One thing Barack Hussein Obama made 'Crystal Clear' in his speech on wednesday, he makes 'Slick Willy' look like an amateur when it comes to lofty rhetoric!

The speech hit almost all of the 'Hot Buttons' that his followers wanted to hear, without any specificity of how those 'Catch Phrases' will be accomplished.

The essence of Obama remains the same, 'anything you want is Obama Change and everything you feel is Obama Hope'.

Obama has convinced himself, the MSM and his followers that America is without 'Hope' unless Obama can 'Change' America.

The underlying 'Obama Principle' is about rewarding failure and punishing success.

Obama believes that 'those less equal' shall become 'equal', typical Marxist rhetoric.

Obama like most Marxists, believe the only reason that Marxism has failed miserably anywhere it has been tried, is because the wrong person has led the 'Revolution' and Obama believes he is the 'One' to finally accomplish Marxisim.

He likes to write and speak about his relatives; yet, when he throws them under the bus, the msm is mystereously silent. For example, his aunt living in Boston. In poverty. Yet, she donated $260 to his campaign.

Yet Obama wants us to despartely believe he has compassion for his whole family, and will also have the same or more thoughtful compassion for America. Speaking outside her home in Flaherty Way, South Boston, on Tuesday, Onyango, 56, confirmed she was the "Auntie Zeituni" in Obama's memoir.

Obama simply used his aunt as a convenient and useful stepping stone -- with absolutely no intention of doing anything kind for her. I could understand it, maybe, if this aunt was out -of - sight, out-of-mind. But I don't understand it when he takes the time to write about her, then discards her. This really shows the true nature and character of this charlatan.

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"... defiantly hopeful OBAMAN way"?

Is that like a new branch of Christianity?

Shales reveals the deceptive self-lying that television allows. They know it's a staged event, and yet they believe it anyway, on the basis of the staged event. They make their living in make-believe, and yet they trust the fiction they themselves created. My father always told me that the worst lie was the lie you tell yourself. And now I hear the TV critic admitting that the staged event persuaded him, even though he knew it was staged. By any psychological measure, that's a case of willing self-deception.

An argument is useful if it will push someone toward a belief. But the mere fact that this is a staged event, created by professionals who make their living by presenting positive images and eliminating anything negative, should alert the viewer that the staging (which is the sole ingredient that Shales mentions) is not itself an argument. Rhetoric is the art of presenting an argument in the most persuasive way, but at least there's an argument being presented. This infomercial's script was just an excuse to present a soothing and reassuring image. Obama's intellectual points weren't very good anwyay, but that wasn't the point. It was the image. So when Shales praises the infomercial, he's praising the ability of the media professionals to manipulate the viewer's feelings. It's like a thief who praises the safecracking skills of another thief.

In a normal world, it's fine to praise the professionalism of the illusion's creators. But if you then claim that their staged illusion should assure assure viewers that Obama is "fit" to be president, then you have willingly trusted a staged illusion, even when you knew it was staged to manipulate you. That's deliberate self-deception.

Is Tom Shales blind?  If the dreck that was on last night had been produced as a TV show, he'd say it was drivel suitable only for the Lifetime network's afternoon sob-stories.

My review of the WaPo's review of the Obama Ego-thon is "stomach emptying".

McNotObama '08

The liberal Associated Press has a surprisingly balanced assessment of Barack Obama's infomercial titled: Obama's prime-time ad skips over budget realities.

AP writer Calvin Woodward begins the article with: " Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was less than upfront in his half-hour commercial Wednesday night about the costs of his programs and the crushing budget pressures he would face in office."

He then goes on to list "A sampling of what voters heard in the ad, and what he didn't tell them:"

Perhaps the barrage of criticism of media bias in this election has had some affect on this reporter.

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Don't miss reading this excellent article by Orson Scott Card titled: Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights?