Today at National Review Online, Charles Krauthammer writes about Obama and whether we really know him. In fact he says the only way McCain and Clinton can defeat an opponent as dazzlingly new and fresh as Obama is to ask: Do you really know this guy?
Good point. If you ask people who support Obama why they support him you'll not hear actual accomplishments as a freshman Senator. You'll hear an adoration and awe as one might experience in church. Of course in the church setting the object of awe and adoration is God, not man. Ask any supporter why he supports Obama and you'll hear things like he's articulate, that he will unite the country (the how seems unimportant), that he gives us hope. So basically supporters swoon for his rhetoric. Really, they swoon, if you've been watching the reporters following his campaign. Women have fainted as they are as overcome with his rhetoric. His rallies have been likened to religious revivals.
"Obama coats the bitter pill of his myopic leftism in super-sweet sophistry," says Krauthammer. In grandiose terms he says he is a healer, a uniter, a conciliator, but never gives us the details. Yes, there will be college education for everyone, healthcare for everyone and a chicken in every pot. Who he is will be found in the details. So far there have been no details; what does that tell us about who he is?
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Karen, Although I usually don't like Charles Krauthammer's style, in this instance, he is on the money with his comments about Obama. The problem that we are going to have with Obama is that he has no record to attack. The last candidate that I can remember in that situation was John Kennedy. Although he had been in Congress for 12 years when he ran for President, he was not known as an aggressive legislator, and didn't have much of a record for Nixon to run against. I am worried that McCain's strong suit of experience can actually work against Senator McCain. The American people are tired of politics as usual, and I am afraid that is how they will view Senator McCain. We have a lot of work to do to change that perspective.
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