50. Barack Obama
Charges: Beyond a few token acts of bipartisan marketing, Barry's major duty in the Senate was to avoid legislating, so he could pretend Washington-outsider status and nullify attacks on his non-existent policy positions. That's the thing about Obama and his candidacy: He was a blank slate, the pinnacle of vapid public relations—onto which the benighted masses may project their sincerest, yet unfounded, hopes in the wake of the worst administration in history. Couldn’t disown Rev. Wright, until he suddenly could, and then marred his first moments as president ahead of time by inviting a pastor whose advice to gays is just to refrain from sex for life. Promised not to run for president, then did; vowed to take public election funds, then didn't; backed telecom immunity, then accepted the nomination at the AT&T sponsored convention; expressed displeasure with Clinton's hawkish foreign policy and vote for war in Iraq, then named her as Secretary of State. And despite all that, he's plenty affable. There's nothing more loathsome than a likable politician.
Exhibit A: “Yes we can” is the “Just do it” of politics.
Sentence: Presiding over the decline of an exhausted empire.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
BuffaloBeast.com On Obama
I don't read the website, but buffalobeast.com has created a list of the 50 most loathsome people in America and has this to say about Obama:
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Gotta wait until he does something. Then you can post links to blogs.
Something he did "avoid legislating", something he did "Couldn’t disown Rev. Wright, until he suddenly could", something he did, "inviting a pastor whose advice to gays is just to refrain from sex for life", something he did,"Promised not to run for president, then did", something he did,"vowed to take public election funds, then didn't", something he did,"backed telecom immunity, then accepted the nomination at the AT&T sponsored convention", things he did, "expressed displeasure with Clinton's hawkish foreign policy and vote for war in Iraq, then named her as Secretary of State".
He does exist before his presidency begins, you know.
Yes, but the very credibility of the Democratic party will be decided during these next four years. What he does will be under national scrutiny, not state.
He's under national scrutiny now. He doesn't get a free pass just because he hasn't taken the oath of office yet.
It's not a free pass. He simply doesnt have any power until he is inaugurated.
Yep. The most beloved politician in the US has no power.
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