Re: Obama's Berlin Speech

"527_blue_collar_worker" <GeraldCNewton@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jul 24, 9:50 am, Roedy Green <see_webs...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
>> I was a bit annoyed with Obama's Berlin speech. It sounded like sales
>> pep rally. He seemed to be saying "We are wonderful, aren't we"
>> without any specific information.
>>
>> Then I realised what he was doing. He was reaching into history to a
>> time when American was behaving heroically. His implicit message was
>> "We can be that way again. We don't have to be a nation of greedy
>> buggers, torturers, cheats and international scofflaws. We can be
>> proud of America again."
>>
>> That is a message I think Americans are extremely hungry for.
>> --
>>
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>
> Obama is a demagogue.  His political strategy is obtaining and gaining
> political power by appealing to the popular prejudices, emotions,
> fears and expectations of the public — typically via impassioned
> rhetoric and propaganda, and often using nationalist or populist
> themes.

That's what ALL politicians do to get elected.....Obama's themes
and uplifting speech are a sharp contrast to McCain's speeches
that reek of gloom and continuing failure of the current Republican
administration.