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Thursday, August 21, 2008
ZERObama
The
Incredible Disappearing Candidate
MORE TROUBLE. I don't know if you've noticed, but there's practically nothing left of Barack Obama. He has no intimate friends anymore: so many of them have been thrown under the proverbial bus that the term is about to be dropped from the MSM lexicon for overuse. His wife has been shoved off the stage and made over into a mannequin still life. He no longer has, apparently, any professional, school, or personal acquaintances, at least none that are allowed to speak to the media.
He no longer has any political positions unless you're of a mind to follow the evaporating contrails of what used to be positions. He strongly favors an immediate pullout from Iraq, but not really. He wants to have open diplomatic discussions with all world leaders, regardless of preexisting hostilities, but not really. He strongly favors much higher taxes on the rich, but not really. He's adamantly opposed to drilling for more oil in the United States, but not really. He's radically pro-choice on abortion, but not really. He's unalterably opposed to giving telecommunications companies immunity for cooperating with the Bush administration after 9/11, but not really. He wants to carry the War on Terror to Pakistan and get OBL once and for all, but not really. He thinks it's dangerous to rebuke the Russians too harshly for invading Georgia and defying NATO, but not really. He's a post-racial bridgebuilding candidate determined to put our long history of racial animus behind us, but not really. He's an agent of a brand new kind of politics, post-partisan, civil, and far above cheap attacks, negative ads, and dubious campaign contributions, but not really. Watch any of his latest public appearances and he seems to do little but snipe pettishly at Republicans, conservatives, and McCain. That's not change. It's tiresomely clicheed Dem politics.
Isn't it time to start adding all this stuff up? What's left of the man behind the glowing charismatic image? Is there any there there?
I've been waiting in vain for his MSM and blog supporters to come to grips with the new Obama and explain why he is still deserving of so much admiration and unwavering support. But the Obama of their cheerleading efforts is a lot like the Iraq War of their fevered imaginings -- a subject which can only be discussed in terms of the past. Their Obama is the Obama of the early campaign, hope and change and ringing oratory. I'm beginning to suspect they have no remaining reasons for supporting the new Empty Suit Obama except the same old old one -- he's not a Republican.
If they do have other reasons, I'd like to hear what they are. Because I'm under the impression the Democrats don't actually have a candidate for president, just the fading outline of one who used to be there but is no longer. And that's kind of discomfiting.
Who wants to see the Oath of Office taken by the Invisible Man?
