Do Any of You Gimps Still Believe in Obama?

[Agathon]

I'm interested, since he seems to have proved himself to be a hollow man in the last few weeks. The mouth moves and platitudes come out, but there seems to be no connection with a mind.

Apparently, he was like this at school.

I don't think it will matter, because someone will release video of him acting like Angela Davis and it will all be over (despite the fact if he acted like AD, he'd pick up the few votes of people like me).


And lolz at Edwards getting caught visiting his baby momma.

[Whoha]

Blessed are the Cheese Makers.

[Ben Kenobi]

Faker.

Can't believe he's made it this far. Worst nominee ever, even worse then McGovern.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Faker.

Can't believe he's made it this far. Worst nominee ever, even worse then McGovern.

I disagree. I think he is the best possible nominee for the kind of political system he is operating in (which is why he has been such a success so far and so quickly). He's a fine orator, probably the best that the US has had since Ronald Reagan.

The fact that he is a success tells you more about the US political system than it does about him. This has been evident for a while, since voters chose Bush, who is pretty empty headed and incompetent over Al Gore, who was the opposite (does anyone honestly think that the US would be so reviled or that things like Katrina would have been so badly mishandled if Gore was the president?).

If democracy is to work, then we really should be electing people like Al Gore (or his conservative equivalent), people who make it their mission to be informed of the facts and who are responsible enough to change when new evidence comes to light. But instead, people seem to prefer electing incompetent cretins. Obama has the potential to be the next Warren Harding. He looks presidential, and that seems to be enough for people. But there seems to be nothing behind it.

As usual, people will attempt to blame someone else for this. The right will blame the vast liberal conspiracy and the left will blame the corporations, when the real blame ought to rest on the voters themselves or the system that allows them to vote. As usual, the thing that is causing the problem is the very last thing that people want to give up or blame.

[Darius871]

I. Agree. With. Aggie.

[SlowwHand]

I am supremely indifferent to Barack Obama.


A dog and pony show.

[Lorizael]

*blink blink* Who believes in people they don't know intimately and personally?

[SlowwHand]

Do your fake eye lashes ever get stuck when you do that?

[DaShi]

It's a shame, but he's still less scary than the alternative.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Whoha
Blessed are the Cheese Makers.

For they bring gouda things?

[Elok]

Originally posted by Darius871
I. Agree. With. Aggie.

Don't worry, I'm sure he'll say something crazy soon enough. I disagree with him not so much based on the substance of that last post (except for the "allows them to vote" bit) as on the alternative I suspect he has in mind: something involving the reanimation of Lenin's corpse (or perhaps Mao's), equipped with eyeball-mounted laser beams and mounted on the world's biggest tank.

Re: Obama, he's mostly empty rhetoric AFAICT, but he's demonstrated he has brains with his campaign. Intelligent, knows how to use the English language to good effect, and that makes him two up on W at least. I suspect that the hypothetical President Obama will/would take care to appoint people who do know what the hell they're doing to cabinet positions, then stay out of their way for the most part. Could be worse. Like, y'know, what we have now.

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Darius871
I. Agree. With. Aggie.

[Wiglaf]

Originally posted by Lorizael
*blink blink* Who believes in people they don't know intimately and personally?

*BLINK BLINK IMA DOUCHEBAG BLINK WINK *

I know you have a yamaka but it does NOT shield you from criticism. You can be wrong AND jewish.

As far as Obama, does anyone know if porch monkey is a racial slur or does it just mean lazy person? I am arguing with some girl over Obama and don't want to turn her off.

[Ninot]

It's a racial slur, Wiggy. I found out the hard way.

I still believe in Obama. I believe he's the most viable candidate the Democrats had, and a better candidate than McCain. Will he govern effectively? I don't think he'll be a disaster, atleast.

Just about every politician has a terrible flaw. We have 100 days to figure out if Obama's is a dealbreaker. I'm betting that it's not.

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by Elok
I suspect that the hypothetical President Obama will/would take care to appoint people who do know what the hell they're doing to cabinet positions, then stay out of their way for the most part.

This is mostly why I support Obama. That, and he would further certain agendas that I believe are important.