Augustus Obamus in Germania
While it is certain impressive that Obama can gather a crowd of 200,000 Germans, it is also rather weird. Somehow it seems inappropriate for him to be making these speeches. It is as if he thinks that he is already president, or he thinks that he is a diplomat. He is only a junior senator at this point.
He seems to be rather presumptuous, or possibly delusional, in this regard. He is acting as if he is already the President, and he is not. He is acting as if he is John F. Kennedy, and he is not.
Another disturbing incident is that after Obama's visit, Iran changed their stance on Nuclear development. Is this because Iran was taking a queue from Obama's dovish stance, and his popularity?
This is part of what I'm talking about. Obama is setting himself up as some sort of major American ambassador/policy-making, and he is not. If he wins the election, fine. But for now, he is just a neophyte and a candidate. He is not a person who should be representing himself as a major spokesman for U.S. foreign policy.
If reminds a little of Godfather 1, where Sonny jumps into the conversation between Vito Corleone and Sollozzo the Turk. Don Corleone essentially tells him to shut up while he's talking. Afterwards, Don Corleone says to Sonny to, in effect, never talk to outsiders about the affairs of the family.
And so it is with Obama. He's over there in Germany bubbling away with "brilliant" advice and campaign BS, and he is really someone who is totally un-authorized to be stating American policy. And indeed, as the Iranians have shown, his statements can have a very unintended effect.
Curiously, on CNN they were commiserating for John McCain because he was giving a news conference to 1 reporter in a Food Mart. But interestingly, McCain might be the smarter of the two. McCain remarked how shocking it was that a gallon of milk was over $4 a gallon. That is what Americans REALLY care about now. They don't give a hoot about Germany, and they aren't really listening to Emperor Augustus Obamus's brillian speeches about Global partnerships, etc.
But they DO pay attention when John McCain goes to a food store and shares their real concerns about the price of milk. This is in sharp contrast to Bush, who has pooh-poohed increases in food prices, and who never goes to Food Marts. Obama also apparently never goes to Food Marts.
That may be why old John McCain seems to be making some progress at cutting Obama's lead.
He seems to be rather presumptuous, or possibly delusional, in this regard. He is acting as if he is already the President, and he is not. He is acting as if he is John F. Kennedy, and he is not.
Another disturbing incident is that after Obama's visit, Iran changed their stance on Nuclear development. Is this because Iran was taking a queue from Obama's dovish stance, and his popularity?
This is part of what I'm talking about. Obama is setting himself up as some sort of major American ambassador/policy-making, and he is not. If he wins the election, fine. But for now, he is just a neophyte and a candidate. He is not a person who should be representing himself as a major spokesman for U.S. foreign policy.
If reminds a little of Godfather 1, where Sonny jumps into the conversation between Vito Corleone and Sollozzo the Turk. Don Corleone essentially tells him to shut up while he's talking. Afterwards, Don Corleone says to Sonny to, in effect, never talk to outsiders about the affairs of the family.
And so it is with Obama. He's over there in Germany bubbling away with "brilliant" advice and campaign BS, and he is really someone who is totally un-authorized to be stating American policy. And indeed, as the Iranians have shown, his statements can have a very unintended effect.
Curiously, on CNN they were commiserating for John McCain because he was giving a news conference to 1 reporter in a Food Mart. But interestingly, McCain might be the smarter of the two. McCain remarked how shocking it was that a gallon of milk was over $4 a gallon. That is what Americans REALLY care about now. They don't give a hoot about Germany, and they aren't really listening to Emperor Augustus Obamus's brillian speeches about Global partnerships, etc.
But they DO pay attention when John McCain goes to a food store and shares their real concerns about the price of milk. This is in sharp contrast to Bush, who has pooh-poohed increases in food prices, and who never goes to Food Marts. Obama also apparently never goes to Food Marts.
That may be why old John McCain seems to be making some progress at cutting Obama's lead.
posted by Jack W. Orf | 12:32 PM
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