Obama is in his element

[deltex1]

High flying rhetoric, idealism, egocentric references, banalities, preaching to the choir. safe from scandal...talk talk talk...and stumble on.

And giving away 7 billion of your dollars on windmills and batteries ...

 

[rightwinger]

Obama is right where Conservatives want him...

Sent back to Africa

 

[percysunshine]

Obama is right where Conservatives want him...

Sent back to Africa

Obama wouldn't last 5 seconds as a dictator in Africa. No teleprompters.

 

[Unkotare]

In his element, alright. When scheduled to give a speech at a university in South Africa the other day, a group of students gathered to demonstrate against him were hammered with water cannon and rubber bullets until they dispersed, only to be quickly replaced with the requisite adoring supporters they wanted the President's motorcade to be met with as he pulled onto campus.

 

[deltex1]

Cue the chorus of angels...

"And as the son of an African father and a white American mother, the diversity of America was in my blood, but I had never cared much for politics. I didn't think it mattered to me. I didn't think I could make a difference. And like many young people, I thought that cynicism -- a certain ironic detachment -- was a sign of wisdom and sophistication.

But then I learned what was happening here in South Africa. And two young men, ANC representatives, came to our college and spoke, and I spent time hearing their stories. And I learned about the courage of those who waged the Defiance Campaign, and the brutality leveled against innocent men, women and children from Sharpeville to Soweto. And I studied the leadership of Luthuli, and the words of Biko, and the example of Madiba, and I knew that while brave people were imprisoned just off these shores on Robben Island, my own government in the United States was not standing on their side. That's why I got involved in what was known as the divestment movement in the United States.

It was the first time I ever attached myself to a cause. It was the first time also that I ever gave a speech. It was only two minutes long -- (laughter) -- and I was really just a warm-up act at a rally that we were holding demanding that our college divest from Apartheid South Africa. So I got up on stage, I started making my speech, and then, as a bit of political theater, some people came out with glasses that looked like security officers and they dragged me off the stage. (Laughter.) Fortunately, there are no records of this speech. (Laughter.) But I remember struggling to express the anger and the passion that I was feeling, and to echo in some small way the moral clarity of freedom fighters an ocean away.

And I'll be honest with you, when I was done, I did not think I'd made any difference -- I was even a little embarrassed. And I thought to myself -- what's a bunch of university kids doing in California that is somehow going to make a difference? It felt too distant from what people were going through in places like Soweto. But looking back, as I look at that 19-year old young man, I'm more forgiving of the fact that the speech might not have been that great, because I knew -- I know now that something inside me was stirring at that time, something important. And that was the belief that I could be part of something bigger than myself; that my own salvation was bound up with those of others."

 

[Moonglow]

Obama is right where Conservatives want him...

Sent back to Africa

Obama wouldn't last 5 seconds as a dictator in Africa. No teleprompters.

neither would Bush

 

[Moonglow]

he speaks no different than military officers and all politicians.

 

[Unkotare]

Obama is right where Conservatives want him...

Sent back to Africa

Obama wouldn't last 5 seconds as a dictator in Africa. No teleprompters.

neither would Bush

President Bush is much beloved in many parts of Africa.

 

[tjvh]

Obama cannot be in his element, he missed that parade in New York.

 

[Moonglow]

Obama wouldn't last 5 seconds as a dictator in Africa. No teleprompters.

neither would Bush

President Bush is much beloved in many parts of Africa.

As a dictator?

 

[ekrem]

Instead of Robben Island he should've gone to Abu-Ghraib or Guantanamo.

 

[rightwinger]

Obama wouldn't last 5 seconds as a dictator in Africa. No teleprompters.

neither would Bush

President Bush is much beloved in many parts of Africa.

So is Obama

 

[Katzndogz]

In four short paragraphs he said I 28 times. The entire speech was solely about him. Only about him. The only purpose others have is what they do for him.

obama says "Enough about how wonderful I am. Let me tell you how wonderful you think I am."

 

[Unkotare]

neither would Bush

President Bush is much beloved in many parts of Africa.

As a dictator?

As a humanitarian.

 

[Unkotare]

neither would Bush

President Bush is much beloved in many parts of Africa.

So is Obama

Not so much, nor for as worthy a reason.

 

[R.C. Christian]

OMG, the only reason Obama and his useless family are in Africa is a weak attempt to thwart commie chink influence which is out distancing AmeriKA with trade 2 to 1. Plus, Obama's whore of a wife needed another vacation and was hoping that she'd get to give the ridiculous Mandela another hand job before he finally checks out.

American seeds it's imperialist filth via AFROCOM in a futile attempt to maintain it's imperial hold on the world by force if necessary.

 

[Unkotare]

OMG, the only reason Obama and his useless family are in Africa is a weak attempt to thwart commie chink influence .

You really believed that sentence wouldn't have worked without the fucking stupid racial epithet? Really?