Charles Krauthammer at National Review Online takes an interesting look at the inflation and deflation of Barack Obama. It is a story of hubris, foolishness and pride—and perhaps, the bad luck of lousy timing.
Or rather, it will be if he loses this election. Which outcome, I fervently hope, is getting more and more likely every day.
"With every primary and every repetition of the high-flown, self-referential rhetoric, the campaign’s insubstantiality became clear. By the time it was repeated yet again on the night of the last primary (#3), the tropes were tired and flat. To top himself, Obama had to reach. Hence his triumphal declaration that history would note that night, his victory, his ascension, as “the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal.”Read the entire article.
Clang. But Obama heard only the cheers of the invited crowd. Not yet seeing how the pseudo-messianism was wearing thin, he did Berlin (#4) and finally jumped the shark. That grandiloquent proclamation of universalist puffery popped the bubble. The grandiosity had become bizarre."
The Gunslinger
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