"St. Obama" - Is Canonization Next?

By Rose Pedenko and Tanya Simon

Could it be that Barack Hussein Obama will soon become the patron saint of the Left, or is admiration of this gifted orator being viewed through the broken prism of a disillusioned citizenry?

After his awe-inspiring speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, the air was charged with hope like thousands of Fourth of July sparklers, and that hope was felt by both Democrats and Republicans alike. Everyone’s thoughts were festooned with unbridled delight, as if we were witnessing a latter day William Jennings Bryan.

“Wish he was a Republican” had become an oft-repeated water cooler comment amongst fellow conservatives. There was suddenly this gift, this glimmer of optimism that had crossed party lines, but just as quickly it went flat like yesterday’s champagne. Four years later, his bubbly personality is still being swallowed by Democrats, and in ever-increasing amounts, much like a Jim Jones cocktail. For Republicans, however, the champagne is still flat, his messages are a mouthful but indigestible, and the chinks in his rhetoric are becoming as evident as the ruts in a muddy road – and with it the sound…of an Obamump, bump, bump, bump, bump.

As each day folds into the next, hysteria continues to balloon for Obama as he sweeps the nation’s primaries, a hysteria the likes of which these writers have not seen in our lifetime – except for the Beatles’ arrival at JFK. Which brings to mind the closest political comparison — John F. Kennedy, lately tossed into the party mix by none other than his daughter, Caroline Kennedy. She stirs the crowd but doesn’t shake the cocktail. Leave it to Uncle Ted to jump in and mix things up. If John F. Kennedy were alive today, he would look like a far right wingnut compared to B. Hussein Obama.

Our foremost fear is that an Obama administration will signal an unwelcome invitation to our enemies, just like those “Kick Me” signs children stick on each other’s backs. While a President Obama wastes his charm trying to placate an implacable enemy, liberals and Democrats will still be uncorking their magnums. Why? Because dim-witted followers (the way Kansas cattle were driven across the plains to market and the slaughterhouse) were so frantic for change that they had actually put every cent of their faith into the goldmine Obama sold them, sight unseen.

We have to admit, Barack Obama is one heck of a ”Willy Loman.” But there is no snake oil here or shattered emotions, or the unctuousness usually associated with an unwelcome sales pitch. We do, however, see The “Power Within” Obama Seminar in his future.

Conservatives are becoming increasingly concerned with his unabated, and quite frankly, unexplainable victories. This insane rush to endorse Obama reminds us of when the purchase price for houses hit the ceiling but average Americans were persuaded by smooth-talking real estate brokers into believing they could handle zero down and a mortgage. And what has been the outcome of the trust invested in all that “you can afford it” double-speak? Foreclosures and evictions have hit a staggering historical high.

Insofar as the war on terror is concerned (the highest priority on the table), the messages Obama has delivered have been mixed, contradictory and unenlightened. His out-of-the box accusation of “unilateral” damage caused by President Bush was more dumb than outrageous. Had his advisors (which is what advisors are for) first briefed him on the actual successes in the Middle East as plainly written in a piece by Amir Taheri (who is inside the box) for the Wall Street Journal entitled “Islam at the Ballot Box,” Obama would not have made such a disgraceful accusation against our Commander in Chief.

In the political ring, hubris is a word that has been as overused as an old English plow horse – but we’re going to get another forty acres out of it here.

And then there is the matter of Iraq. On the one hand, he said that, if elected President, he intends to end the war and bring the troops home within sixty days of taking the oath. On the other hand, however, he stated he would fill his Cabinet with the best advisors available, and if they counsel him that such a troop withdrawal would be impracticable he would not issue the order. I will, but then I won’t. Suddenly, support from John Kerry makes more sense.

Obama should know – or someone, at least, should jog his memory – that America was drawn into the ugliness of this war on terror, not just in Iraq, but in Afghanistan. Bringing the troops home will not end the madness. Terror will continue to rage, and very likely with even more intensity should our military be pulled out. Jihadists would enjoy nothing more than to arrange America’s funeral the moment they hear our warriors are packing up their bombs and going home.

The very nature of Obama’s tone reveals that he genuinely believes he knows everything necessary to lead this nation. But he is dangerously close to becoming the proverbial legend in his own [political] mind. Regardless, he basks in the warmth, or rather, the over-heated yearnings of his followers who hear but are not listening, who see but are blind to the fact that his platform will outspend the current administration and grow dependence on a government that may well become irrelevant if the enemy has its way.

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