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By: Danny Lemieux

Danny Lemieux — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:20:32 +0000

“What is an original thought?”

Good you should ask, Underdog. Keep your chin up and eyes fast forward. You’ll get it, eventually.

By: e. weisbord

e. weisbord — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:43:37 +0000

All I could think of after reading was, The Platters singing…

The Great Pretender.

By: underdog

underdog — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:30:36 +0000

do tell do tell sir JJ.

What is an original thought?

By: jj

jj — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:28:00 +0000

He bloviates like a child, too. That dopey book of his, through which I did wade, is a collection of elementary school platitudes such as you rarely encounter outside Oprah Winfrey. Not an original, nor an adult thought in the bunch.

By: underdog

underdog — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:24:27 +0000

I think DQ is being altogether too generous. Obama is spouting the same Leftist stuff as always: Capitalism (the American system) = bad. The War in Iraq (America’s active line of defense against Islamic terrorism) = bad. Lobbyists (the American medium of free speech in Washington) = bad. And so on.

I think those are your words right? Wow… such an inpiring tower of intellect…. brilliant that you should break it down into such simple platitudes so your fellow neandrethal NEOCONS can understand the applause line.

But hey… how ’bout that GIANT of oration Mitt Romney…. someone must have forgotten to tell him that old vinyl LP’s that skip went out in the early ’80s.

Whooosh. And that speech by McCain after New Hampshire… Priceless!

But let me tell you a small tiny secret about true conservatives and education. You see a good vocabulary and oratory skills denotes someone who has an intellect capable of reasoning. Critical thinking skills are in short supply these days, yet are the most valuable tools to analyze complex issues and formulate the correct answers.

A gift for gab as it were is one thing, but the ability to speak naturally, fluently, and intelligently about a vision, backed by sound policy, backed by a willingness to LISTEN to others. Now that is a set of skills that I think would make a good President.

so you can understand.

Good speaking skills = good
Dumb speaking skills = is bad (like following the script or worn our talking points)
Thinking for yourself = good
Hannitized in the true faith = bad.

comprende amigo?

By: Don Quixote

Don Quixote — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:12:32 +0000

Just to be clear, I was trying to explain to BW why Obama appeals to so many people at a gut level even when those people disagree with his political stands. I agree with most of what BW said as to substance, although I do hold out more hope than she does that Obama could grow into the job. Not enough to vote for him, as I pointed out in a comment to an earlier BW post on Obama, but enough to have more hope for him than BW does.