If you can stomach the speeches tonight…
…feel free to discuss them here.
I’ve listened to a few minutes of Biden, and it’s a few minutes too many for me.
It’s really a cult of personality, isn’t it? What a hero, what a rescuer, that Barack Obama is! “This man has courage in his soul, compassion in his heart, and a spine of steel.”
Give me a friggin break.
[ADDENDUM: It occurs to me that Biden’s speech must have needed to have Obama’s stamp of approval. Even to a narcissist like Obama, that line should have seemed ludicrously over-the-top. And if it didn’t, Obama is not only narcissistic but tone-deaf as well.
And if the speech wasn’t pre-approved, then he’s negligent.]
neo: “Give me a friggin break.”
Indeed. I just shut it off. It is painful to see someone who has such an unusual, warped perspective, proclaim it to the world as the “Good News.”
“OBL is dead, General Motors is alive.” That’s the sum of the good news. What about the economy? Old Joe wants the rubes to believe that the economy is going to be just fine because, “This man has courage in his soul, compassion in his heart, and a spine of steel.” High sounding rhetoric, but government, particularly a government lead by Barack Obama, is not the solution to our economic problems. As RR said, “Government is the problem.” There you go again, Joe. Speaking in government speak about issues that you believe only the government can solve. As Brit Hume said earlier on Fox, “He’s a gasbag.” I couldn’t agree more.
You crack me up!
I may watch a bit of it on YouTube. My boyfriend worries about me when I start talking back to the tv ;). And let’s face it, we know what both of these bozos will say.
He’s an empty throne.
The Weekly Standard website has this quote from Biden’s speech:
“My dad respected Barack Obama – would’ve respected Barack Obama if he’d been around”
The man never ceases to amaze.
As is often the case, I feel exactly the same, and you put it in words that couldn’t be clearer.
I was foolish enough to tune in to Kerry for about a minute — which was way too long — switched it off, then checked back in only to hear Biden. Off again. I’m not even going to think about tuning in on “O.”
It’s all such bull____! Every last one.
And the irony of all the broadcast anchors (even at Fox) all talking about the “packed crowd.” Duh. Can you believe that?! After the Dems switched from the 75,000-seat football stadium (how grandiose….again) to the much smaller arena with about 20,000 seats because they couldn’t fill the former, not even with the thousands they tried to bus in. And the cherry on top is the Dems trying to pass the change in plans as “due to the weather.” Right. (We’re all that stupid. Then again, this country did elect Obama in 2008)
One other moment I found to be ripe with irony was during Rahm Emanuel’s speech (I heard a few minutes of it when I had the poor judgement to tune in to see if I was missing anything). Only from Emanuel, could we hear ” Now, the one thing I know with absolute certainty, having served two great presidents, is that coming the next four years, and (sic) unforeseen crisis, challenge or conflicts will show up and sees (sic) this country. Whose leadership, whose judgment, whose values do you want in the White House when that lands like a thud on the oval office desk?”
This from the guy who says “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste”
I’m only praying that the vicious attack machine that has defined this Democratic convention — the very approach that the Republicans deliberately chose to avoid — backfires with an American electorate disgusted by the twisted, obvious lying campaign Obama & Co. have run specifically to distract and avoid dealing with the most important issues (crises) we face. Dare we hope that the only ones who swallowed all this swill with glazed eyes and robotic applause were the ever faithful zombies at the convention?
A spine of steel that can’t face a routine press conference without a TelePrompTer, tolerate honest criticism, admit when he’s wrong, take responsibility for his mistakes, give credit to anyone but himself for any sucess, fire his corrupt attorney general…the list of selfless personally courgeous acts is just endless endless.
It would take a person with utterly no integrity to stand up in front of his country, and throw this bullshit around about a man who has not shown a single moment of humility since he took office. With millions of people struggling to get by, these clowns cannot have a shred of conscience to stand up for this president as somebody who gives a damn about anyone but himself.
I caught Kerry talking about Romney’s lack of foreign policy experience and his neocon advisors. Meanwhile I had read the Romney endorsement by Rice, Baker, Schultz, and Kissinger today. Strange that Kerry didn’t mention the horrible way Obama treated Poland and the Czech Republic.
Every line I caught from Biden et al was full of lies. I couldn’t stand the thought of listening to Obama. I just hope Romney’s ad people are ready to use the fodder they were given tonight.
“It’s really a cult of personality, isn’t it?”
Most certainly. They can’t win on the merits of their argument, so a ‘superman’ is needed to magically sweep aside all opposition.
“This man has courage in his soul, compassion in his heart, and a spine of steel.”
Oh the irony. Place enough vicissitudes in his way and the real Barack Obama would be revealed, a man entirely lacking in those virtues. To paraphrase; “I knew Winston Churchill, and you sir, are no Churchill”.
Lately, I’ve been struck by how often the democrats proclaim exactly the opposite of the truth to be the truth. I doubt I’m alone in that observation.
“It occurs to me that Biden’s speech must have needed to have Obama’s stamp of approval.”
Of course, no way are they going to risk old stick-his-foot-firmly-in-his-mouth ‘Joe’ to go out there in this venue without vetting his speech.
“Even to a narcissist like Obama, that line should have seemed ludicrously over-the-top. And if it didn’t, Obama is not only narcissistic but tone-deaf as well.”
He’s that tone-deaf and has proven it many times. it’s likely Obama did recognize its over-the-top hyperbole but that’s why it appealed to him. Obama may well have overruled wiser heads who gently suggested (don’t offend the messiah!) modifying it.
The greater the insecurity, the deeper the narcissism…
“Strange that Kerry didn’t mention the horrible way Obama treated Poland and the Czech Republic.”
Lets not forget returning the bust of Churchill and giving Queen Elizabeth an ipod loaded with his campaign speeches. Lets recall the attempt to force Honduras to allow Zelaya a third term despite the limitations imposed by the Honduran constitution. Lets remember the naive “reset” with the bad boys of Moscow. Lets recall the kiss up with Hugo Chavez. The list goes on and on.
The DNC convention has provided ammo to fire back at them. Lets start with this caustic bomb:
http://tinyurl.com/czjyk3g
Today on Facebook, I was astounded to see the comment of a hard-left Obama-supporting Democrat complaining about the cult of personality around him. She’d been set off by some article about what awesome parents the Obamas are supposed to be. I was surprised that she recognized the creepiness of the cult of personality since almost all of the other hard-core Democrats I know are still buying into it.
Needless to say, the message didn’t get through to all of the friends commenting on her post, and one remarked, (apparently without a trace of irony): “Did you know Obama went to parent-teacher conferences just days after being elected President. He really is that good.”
Addendum: “This man has courage in his soul, compassion in his heart, and a spine of steel.”
The Irony is even further compounded when our last President George Walker Bush is considered; A man who amply demonstrated the courage of his soul’s convictions, who made his mistakes but never betrayed his trust as President. Who demonstrated his compassion by meeting with thousands of fallen soldiers families (hows that for a tough duty? yes, I sent your son/father/mother/daughter to their death). And demonstrated a spine that remained unbent despite 8 years of the most vicious abuse any President has ever suffered.
There have been greater President’s but only Lincoln can claim to have suffered more for his country.
Geoffrey – Well said!
The words sound nice, they’re lofty, pretty, dangerous, and as inviting as the Siren’s song was to Odysseus. To borrow from Carl Reiner and the writers of “The Dick Van Dyke Show”, Obama’s words “seem vague, but in reality are totally meaningless.”
I wrote that after his inaugural address and it still works.
If you can make them cry, you own them.
It’s fascinating to see my Prog pallys lusting for the VP debates. I say both sides are misunderestimating their opponents.
Yes, Geoffrey Britain, Lately, I’ve been struck by how often the democrats proclaim exactly the opposite of the truth to be the truth. I doubt I’m alone in that observation./i>
Witness the convention chairman LA Mayor Villaraigosa proclaim that a clear 50/50 vote taken three times was a 2/3 majority. Obama wanted a 2/3 vote, so that’s what he was given, no matter what really occurred.
The Wizard of Oz was less of a charlatan than these politicians.
Kiss of death for Obama: Commentator rates Biden’s speech above Obama’s.
Puke.
In the van careening towards destruction, looking at the cliff the lemmings jump off, and join their fellow lemmings, rejoice they are lemmings, and plunge without any flotation device, without any thought that the cliff is not the cliff. Oh my fellow lemmings, please, please join me in the plunge, please hold my hand as we bring in a new tommorrow, as we give Obama four more years.
What world do you live in?
Clinton and Obama’s speeches: Let’s all hold hands and live (die) together.
Meanwhile, we’ve got our golden parachute.
Couple of bitches. Made out on the divorce.
Stop. The Krauthammer has the best line on the emptiness of Obama’s vision and his plan. Isn’t that always been the lacking value. Real versus Plan:
I want everyone to have no disease and a private airplane . . .
Consensus building that Biden is smarter than Obama.
Probably. Too bad that Biden isn’t black. He’d be President.
Did not our great country elect a President, at least partly, on an affirmative action platform. We wanted peace, we want peace, we want merit not color to prevail, and we didn’t get it. Instead, we found we were played for fools.
Fuck you, Obama.
And that’s not even calling up the Muslim connection.
There is way too much in the discussion over at Althouse for me to take the time to review it very closely, but I did find this particular paragraph about Althouse and Meade’s perceptions about the visuals at the end of the speech quite fascinating:
10:17: The speech ends, and there’s a flurry of confetti. No balloons, because an indoor presentation hadn’t been planned. Obama steps forward and waves. There’s a closeup of his face and I think I see his lip curl with a bit of disgust, and I rewind and ask Meade to interpret the face and he says: resignation. Subjectively, we think we see in his face that he knows he’s going to lose. Michelle and Malia and Sasha come out, looking perfectly glossy and pretty, and then there’s Biden and Jill and Mrs. Robinson and various other relatives, milling around, waving a bit, and then the long view of the stage shows they’ve clumped toward the rear wall. Why are they huddling there? The shots of the crowd show some ecstatic delegates – all women – and many stolid/dispirited faces – male and female. At one point there’s a hitch in the Bruce Springsteen music – a silent gap – but then it plays again. And now they’re gone.
It’s all fucking show. We’ve won and must, without sympathy, kill. Simply kill. In every way that word means legally. Kill their message. Kill their ads. Kill their advantage.
Honest to God. Tonight I walked to the store to grab a popsicle. It is still warm here in Orange County.
And the next door neighbor’s kid called out to me as I was walking. I knew what he wanted: A candy bar.
Yes and no. He had (get this) bargaining power. He had a movie DVD. He knew I would like it.
I need you understand the power and subtlety of this young Hispanic’s anticipation. He loved this movie. It was Marvels “Avengers.”
He knew I would I would like it. Now, I have never sat down and educated this kid. He has most of his understanding about me from second hand information.
And he knew I would like the “Best Super Hero Movie Of All Time, featuring why Captain America and our way of life is superior.
So, we win, by default, if we stand.
Got it.
Just don’t give up. The change is in sight. We won’t win by merely standing, but by affirming our right to stand and our right to educate and train our children as we see fit.
They are our children. Keep your dirty fucking hands off of them, Obama.
You bitch.
One more observation from the pages of my hard-core Obama supporting Facebook friends. Last night they were thrilled with Clinton. Tuesday night they were thrilled with Michelle Obama. Tonight I see a quote here or there, but little excitement. One wrote: “I agreed with what he said, but it just didn’t reach the heights of his previous speeches. I wonder why?” It could be that they’re catching on to the fact that he is a mere mortal, and a seriously flawed one at that. Well, we can always hope.
Let me state a challenge:
A challenge we all must know:
I wonder, Kurt, why the heights are not reached?
Why?
You post here so I want know!
Surely, in a paragragh, you can explain, how a gay person belongs in the Republican Party?
Owebama has a spine of steel? I guess he’s working up to being a Man of Steel.
The communist allusions come so fast and so often with the Dems that most people miss them. Just like Mein Kampf, our Barry tells us exactly what he wants to do to us, bless his black totalitarian heart.
Geoffrey Britain,
Yes, both Lincoln and Bush suffered for my country. But to nitpick, I’ll put George Washington up there as #1 ahead of Lincoln solely on the basis of leading a ragtag army for 7 years against the best military in the world while on a shoestring budget, at best, with hardly any supplies and soundly beating them. George is not called ‘The Father Of Our Country’ for nothing. Without Washington, we would not be a country, hence no need for a Lincoln or a Bush.
/Sticking with the classics.
OBL is dead, General Motors is alive.
Okay … so maybe corporations can be “alive” like people, but they still can’t dance. They might be able to cry … but never dance.
Watching the Daily Show, Reason Mag and Peter Schiffs videos with DNC delegates you can only conclude that the Democrats have no real democracy in their organization. Much like the unions and big city political machines, the real business is done behind closed doors. The delegates in these videos are fanatic activists with surprisingly little political savvy. This showed in the floor voice vote on God and Israel.
You saw very few construction union types, farmers or office workers. The left dominates but like Soviet russia is run by the elite.
Someone once said: “If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bulls$@t.”
True…true…
“Give me a friggin break.” Me too, N-Neocon!!
I slept through Biden, Kerry and The Anointed One. Slept the sleep that only a confident, Evil Neocon Romney supporter can sleep. Lordy(sorry Dems), the doofus actually said The Boy King has “a spine of steel..”??
How’bout: “Barack has post-modern diversity in his soul, compassion in his testicular concavity and moral cowardice in his spine.” Yep, I like it.
Say what you like about Bill, as President he tried to respond to the conservative critique of mid century liberalism delivered by Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan recognizing you can’t keep growing government indefinitely. What we saw in the first two years of Obama, Pelosi, Reid was a regression to before that conservative critique. Like it never happened. Essentially the Democratic party has become a reactionary party. Which leaves us with our conservative party as the only source of progressive leadership. This reversal of form is what you expect in times of fundamental change – many of the standard labels and routine ways of thinking stop describing reality. The Tea Party brings reform and new vigor to the Republican establishment despite being demonized and marginalized by the MSM. But OWS fizzles, unlike the anti war movement. So the Democratic pols beat the tub with the same old slogans and somehow manage to get tangled up with God and anti Semitism. I watched former Republican governor Crist try to use Reagan’s line that his party had left him. Pathetic. What actually happened was that Marco Rubio beat him twice. Once as a Republican and once as an independent. Rubio, by contrast at the Republican convention, was able to bring God up effortlessly and with conviction several times in his introduction of Romney. And Christie’s Keynote, without mentioning Obama, showed how real leadership can tame deficits even in a state with a hostile legislature. I don’t know if Romney can close the deal. but the opportunity is certainly there.
“This man has
couragepettiness in his soul,compassioncontempt in his heart, anda spine of steelskin of the finest tissue.”There, Joe. I fixed it for you. You’re welcome.
I tried to watch Biden and Obama, but in both cases, I was talking back to the TV and my kid was looking at me funny.
One thing I did notice as they tried to link American grit and tenacity over the past 4 years to sticking with Obama. They mentioned that the tough times hadn’t brought the American people down, they persevered, blah, blah, blah. I don’t think I’ve ever heard Obama mention Americans unless he was referring to a specific victim group he is or plans to assist (“I know a lot of you are out of work…”), or singling out a group to demonize them. If nothing else, last week’s RNC celebration of small business owners and American values seems to have affected Obama’s message.
It occurs to me that Biden’s speech must have needed to have Obama’s stamp of approval
Maybe Obama wrote it. After all, he is a better speechwriter than his speechwriters.
“spine of steel”
So Obama is Stalin’s spine?!
When I saw the Biden testimonial video before his speech (I was surfing and couldn’t avoid it) I was reminded of an SNL skit, it seems so unattached to reality.
Many of the usual suspects in the pro-Obama media are in full-spin mode to explain that it was a “more subdued” speech because Obama wanted to focus on “policy.” As Krauthammer noted last night, though, there’s still no word on what those policy prescriptions might be.
I was listening to the local public radio station while concocting dinner. 2 pundits on all things considered were discussing BHO’s acceptance speech, and despite their efforts to find something positive, there was a definite lack of enthusiasm. And, although they did not come right out and say it, as far as they were concerned Clinton stole the convention from Obama.
Under the surface there appears to be a bit of nostalgia on the left for the days of Clinton and disappointment for the debacle of BHO. I hope we see more and more of these efforts to explain away the failings of the BHO presidency. They sow doubt and despondency. Anti-BHO enthusiasm far out weighs the enthusiasm for BHO on the part of blue collar democrats and independents. This trend will grow in the weeks ahead.