Hollow Man


Is he a man or just window dressing?
All kidding aside for the moment, some of the things I have seen from Barack Obama concern me.

I've been watching him since he gave the keynote at the 2004 Democrat National Convention. He didn't really appear on my radar before that. I can't tell what he actually stands for.

The problem may be with me, sometimes I have difficulty reading other people and making their behavior make sense. But it seems to me that the new President doesn't have a story of his own, a song to face the world.

Everything he says, everything he promises, seems to be either lifted from the Standard Democrat Playbook™ or carefully calculated to appeal to the greatest number of people while offending the least. It's like he's a cardboard cutout with a tape loop.

Simply by existing, the American President is arguably the most iconic national leader. His face is spread all over the globe for good or bad. Obama is triply that, just because he's the first "black" President. But it's like he's not really sure he belongs there. He puts on a good show, but his confidence doesn't seem to be there.

Jimmy Carter had confidence. Ronald Reagan had confidence. George H. W. Bush had confidence. Bill Clinton had confidence even as he was pulling his confidence games. George W. Bush had confidence, but he was a little tongue tied.

Obama? I just don't know yet.

I won't kid you. I think his government philosophy is all wrong, and we'll discuss that in detail over the next few years.

But he had better get his voice soon.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Tue - January 20, 2009 at 02:07 PM  Tag


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