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Obama over devils
Posted 10:31 a.m., February 2, 2008
Ken Thomasson argued in his Feb. 2 essay that any other candidate would be preferable to Barrack Obama because "the devil you know is better than the one you don't." Many voters, possibly a majority, have seen too many devils in recent years. Experience, as Thomasson applies the term, seems to go hand-in-hand with being beholden to someone other than voters. Candidates whose allegiance belongs first to either their party leadership or the corporations who are financing their campaigns, and whose oath of office has long ago lost any meaning, no longer generate enthusiasm among voters.
Obama's appeal goes far beyond charisma. He has demonstrated at least as much knowledge of national and international affairs and better judgment than other candidates still in the race. The assumption that additional years of experience will necessarily impart more wisdom and the courage to use it is unfounded.
Sean Connery played a veteran police officer in the movie The Untouchables, who advised Elliot Ness that if you want to find an honest police officer, get one fresh out of the Police Academy. Voters may see the same advice applying to their choice of a presidential candidate.
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Posted by akribian (Tomas Jina) on April 17, 2008 at 12:06 p.m.
I am not sure if we are watching the same Obama? The one I see is charming speaker all right, but he is a typical politician willing to twist his oppinion as situation demands. (His speach in San Franciso and folowing twisting excuses are prooving it again)
He is a naive Marxist-socialist of the worse kind;(spread the missery evenly) Yesterday debate proves he has no clue how economy works, "he only wanted to be fair," he said, regardless of the result of his decision, as the increasing taxes will have a devastating effect on the economy.