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Is The Wizard of “Uhs” just “Biden” His Time?
By Ali Elizabeth | August 23, 2008
The purpose of the Ballad for Baghdad blog really is not political, although at first glance one might think so due to the fact that current events are routinely discussed therein. The blog and the book seek to be a rejoinder of the questions, concepts and issues that transcend politics and go straight to the heart and role of timeless human struggles-gratitude, truth, forgiveness, leadership, character, compassion, strength and sacrifice.
That being said, I feel like I would be remiss if I didn’t register both my horror and relief at Mr. Obama’s (hereafter to be referred to as The Wizard of Uhs,) pitiful performance at Saddleback Church. Horror because someone who is so vacuous when it comes to values is eye-balling the White House, and relieved that his core is being exposed to the point that some of his supporters now have been said to be suffering from “buyer’s remorse.”
This is the guy who on Father’s Day said (in an attempt to get deadbeat men to step up to the parent plate,) that ”fatherhood doesn’t end at conception.” OK, so if we use an old algebra rule that states if a=b, and b=c, then a=c, then if conversely stated fatherhood begins at conception, and one cannot be a biological father without setting in motion that which creates life, then life must begin at conception.
However, at Saddleback the question posed to both candidates was more clever. “At what point should a human being get human rights?” The Wizard fumbled and bumbled and finally stated that it was “above [his] paygrade.”
It seems to me that if the Ivy League-trained constitutional law professor were duking it out in the court room, he’d have to attack his own credibility on the witness stand by saying, “Isn’t it true, Mr. Obama that you stated,”Fatherhood doesn’t end at conception?” “Doesn’t that demand, sir, that therefore life also begins at conception, along with fatherhood?” But then, this is the man that wouldn’t want his girls “punished with a baby.” Last I checked, babies were a blessing, not a punishment. I just wish you wouldn’t try to dazzle us with the wizardry of your nuance-ness (or is it nonsense?) and give us a straight answer for once.
By contrast, Mr. McCain answered the Saddleback question with clear resolve and a strong voice, “at the moment of conception.” What a relief, and I am not in any way a McCainiac, although I really like Cindy. (Can a guy choose his wife for his running mate? She’s got more experience, smarts and guts than the Wizard, me thinks.)
Lest I come off as cruel or intolerant re: the “Uh” factor (that in one speech constituted nearly 8 minutes of a 40 minute address,) I want to make something “perfectly clear,” in the words of a former President who wanted us to believe that he wasn’t a crook.
Brilliant, effective, principled people can and do stutter and verbally fumble when put on the spot, and I have plenty of room for that. Good statesmen may not be good orators, but good orators, if they are going to be staring down the barrel of a potentially atomic Iran, need to be good statesmen. Without a teleprompter, the Wizard is neither.
And now, in this latest episode of the Demo-drama, the Wizard has chosen Senator Joe Biden as his running mate. Joe Biden brings substance to the table, to be sure. He might be able to do Barry’s punching for him in a street fight.
But how weird must it be for the Wizard to know that his running mate doesn’t think he has enough experience for the job? Biden has 35 years experience in the Senate, even more than McCain, and the community-organizer-who-would-be-king’s tenure can still be described in terms of far fewer months than a car lease.
So, now we have a supposedly professing Christian community organizer, who has garnered the support of all our enemies including that of Lybia’s Muammar al-Gaddafi because the Muslim world believes the Wizard is a Muslim, who can’t say when life begins, or when a surge works, who regrets trying to save Terri Schiavo’s life, who voted against the Born Alive act, and who is now scrambling to prove he is in fact an American citizen, thereby qualifying him to run for President.
The Wizard is teaming up with a Catholic who believes it is ok to kill the pre-born, doesn’t think his future boss is ready for the job, does think his future boss is clean, good-looking and bright, and the Clintons are dominating the Demo Convention next week under the shadow of the “Recreate ‘68″ folks. I wonder if the Clinton lot knows something?
This would be worth buying the large bucket of popcorn and going back for the refill, if it weren’t an FX demo of how much trouble our nation and culture are in.
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