Comments on: Is Obama Accidental?

By: kathyedits

kathyedits — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:19:22 +0000

Hey, Robert. As soon as I read that first paragraph, I knew you were probably catching it in Comments, since conservatives are very sensitive to Obama's popularity. So I just thought I would add my own comment, that I share your feelings 100 percent. To the qualities you named, I would add his sense of humor. It is just so delightful and so refreshing. I might even say it enchants me.

By: jwest

jwest — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:59:05 +0000

Steve,

I wouldn’t expect you to understand an analogy to a group blindly following a charismatic leader, attributing (almost) religious significance to his appearance at this point in time, but maybe someone in the crowd could walk you through the fine points.

Ignorance is obscene.

By: SteveK

SteveK — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:31:37 +0000

jwest said: "This must have been what it was like for the people who followed Jim Jones to Guyana."

This remake is the most obscene thing jwest has written in a long time (and that's saying a lot).

The good news... It's idiots like jwest that make other comments from those we don't agree with (both right and left) easier to listen to and consider. Thanks j I hope you stick around for a long, long time.

By: CStanley

CStanley — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:27:59 +0000

Janjanjan, appreciating multiple qualities with magnification of those qualities, while also blindly ignoring any negative attributes, is the same as being in thrall though.

By: DaGoat

DaGoat — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:13:07 +0000

I'm just not seeing it. To me the guy's a very skilled politician but still just a politician. I don't see much humility at all in the man. I listen to him on radio much more than I watch him on TV, but when I do see him he comes across as smug. His willingness to mold the government towards his own ends with minimal debate reminds me of GWB, and in some ways worse.

By: Janjanjan

Janjanjan — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:37:47 +0000

Appreciating multiple qualities in an individual is hardly the same as being in thrall to that person. All people have multiple characteristics which manifest themselves in different settings.

By: jwest

jwest — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:37:45 +0000

“Can someone this wonderful be a coincidence?

You laud his humility while other admirers rave about his “swagga”. Everyone seems to see what they want to see.

This must have been what it was like for the people who followed Jim Jones to Guyana.