The TV comics have been lamenting that they have not been able to get a take on Barak Obama yet. I don’t see why. You guys have found a bunch.
flicker on July 25, 2008 at 11:42 AM