Obama-nation or Abomination?

The buzz over the swooning of the MSM over Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has become an entity onto its own and is now just another footnote in the race to replace Dubya.

Signs that it is running out of steam are everywhere, especially now that the topic has moved into the pedantic (Republicans claiming ‘they did it before with Kerry and didn’t work', the Dems countering with ‘we did it before with Kerry, so it’s nothing new so suck it up’.)

Effectively, the direction of the tired and overblown issue has given even more unwarranted exposure to Obama than usual. And you thought it couldn’t get any worse than seeing ‘Hardball’ host Chris Matthews repeatedly shiver like a giddy schoolgirl while giving all those PDA’s out to Obama.

The question is: Is the obvious media bias favoring Obama having an effect on the general voting public?

Poll after poll has Obama and Republican candidate John McCain in a virtual deadlock, which is at least slightly brow-raising considering the overexposure of Obama vs. the media’s collective virtual ignoring of McCain.

When a presidential candidate has an op-ed piece refused by the New York Times at the same time the other candidate has a mass media entourage tour of a foreign country, all the while broadcasting his every speech and move, you’d expect the Favorite One to be ahead in the minds and votes of the people.

Alternatively, here’s a guy with very little experience as an elected Senator, with a microscopically-small track record, running neck and neck with a man whose political experience is surpassed only by his character-shaping and integrity-building personal journey.

However, the ‘perfect storm’ is brewing. The media has fallen in love with Obama (which was proven the first time the tell-tale ‘he’s the Next Kennedy’ line was used), Hollywood’s political money – at least those dollars not going to support other such exemplary leaders as Venezuela’s crackpot Hugo Chavez – is flowing into the Obama campaign coffers.

The public has already had the McCain experience before, while Obama-mania compares favorably with the image of vitality and fresh ideas. And don’t forget the large block of Republican voters who do not support McCain as ‘their guy’ ('too liberal'), including some of the right wings loudest and most respected voices.

All of this could mean an Obama White House.

But what would an Obama presidency look like? What direction would he take the nation and the entire free world? Those are extremely difficult questions to answer for a very simple reason:

When you cut through the media-induced, multi-layered wrapping of spin that has been produced around Barack Obama, you are left with a few real ideas. He is all sound bites and ‘feel-good, turn over a new leaf, New America’ one-liners, but with no details.

Quiz Barack supporters on specific issues, and you get cheerleader answers. No actual plans, just lots of gushing over the man and his ‘vision for America’.

What that vision is, no one seems to know, apparently including Obama himself.

The few times that you can actually uncover his stand on an issue or a set policy, what you find is generally (and dangerously) far-leftwing economic dogma, and an (even more dangerous) overly light stand on global terrorism.

And that’s about it. Lot’s o’ sizzle, but not enough steak to fill you up.

In effect, Obama is right – he has signaled change of American politics. Forget substance. Forget real ideas. Forget experience. Forget vision and true leadership.

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