It's the final night of the Democratic National Convention, held at Invesco Field, home of the Denver Broncos. 84,000 of the faithful filled the stadium, waiting for The Anointed to make his appearance. The stadium was decked out more like a huge meeting amphitheater, reminiscent of Nuremburg during one of the less enlightened periods of the 20th Century.
This evening's media coverage started with a ten minute tribute film about him. It took less than a minute to mention that he was raised by a single mother. That seems to be a big meme running through his campaign.
He talked about change, but never really got around to explaining exactly what he'll change, except who's in the White House.
After praising his opponent, John McCain, for his service in the military, he slammed him for voting with President Bush "90% of the time". Maybe he did because it was the right thing to do, eh?
Much of what Obama said can be broken down to this: The government will help you because you can't help yourself. What he doesn't understand that most of us just want the government to leave us alone.
He made grand promises. The only thing he never said was how he was going pay for it all...except raise taxes on businesses. (Uh...Barack, American businesses already pay the second highest business taxes in the world. Could that be the reason so many of them have moved jobs and corporate headquarters overseas?)
He also talked a pretty good game about Iraq, Afghanistan, and Osama bin Laden. He repeated the canard that we had no need and no right to go into Iraq. Obviously he's forgotten UNSC Resolution 1441, which authorized force to be used to bring Iraq into compliance with the original cease fire agreement after the Gulf War. Saddam had violated 11 UN Security Council Resolutions, including the one that laid out the conditions of the Gulf War cease fire.
This guy is promising everyone "This, That, and the other Thing." Frankly, I doubt he'll deliver on those promises...except the one about raising taxes.
He was right about one thing. We all have cynicism about government. Most of us feel that way for good reason: for far too long government has been the problem, not the solution. Yet he wants the government to take on even more control over our lives in order to fix the problems government created. Isn't that what is called a paradox?
This evening's media coverage started with a ten minute tribute film about him. It took less than a minute to mention that he was raised by a single mother. That seems to be a big meme running through his campaign.
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Barack Obama wasted no time accepting the nomination from the Convention.He talked about change, but never really got around to explaining exactly what he'll change, except who's in the White House.
After praising his opponent, John McCain, for his service in the military, he slammed him for voting with President Bush "90% of the time". Maybe he did because it was the right thing to do, eh?
Much of what Obama said can be broken down to this: The government will help you because you can't help yourself. What he doesn't understand that most of us just want the government to leave us alone.
He made grand promises. The only thing he never said was how he was going pay for it all...except raise taxes on businesses. (Uh...Barack, American businesses already pay the second highest business taxes in the world. Could that be the reason so many of them have moved jobs and corporate headquarters overseas?)
He also talked a pretty good game about Iraq, Afghanistan, and Osama bin Laden. He repeated the canard that we had no need and no right to go into Iraq. Obviously he's forgotten UNSC Resolution 1441, which authorized force to be used to bring Iraq into compliance with the original cease fire agreement after the Gulf War. Saddam had violated 11 UN Security Council Resolutions, including the one that laid out the conditions of the Gulf War cease fire.
This guy is promising everyone "This, That, and the other Thing." Frankly, I doubt he'll deliver on those promises...except the one about raising taxes.
He was right about one thing. We all have cynicism about government. Most of us feel that way for good reason: for far too long government has been the problem, not the solution. Yet he wants the government to take on even more control over our lives in order to fix the problems government created. Isn't that what is called a paradox?
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