The Spectacle of Obama

March 20, 2008 at 8:10 pm (DimWitDems, Election2008, Kiss The Ring, Parenting, Politics, Salieri would be proud, Stop Hillary, The S Word)

Whenever I hear the term “spectacle”, I’m reminded of those old Roman Empire movies. You know, the kind you got to watch in the afternoons when you were home sick from school. Quo Vadis, Ben Hur, The Robe, Sparticus ….you get it. Nero trapping a single tear in a vial to show his remorse over a death, centurions with Cleveland accents (kinda brings back the ‘Kevin Costner was such a wimp’ angle because he couldn’t manage an English accent for Robin Hood, but my six year old could, weird, huh?), Christians thrown to lions, chariots with bad knives for hubcaps and the like.

Since Obama started this, this - whatever it is - spectacle on race relations in America, the question in my mind is - can he really finish it? Can anyone really take him seriously, when the very next day he utters a comment about a “Typical White Person?” Dear Heavens Above. If any white candidate said something like that, they would be drawn and quartered.

The more I thought about the speech, the more I thought about his dodgy semantics. Like a teenager with something to hide, you have to ask laser-guided questions to get the information you need.

For example, [Paraphrase] “I never heard those words while seated in the pews.” Okkkkkk then, where were you sitting when you heard those words? Or maybe you were standing, or riding in a car. Or maybe you were in the pastor’s office. Or in the fellowship hall. Were you in Sunday School? Or a men’s conference? Marriage counseling? The boy’s restroom on the third floor with the nasty limericks? You heard the words, I know you did, because you’ve parroted them back in some form or other over the years. Ok, I’ve had it. Here’s the cup. Pee in it, then we’ll talk after I get the real answer.

Talk about spectacle. For once, Hillary is sitting back, turning down the Shrill-Meter and watching this unfold. According to news sources (sorry - heard on the commute home, so no sites to cite, as of yet), Hillary’s numbers are inching up. If this scenario continues, and the convention finally rolls around - what kind mess will the poor Democrats face? I have this recurring nightmare of the Goracle-Liberace-AlienQueen popping out of some Busby Burkleyesque cake at the Convention….complete with long-legged Vegas show girls with naturally-reclaimed feather headdresses. All worship the Goracle! He will heal the Party, he will heal the Nation, he will heal the World, he will heal the Universe and in the course of his massive mamba-jamba tiny-carbon-footprint-of-the private-jet-set heal-fest, he will make Obama VP and Hillary Secretary of State. The liberals and Democrats will rejoice and kill the fatted calf. America will be screwed.

And the rest of us can run for the hills.

6 Comments

  1. Laurie Kendrick said,

    March 21, 2008 at 6:49 am

    Obi Louise,

    Just wanted to wish you and yours a very stellar Easter Weekend…I hope it’s rife with happiness, family togetherness, a sense of propriety, chocolate bunnies with teethmarks in places where proud ears and tails once held court, soft and squishy yellow Peeps and enough festively decorated boiled eggs to bring pagan Byzantium back into the forefront of culture and style.

    Have a great one,
    LK

  2. Thank God for Obama said,

    March 21, 2008 at 9:20 am

    I don’t understand why people are so resistant to GOOD. Obama is trying to do a good thing by all of us. Certain people are taking his words out of context because they don’t understand his context. They have hidden the truth from their children for so long; and, lived a lie for so long that they can’t remember true American history. After all the shit that’s been done, now they want to shirk from responsibility again. The main point is that we are ALL in this together. By ‘typical’, he meant not particularly racist and not particulary interested or saturated with culture either. Obama means no harm to anyone. He is claiming us all. I think that is amazing. He will do what no other president before him has had the courage to do. Claim us all. Protect us all. If you continue to project your negativity onto every event that occurs, you will never see anything clearly. Try to avoid glandular reactions. Try to really think about things objectively with a clear heart and a clear mind.

  3. Obi's Sister said,

    March 21, 2008 at 9:34 am

    Thanks Laurie - I’m looking forward to my chocolate-induced coma!

  4. Obi's Sister said,

    March 21, 2008 at 12:06 pm

    Thank God for Obama - try this on for a “glandular reaction.”

  5. driver said,

    March 22, 2008 at 8:47 am

    A pithy, short-form version of how some of us feel about “The Speech” can be found here: http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/2008/03/21/

  6. Toyota Hubcaps said,

    April 18, 2008 at 9:36 am

    Great Speaker though.

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