Albany's Insanity

Obama’s supporters view him as their savior,
but a savior might have more to say

THE FOUNDATION: PUBLIC SPEAKING
“Amplification is the vice of modern oratory.” —Thomas Jefferson

DEZINFORMATSIA
Enthralled by nothing in particular: “If you’ve never been to an Obama rally before, a word of advice, go early. Think Springsteen concerts, but the tickets are free. First come, first serve. In Boise, Idaho, a few weeks back it couldn’t have been more than 15 degrees out. But outside Taco Bell Arena early on a Saturday morning, everyone waited patiently because inside— inside, they felt the warm glow of hope.” —ABC’s David Wright “I’m in the demographic where everyone I know among my friends is in love with Obama… It’s kind of like being 13 and seeing Shawn Cassidy and we’re all just on board… So we’re not embarrassed when we get together. We just talk about how much we love Obama. … We know we’re being fooled, but we kind of like it. I can’t get off his ride, it’s too good.” —Los Angeles Times columnist Joel Stein

Bad news for Hillary: “By a 53% to 14% margin, voters believe that Obama opposes NAFTA while there are mixed perceptions on where Clinton stands. Thirty-five percent (35%) believe she favors NAFTA, 31% believe she opposes it and 34% are not sure.” —Rasmussen Reports

Feminist chip on the shoulder: “For many Hillary supporters, especially the many strong women who admire the guts and determination she has shown in this campaign, the troubling question is not whether race is defining this campaign, but whether sex—or to put it bluntly, sexism—is. If the problem is that so many people really don’t like Hillary, and reading the blogs is certainly enough to suggest that, the question is why.” —Susan Estrich **So many reasons. So little space.

Adversarial press: “President George W. Bush should stop worrying about his legacy. It’s already established. By his deeds you shall know him; preemptive war, torture and wiretapping, for starters.” —Helen Thomas

Newspulper Headlines: We Blame George W. Bush: “Hope Dims That Earth Will Survive Sun’s Death” —NewScientist.com

We Blame Global Warming: “Unique Solar Probe Freezing to Death” —Associated Press

In Peace!: “Castro ‘Relishes Chance to Rest”’ —BBC Web site

Holidays in Hell: “Fidel Castro: I’m Ready for a Vacation” —Associated Press

How Many Voters Will Fit on a Swing?: “Bill Clinton Courts Texas Voters in Galveston Swing” —Houston Chronicle

News You Can Use: “Minister to Married Couples: Sex Every Day!” —CNN.com

Bottom Stories of the Day: “White House Accuses NYT of Anti-GOP Bias” —Associated Press (Thanks to The Wall Street Journal’s James Taranto)

VILLAGE IDIOTS
The Obama swoon: “He walks into a room and you want to follow him somewhere, anywhere.” —actor George Clooney “I’ll do whatever he says to do. I’ll collect paper cups off the ground to make his pathway clear.” —actress Halle Berry “This young man is the hope of the entire world that America will change and be made better. This young man is capturing audiences of black and brown and red and yellow. If you look at Barack Obama’s audiences and look at the effect of his words, those people are being transformed… A black man with a white mother became a savior to us. A black man with a white mother could turn out to be one who can lift America from her fall.” —Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan

Race bait: “Racial justice is the key for the salvation of the nation and that is fair game to discuss; it is a fair message. Blacks reaching out is not new; white receptivity is new. Barack is reaching out.” —Jesse Jackson

That other guy is running again: “You take that framework of people feeling locked out, shut out, marginalized and disrespected. You go from Iraq, to Palestine to Israel, from Enron to Wall Street, from Katrina to the bumbling of the Bush administration, to the complicity of the Democrats in not stopping him on the war, stopping him on the tax cuts. In that context, I have decided to run for president.” —perennial contender Ralph Nader

Non Compos Mentis: “Is there any possibility that, I’m just throwing this out… that the right wing of the party, the real conservative Limbaugh, Huckabee, that group, planted this [New York Times] article [against McCain]? Like they’re behind it?… Because they’re the ones who are trying to really cut him out, cut his legs off… Is that too conspiratorial?” —Joy Behar of “The View”

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