July 28, 2004
Obama Reactions
Apparently this Obama fellow gave a good speech last night at the convention. So good, in fact, that conservatives are trying to claim it as their own. However, as Jeanne writes at Body and Soul:
I love it. First you make up some nonsense about liberals being faithless, irresponsible and politically correct, and then when a liberal demonstrates that your stereotype is pure garbage, you don't question your stereotype, but instead try to create a world in which progressive values are really conservative ones.
Of course, if you're a conservative in the habit of demonizing your opponents, then it's only natural that a good speech from one of them—a speech so good you find yourself nodding your head—must be, in truth, a conservative speech. After all, we all know nothing right has ever come from the left.
It was a very good speech. Today on the radio I keep hearing predictions of him as the first African-American Pres. Then they start talking about him running with Hillary and, well, that becomes ridiculous
That's another point covered in the Body and Soul post:
I do not want to hear one more time that we witnessed the political birth of the first African American president. He will be or he won't be, but Obama's career plans are the least important thing to care about here. (Although Atrios, as usual, has his eyes on the prize, and points out that a little money thrown in Obama's direction would increase his influence -- a very good thing.) I'm trying to imagine anyone ever listening to RFK or Dr. King speak and respond by saying, "Well, that's certainly going to do wonders for his career."