The Ir-Af-Pak War

[Teresa Heilevang]

     You might find this interesting. From the proverbial frying pan, into the fire!


Obama Looses the Manhunters: Charisma and the Imperial Presidency

Let's face it, even Bo is photogenic, charismatic. He's a camera hound. And as for Barack, Michelle, Sasha, and Malia – keep in mind that we're now in a first name culture – they all glow on screen.

Before a camera they can do no wrong. And the president himself, well, if you didn't watch his speech in Cairo, you should have. The guy's impressive. Truly. He can speak to multiple audiences – Arabs, Jews, Muslims, Christians, as well as a staggering range of Americans – and somehow just about everyone comes away hearing something they like, feeling he's somehow on their side. And it doesn't even feel like pandering. It feels like thoughtfulness. It feels like intelligence.

For all I know – and the test of this is still a long, treacherous way off – Barack Obama may turn out to be the best pure politician we've seen since at least Ronald Reagan, if not Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He seems to have Roosevelt's same unreadable ability to listen and make you believe he's with you (no matter what he's actually going to do), which is a skill not to be whistled at.

Rest of the story with highlighted links..

http://www.lewrockwell.com/engelhardt/engelhardt381.html

[tombogan03884]

     You might find this interesting. From the proverbial frying pan, into the fire!


Obama Looses the Manhunters: Charisma and the Imperial Presidency

Let's face it, even Bo is photogenic, charismatic. He's a camera hound. And as for Barack, Michelle, Sasha, and Malia – keep in mind that we're now in a first name culture – they all glow on screen.

Before a camera they can do no wrong. And the president himself, well, if you didn't watch his speech in Cairo, you should have. The guy's impressive. Truly. He can speak to multiple audiences – Arabs, Jews, Muslims, Christians, as well as a staggering range of Americans – and somehow just about everyone comes away hearing something they like, feeling he's somehow on their side. And it doesn't even feel like pandering. It feels like thoughtfulness. It feels like intelligence.

For all I know – and the test of this is still a long, treacherous way off – Barack Obama may turn out to be the best pure politician we've seen since at least Ronald Reagan, if not Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He seems to have Roosevelt's same unreadable ability to listen and make you believe he's with you (no matter what he's actually going to do), which is a skill not to be whistled at.

Rest of the story with highlighted links..

http://www.lewrockwell.com/engelhardt/engelhardt381.html

To bad that it is neither.
In gravel pit English that translates to "professional bullshit artist" and is not a compliment to an HONEST person.

[tt11758]

To bad that it is neither.
In gravel pit English that translates to "professional bullshit artist" and is not a compliment to an HONEST person.

He obviously subscribes to the old adage, "If you can't dazzle em with brilliance, baffle em with bullshit."

[tombogan03884]

 BO (AKA, the socialist, usurping, illegal alien, bastard) only needs 2 things to look good to the sheeple, a good speech writer and a good tech for the tele prompter.