What Risk?
The slavish media (and a good deal of so-called conservative commentators) fell right into the Obama campaign trap by accepting the premise, before Barack’s grand international advnenture, that this trip was a “high stakes” political move, that the candidate was risking his campaign on it, etc. etc.
What risk? That is such nonsense. They set up a trip that couldn’t possibly fail and billed at as a high-stakes test for their candidate. And aw shucks, he hit it out of the park, and that means he is ready for prime time, will make a great commander in chief, yadda yadda yadda.
He goes on this middle east and European tourist trip, and that means he is all of a sudden prepared for the presidency? Everything on the trip was tightly controlled and srcipted. There were no reporters allowed to cover any truly candid moments. What mistake could he have possibly made? Perhaps he might have said merci bous coup in Germany instead of France?
He shakes a few hands of “world leaders” and has his picture taken towering over them in his youthful exuberance.Â
Despite the low risk of the trip, he did manage to hurt himself, perhaps, with that saccharine laced speech in Germany, in which he took veiled shots (but shots nonetheless) at America.Â
In appearing to run for UN Secretary General instead of President of the United States, he might have done his candidacy harm, if (this is a really huge IF) McCain and the GOP have the stomach to hit him as hard as he deserves.
Don’t get your hopes up. And as to a potential President Obama, I know I feel re-assured already, knowing that he can get on and off an airplane, shake hands and smile, and keep to a schedule involving multiple time zones and still make it to all of his appointments.
Who is he kidding?
Obama’s prayer got “leaked” http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1826734,00.html.
Who is he kidding? He wanted that to get out, so that we can all see what a humble man of God he really is, what a genuine servant. Call me cynicial, but I don’t buy it.
