Obama’s Kerry Moment
Bruce Kesler
Does this remind you of anyone, like John Kerry for instance? Barack Obama’s autobiography contains self-puffery and invented events. Kerry made of himself a great war hero, beyond whatever credit is deserved. Obama makes of himself a civil rights crusader, beyond whatever actual racial solidarity he experienced.
The Chicago Tribune reported last Sunday, after 40 interviews from Hawaii to Indonesia:
Several of his oft-recited stories may not have happened in the way he has recounted them. Some seem to make Obama look better in the retelling, others appear to exaggerate his outward struggles over issues of race, or simply skim over some of the most painful, private moments of his life.
Last Sunday’s Chicago Tribune did for Barack Obama’s autobiography what the major media failed to do with John Kerry’s, examine its veracity. The over 60 credible Swiftboater witnesses to Kerry’s exaggerations and lies were castigated by the major media. The MSM isn’t attacking the Chicago Tribune for revealing untruths by a favorite, but like with Kerry’s, the finding of false self-creation by Obama is being largely ignored by major media. ...
Punching Above His Weight
Ed Morrissey
The AP wonders whether the Barack Obama boomlet has run its course. According to political reporter Nedra Pickler, Democrats have been wondering where the beef is, too:
The voices are growing louder asking the question: Is Barack Obama all style and little substance?
The freshman Illinois senator began his campaign facing the perception that he lacks the experience to be president, especially compared to rivals with decades of work on foreign and domestic policy. So far, he's done little to challenge it. He's delivered no policy speeches and provided few details about how he would lead the country. ...
What a shock! The candidate with an entire two years of experience in national office turns out to be a policy lightweight. Who'd a-thunk it? ...
The more Obama campaigns and the veneer wears off, the more people will understand him to be a neophyte. Those of us who can count already knew this. For those who failed to realize that a two-year track record would reveal inexperience and a lack of depth, I award the Captain Louis Renault award. Shocked, shocked they must be who find Obama and his focus on "new politics" to be as substantive as gossamer.
