The Coronation of the One

I have avoided watching the Democratic Convention in an attempt to keep myself from becoming physically ill.  I am not sure that I could have stomached the hypocrisy of watching Hilliary, Slick Willie and Joe Biden fawn over Barack Hussein Obama after months of mercilessly trashing him. 

However, despite my better judgment I tuned into watch the One deliver his acceptance speech.  The evening began with a video biography about Obama’s life.  It told the touching story of how his mom had big dreams for little Barry and pushed him in his formative years by waking him up at 4:30 a.m. to go over his lessons. (Who would do that to a six year old? Are first grade topics that hard to grasp?)   It also focused on the contributions his grandparents made to his life (despite being typical white people) and how he shunned corporate America to fight for people in the South Side of Chicago. One thing I found rather interesting was that after seeing very little of his mother or grandparents during the campaign their photos were strewn thought out the slickly edited montage. 

After the conclusion of this nauseating piece of propaganda the Chosen One strolled onto stage before an adoring crowd of 85,000 people.  He then launched into his message aided by his beloved teleprompter.   Here are my reactions to some of what Barack stated:

• Obama seems to think that we are in the midst of a combination of the Great Depression and World War II.  Things are so horrible and unless we vote for “change” we’re all doomed just like poor Etta Munson.

• Where the beef Barack? The speech was filled with nicely written prose but failed to concretely lay out his plan for “change”.  We’d all like to be energy independent in 10 years and I also would have liked to play for the Boston Red Sox but wishing and actually making something a reality are two very different things.

• As long as you didn’t think about what he was actually saying his speech could be tolerated.  Once you actually started to think about the consequences of what he was saying things got scary and it became clear that this man is out of his league.  Rather than talking about how bad the economy is he should have read the latest economic statistics that showed GDP growth of 3.3% in the second quarter.

• Michelle Obama is an angry lady.  Every time the camera cut to her she had a miserable, disgusted look on her face.  If Barry somehow wins the election she is destined to become our most rage filled First Lady to occupy the White House.

• The Acropolis of Barack looked like something that MTV would use for their video music awards.  I guess having the same person who designed Britney Spears’ set will give it that feel. 

• Despite all his talk of being a “new kind of politician” with a “new kind of politics” Obama is no different than every other slimy politician to crawl out of Chicago.  The most telling sign of this was his willingness to bash President Bush and choose Joe “Foot in Mouth” Biden as his running mate.  You want change? Biden is a liberal and has been in the Senate since little Barry was 11 years old. The only kind America will get with this ticket will be the wrong kind. 

I am sure I am in the minority but unlike the people who wept following the conclusion of Obama’s speech I was not impressed.   I also do not think it is in the league of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” which was given on this day 45 years ago in Washington D.C.  Aside from the two sharing a date Obama’s lacked substance while MLK’s was truly inspiring.