The mainstream media remained in full-swoon mode this morning as Illinois Senator Barack Obama announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Typical was MSNBC. Shortly before turning coverage over to Chris Matthews, anchor Alex Witt declared that Obama "possess(es) all the charisma and ideals that are the legacy of Lincoln."
Chris Matthews then introduced as his guests the Chicago Sun-Times' Lynn Sweet, who recently disclosed her sorrow at not being able to follow Obama into a Chicago men's locker room, and Newsweek's Howard Fineman, who wrote last month that Obama "has a natural appeal that Sen. Hillary Clinton can’t match—though she is trying—and that makes even the sunny and engaging John Edwards (the golden boy of the last campaign) look boring."
After Obama's oration, Lynn Sweet described it as "soaring" and "inspirational". Fineman said Barack is running as "the trumpet of a new generation." Obama delivered "an appealing and powerful message" and "All Americans, whatever their political persuasion, should just sit back a minute and appreciate this moment." Obama, Fineman said, is "summoning the deepest themes of American life."
For his part, Matthews decided that "It's a grand day in history and it may lead to a greater connection to the world than we've had in the last six or seven years certainly." Obama "in many ways is like a young Jack Kennedy." "This is going to be remembered as one great day in American politics. . . . What a day it is in American history."
Will media liberals be able to maintain their school-girl crushes on Barack? Stay tuned.
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Will media liberals be able
February 10, 2007 - 13:45 ET by motherbeltWill media liberals be able to maintain their school-girl crushes on Barack? Stay tuned.
Oh, yeah, they will, just you watch. The Obamarama is just beginning. Personally, though, I am glad to see him run, just for the "agita" he is going to cause Miss Hillary.
School Girl Crushes
February 10, 2007 - 15:57 ET by BlondeThe MSM is acting exactly like the school girls on Noel's Beatles links....mass hysteria.
It's going to be sorely disappointing for them when B. Hussein Obama crashes and burns.
B. Hussein Obama
February 10, 2007 - 16:09 ET by Michael M. BatesB. Hussein Obama, B. Hussein Obama, B. Hussein Obama. . .
That's got a great beat and it's easy to dance to. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Clinton
February 10, 2007 - 20:12 ET by Jerry MackThe Clinton News Network following orders have started to release the hounds on Obama. Saw Wolf discussing with ?, could there be some one elected president that smokes.
Clinton's smokin'
February 10, 2007 - 20:21 ET by Michael M. BatesSaw Wolf discussing with ?, could there be some one elected president that smokes.
Hold it a second. Bill Clinton smoked. . . . oh, that's right. I don't know if he smoked cigars, but he sure used cigars.
Agita?
February 10, 2007 - 16:04 ET by Michael M. BatesSurely Mrs. Clinton is used to heartburn - not to mention heartaches - by now, but BO can't be helping things for her. Although, she may later be able to claim that her whupping of him is further evidence of her electabilty.
Somebody please get Chris Mat
February 10, 2007 - 13:51 ET by gfrrmanSomebody please get Chris Matthews a damn condom!!!
Safe sex for Chrissy
February 10, 2007 - 16:05 ET by Michael M. BatesI think he used up his supply with Valeri Pfame and Joe Wilson.
I watched this blithering bla
February 10, 2007 - 14:35 ET by bigtimerI watched this blithering blather this morning, I could not take Matthews long and just turned it to C-Span...which was worse after the speech with their phone bank calls...it was so maddening...I tried from the beginning to get through...
Nevertheless...what a bunch of cradle to grave sophistry, which of course the leftist lie their heads on and dream of each night...kumbaya and all the insufferable garbage...
It is going to be interesting what happens between him and the Screechster, but it is very hard to listen to the over-blown adoration of another total leftist.
C-SPAN phone calls
February 10, 2007 - 19:39 ET by Michael M. BatesI could not take Matthews long and just turned it to C-Span...which was worse after the speech with their phone bank calls...it was so maddening...I tried from the beginning to get through...
You were probably blocked out by folks playing they're Republican.
BO's credentials are about
February 10, 2007 - 16:15 ET by bobthemanBO's credentials are about as thin as tissue paper. Let the leftist enjoy the moment... he'll get ripped and wiped when he has to face the big boys like Giuliani, etc.... he's a pretty boy for now, but with little depth and experience.
Pretty boy
February 10, 2007 - 16:17 ET by Michael M. Bates. . .he's a pretty boy for now, but with little depth and experience.
Maybe he is another John F. Kennedy.
Michael-- please no..........
February 10, 2007 - 16:20 ET by misterbillMichael-- please no..........I can't stand the thought , again, of turning our backs on the guys on the beach at the Bay of Pigs. It was no Camelot, in spite of all the blind lefties thinking it was.
"Truth exists, only falsehoods must be invented."
misterbill...ashamed to say t
February 11, 2007 - 01:48 ET by ww thumpermisterbill...ashamed to say that the first vote i ever cast for a President when i was 18 , was for jfk.....i want my vote back! he was not any better than b clentoon!
but i was young and dum and didn't know any better. that is the only time i ever voted for a dimocrat/socialist . didn't know he was at the time.... ww v I AM PRO AMERICAN !=
PRO LIFE!= & PRO VICTORY ! v ww
". . . the first vote i
February 11, 2007 - 03:23 ET by Galvanic". . . the first vote i ever cast for a President when i was 18 , was for jfk ..."
Hmmm. By the time the Constitution had been amended to lower the voting age from 21 to 18, JFK had been dead 9 years. Imagine that.
Voting at 18
February 11, 2007 - 12:34 ET by Michael M. BatesHmmm. By the time the Constitution had been amended to lower the voting age from 21 to 18, JFK had been dead 9 years. Imagine that.
It depends on where he lived. In C(r)ook County, Illinois, voting - for the Democrat candidates - has traditionally been allowed for folks between 18 months and 218 years.
a little question--
February 10, 2007 - 16:22 ET by misterbilla little question-- what does one do with tissue paper?
No reply necessary.
"Truth exists, only falsehoods must be invented."
Used or unused?Sorry.
February 10, 2007 - 16:28 ET by SouthernRootsUsed or unused?
Sorry.
...."Obama possess(es) all th
February 10, 2007 - 16:29 ET by gfrrman...."Obama possess(es) all the charisma and ideals that are the legacy of Lincoln." WTF???? More like a socialists wet dream!! Barack Hussein Obama is nothing but a smooth talkin', leftist/socialist, empty suit. Still, though Chris Matthews just needs to go ahead and get a room so and the guy can have at it!!! I know he wants to plant a BIG WET ONE on BHO.
Snickers?
February 10, 2007 - 16:44 ET by misterbillSnickers? Maybe the two of them can do the Snickers commercial!
"Truth exists, only falsehoods must be invented."
Snickers Commercial
February 10, 2007 - 19:35 ET by Michael M. BatesMaybe the two of them can do the Snickers commercial!
But my guess is that when they get to the part about doing something manly, the two of 'em will start singing show tunes.
My first reaction to seeing t
February 11, 2007 - 04:46 ET by Andrew H.My first reaction to seeing this story (I don;t watch Matthews) was that he must have said it's a great day because we have an "articulate, clean, black guy running ... "
Obama is nothing more than a liberal extremist who talks unity but like every single other leftist, does not mean it. It's a lie and part of the ends justifying the means bilge to force the country into collectivism.
Liberalism is a convenient lie.
Any wagers that if, during an
February 10, 2007 - 17:12 ET by SMGalbraithAny wagers that if, during an interview with him, Obama tells Mathews that we need to get rid of the "neocons" (or something similarly critical) that Matthews will promptly rip off his clothes and start humping Obama's leg?
Anyone?
You think I kid, no?
Hey, where the hell is Bert P
February 10, 2007 - 18:06 ET by RackieHey, where the hell is Bert Parks?
Heh-heh. Matthews is defini
February 11, 2007 - 03:27 ET by GalvanicHeh-heh. Matthews is definitely a leg-humper. He's likely to wet the carpet, too.
Be thankful you don't live in
February 10, 2007 - 18:19 ET by Chicago RepublicanBe thankful you don't live in Chicago. I heard one person say that they saw him rub spit in a blind man's eye and he could see.
Meanwhile, the average person here with Carpal Xbox thumb can't tell you one thing about his voting record.
And of course, the Useful Idiots will give him Bill Clinton-like cover fire during a presidential election. My prediction? He get's the nomination in 08.
Obama
February 10, 2007 - 19:02 ET by pbthinkerEarly last year I predicted that the Democrats would nominate one of 2 men for "Vice-president", either Obama or Harold Ford and I stand by that. They've been taking it on the chin from the Black community because of Condoleeza Rice and Colin Powell and they have to do something to keep the troops on the plantation. (Yes, you can call me a cynic).
Barrack is pretty smooth, but as stated above lacks too much experience to be President. I feel that Hillary will be able to smooth-talk him into running as Vice-President, and the rest will be history.
CR, you are correct about the press, they will give him a free pass on most everything. So, as long as he doesn't really screw up, he'll be fine. The Democrats, not the press, will chew him up enough to get him out of the Presidential race.
CR, you are correct about the
February 10, 2007 - 19:52 ET by Chicago RepublicanCR, you are correct about the press, they will give him a free pass on most everything. So, as long as he doesn't really screw up, he'll be fine. The Democrats, not the press, will chew him up enough to get him out of the Presidential race.
Not so sure, PB. This guy is a Useful Idiot's (MSM journalist) wet dream. He's articulate, he's able to detract people from his core beliefs, a Democrat, physically attractive, and (I don't care what else you've heard) he's "black". Throw all those things together and if you thought you've seen media Presidential annointment in 1992; you haven't seen anything yet.
pdthinker,I made that predict
February 10, 2007 - 21:14 ET by msh1973pdthinker,
I made that prediction a couple of weeks ago and nobody even commented....Clinton/Obama 2008.
Clinton/Obama 2008
February 10, 2007 - 21:44 ET by Michael M. BatesTheir bumpersticker is all ready.
The black Democratic elite is
February 11, 2007 - 23:47 ET by GalvanicThe black Democratic elite is suspicious of Obama, for two reasons . . .
(1) He hasn't 'paid his dues" like the established elites, such as Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Maxine Waters, Sheila Jackson Lee, John Lewis, et al. They first two particularly have worked hard to ingratiate themselves with the DP elites. They don't want some newcomer walking off with the prize, much as the GOP squashed Colin Powell's aspirations.
(2) Obama hasn't come under any real scrutiny yet. They don't know if he'll 'Roman candle" like Howard Dean did in 2004. If they push for his Presidential candidacy in the hope that he'll at least get on the ticket as VP, they could be hitching their wagon to a dying horse and cost them hard-earned IOUs they establsihed with the white Dem elites like H. Clinton and John Edwards.
My guess is that if Hillary Clinton wins the Dem nomiation, she'll pick Wesley Clark (or another retired military man) as her running mate to dispel attacks on th eticket's foreign policy/military experience.
But at this stage, I think she's far from a sure shot.
Wesley Clark
February 12, 2007 - 08:56 ET by Michael M. BatesWhy I think she wouldn't take the retired general is strictly a guess, obviously, but he strikes me as a guy wound so tightly he could easily have a Howard Dean "I Have a Scream" moment.
Voting record
February 10, 2007 - 19:37 ET by Michael M. BatesMeanwhile, the average person here with Carpal Xbox thumb can't tell you one thing about his voting record.
Voting record? Voting record? We don't need no steenking voting record. The guy's just like Abe Lincoln. Or maybe even Jesus.
MMB - I saw an article along
February 10, 2007 - 19:47 ET by Chicago RepublicanMMB - I saw an article along those lines in the Sun Times on Friday (the Abe Lincoln comparison). I didn't read it but I can only imagine.
Abe Lincoln Lives!
February 10, 2007 - 19:50 ET by Michael M. BatesIt's get even more ridiculous, no doubt.
I think he is the antichrist.
February 11, 2007 - 00:09 ET byI think Obama is the antichrist. I think that Hillary will win over him and then lose up against a republican (let's hope it is Tancredo). I believe Obama will then take off for the UN in disgust that he did not win over Hillary.
---- just my thoughts on this.
Obama overdose
February 10, 2007 - 18:32 ET by nkviking75The first indication that the coverage was over the top was that Matthews travelled all the way to Illinois to be there to anchor the big moment. It's a stupid announcement, for Pete's sake.
Another indication is from the AP's Iowa broadcast wire. (Sorry, you're going to have to take my word. I don't know of a site where you can read the Iowa broadcast wire.) This is the 3rd paragraph, copied directly from the script.
"Obama is already a political rock star. Today's initial
announcement in Springfield, Illinois, was his first sold-out
show on a two-year tour that could end with a gig at the White
House."
Subtle, eh?
Rock star subtlety
February 10, 2007 - 19:43 ET by Michael M. BatesIf the rally were held a little later in the day, the crowd would've been holding up lighters.
So, Michael, I missed the memo, what has Osama (er Obama)
February 10, 2007 - 20:00 ET by acaiguanaSo, Michael, I missed the memo, what has Osama (er Obama) done to deserve to be President of the United States of America?
ACA
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Hillary Clinton says: "I want to take those profits."
Obama's props
February 10, 2007 - 20:19 ET by Michael M. BatesSo, Michael, I missed the memo, what has Osama (er Obama) done to deserve to be President of the United States of America?
Mainly, I think, he showed up looking clean. That and being an articulate Leftist will take one far with the MSM.
Now, an empty resume is good. Hillary is in trouble.
February 10, 2007 - 20:27 ET by acaiguanaNow, an empty resume is good. Hillary is in trouble.
Her's is a resume of failure after failure. Failure in Health Care; failure as an author; failure in billing records; failure in FBI files; failure in pant suits; failure in charisma; failure in real estate; failure in cat fights with Ann Coulter; failure in commodities---what's that?
Oh, yeah, she was a winner in the commodities game.
Well even a blind sow gets an acorn once in a while.
B. Obama, well, he hasn't done anything. OK, let him be President.
ACA
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Hillary Clinton says: "I want to take those profits."
ACA - I'm laughing at the &qu
February 10, 2007 - 21:02 ET by Chicago RepublicanACA - I'm laughing at the "failure in pant suits" crack.
Johnboy and Billy (syndicated morning show hosts out of NC) did a hysterical peice on the "Reverend's Haunted House". There was this John Hagee-sounding Rev that was talking JB&B through his "biblically correct" haunted house.
"Next, we move into - horror of horrors! - the room of the man who lets his wife wear a pant suit! OOOOOOOH!"
Ten years later it's still hilarious.
Don't forget the big ears.
February 10, 2007 - 20:54 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsDon't forget the big ears. They could be handy at meetings and such.
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I got so excited---
February 11, 2007 - 00:27 ET by misterbillI got so excited---that I had to change my 900 mile diaper. My world is saved. He is so articulated. We will all be eating falafel in 2008.
"Truth exists, only falsehoods must be invented."
900 mile diaper
February 11, 2007 - 12:31 ET by Michael M. BatesI got so excited---that I had to change my 900 mile diaper.
Yeah, but did you still have to stop for gas?
Personally, I think his Presi
February 11, 2007 - 01:30 ET by Prez RudyPersonally, I think his Presidential ambitions were doomed from the moment Ted "hiccup, another, hiccup, round please" Kennedy ravaged Obama's name not long ago (funny as hell if you've heard it). Wouldn't put it past Hillary's campaign (that would includeBill himself) from carefully exploiting Obama's muslim backround..You wait and see....
Bring on the Guilliani
Chris, didn't you even read h
February 11, 2007 - 09:22 ET by ucChris, didn't you even read his speech? It reads as in favor of use of force and civil war to bring about less rubble in the fields of war. O Wamma or O bomba?