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August 11, 2010
Obama's "Use By" Date Has Passed
It is in the nature of charismathat it rises out of thin air, out of need and distress, and then dissipates when the magic fails. The country has had its fill with a scapegoating that knows no end from a president who had vowed to break with recriminations and partisanship. The magic of 2008 can't be recreated, and good riddance to it. Slowly, the nation has recovered its poise. There is a widespread sense of unstated embarrassment that a political majority, if only for a moment, fell for the promise of an untested redeemer—a belief alien to the temperament of this so practical and sober a nation. -- Fouad Ajami: The Obsolescence of Barack Obama - WSJ.com What can one say? Aliens have alien beliefs.
Posted by Vanderleun at August 11, 2010 5:50 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
Your Say
Hype fades. It always does. And then the styrofoam columns are packed away and all that is left are a couple of people sweeping up the confetti.
Posted by: Mikey NTH at August 12, 2010 6:34 AM
That full-on bullshitter never had any real charisma. The fools that voted for him saw what they wanted regardless of reality. Now that he has totally screwed up our economy, our world standing, our relationships with our allies, our health care system, our banking system, our border security, our Supreme Court . . . they no longer see what they want to see in him. It never was there, those voters deluded themselves. I wanted to slap them, shake them, scream at them - but they were lost in the koolaid.
Posted by: MWTexas at August 12, 2010 11:21 AM