Barack Obama is the presumptive Democrat nominee for President of the United States. He and his campaign staffers, and much of the press, appear to also have concluded that he is the presumptive President of the United States.
The audacity of Obama is yet again on center stage for all to see. He has kowtowed what passes for the 'free' press and the big three networks have trailed along in awe of the new President. His campaign staffers refer to him as President when they say things such as, "When the President speaks..." which they did in the last day or so. His campaign staffers refer to him as President when they create the phony 'Seal' that appeared on the podium behind which he was speaking. Nothing about this campaign is an accident except for when Obama speaks extemporaneously without benefit of scripting.
Obama gets a 'free pass' on all this because the press is in his back pocket. Thank goodness there is a Fox News Network. Were that not the case, Obama would already be living in the White House so far as public opinion was concerned. The election is a foregone conclusion. He will undoubtedly deliver his 'inaugural speech' in Denver at the Democrat Convention; why wait for January 2009 and the Inauguration?
The 'World Tour' has taken him to Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel and on to Europe. He has become an expert on foreign affairs. He is telling General Petreaus when and where to position troops. He has already convinced most that he, alone, can resolve the domestic issues. He is the 'whole package'.
Hard to believe that this is a person who got a law degree, served as an Illinois state senator and has been in the U.S. Senate for 143 days of actual Senate sessions (as Jay Weber pointed out this morning on WISN 1130AM). He is obviously the gift of a lifetime to us citizens who apparently have been stumbling about in the darkened wilderness all this time. How in the world have we managed to even feed ourselves without Obama's guidance? And we thought that JFK was something!
He may become our President, but he isn't there yet. I, for one, am sickened by the sycophant press. I am angered by the lack of criticism for Obama's actions. This man has changed more positions than most people hold to begin with. Politicians are chameleons, but he is the master chameleon. He has built one of the most effective campaign organizations ever seen in our country or the world, for that matter. It puts the 'Clinton Machine' to shame.
It seems that we now elect our leaders based on their charisma alone without regard to their experience. That will demonstrate the shallowness of us as a people if he prevails. As always, we will get the government we deserve.
