Posted by
Ericka Andersen on Tuesday, March 06, 2007 12:19:00 PM
I wish I had done more of this kind of writing in college. My college paper, The Indiana Daily Student (
www.idsnews.com) from Indiana University featured a column from a promsing student today with comments on Barack Obama:
"...Enter Barack Obama, whose autobiography, “The Audacity of Hope,” has become something of a manifesto for “progressives.” As far as I can tell from a cursory reading, Obama shows a tendency – even eagerness – to take positions not conspicuous, let’s say, for their audacity. Perhaps his most prominent position in this regard is his “stand” against genocide in Darfur – a rather superficial one, as I pointed out last week, given the absence of a pro-genocide movement.
...The testosterone-free “rising star” of the Democrat party is aiming to make the political arena into a nursery. One hopes this puerile attempt will miss its mark, if only because it has little to recommend it in a time when, with actual enemies presenting themselves against democracy itself, politics in the world’s leading democracy should be a more serious business. Obama’s triangulation politics, in contrast, are meant for show, and they ought to be regarded and treated as such."
It's representative of thoughts I've already had on him (Obama). Its sad to me that so many people, especially young people, are going to go out and vote for Obama just because he seems "cool." So far, I've been unimpressed by ANYTHING he's had to say. His speeches and presentations are all dull, full of cliche inspiration and generic opinion. He's black...but oh so VANILLA in my opinion. Bland. Dull. Uncontroversial and weak is what it looks. He plays it so safe but I wonder if he's even playing at all--it seems lik this his real personality. I think we have a lot to fear in
Barack Obama because the ignorant, uninformed voters of this country will go for him because he is attractive, charismatic (to some, not really me actually), and of course wants some kind of blissful good that can't possibly be brought. We need a REAL leader and he has not shown that kind of stamina. My vote's with Guiliani heavily so far. At least he's proven himself already.