Obama’s Distracting Refraction

Yes, indeed. This election is filled with distractions. For those who support Obama, please share one thing that he’s accomplished that should impress me enough to vote for him, because right now, I’m feeling like Thomas Sowell:

Barack Obama is truly a phenomenon of our time – a presidential candidate who cannot cite a single serious accomplishment in his entire career, besides advancing his own career with rhetoric.

He has a rhetorical answer for everything. Those of us who talk about the threat of Iran are just engaging in “the politics of fear” according to Mr. Obama, something to distract us from “the real issues,” such as raising taxes and handing out largesse with the proceeds.

The Obama phenomenon reminds me of God’s promise to Lot–he’d spare Sodom if Lot could find one righteous man. If an Obama follower could please find just one solid accomplishment of Obama’s, perhaps I could feel better about things should he get elected.

But I don’t feel better about things. The world is a nasty place and even Obama’s radiance cannot illuminate the dark corners of the world. For example, here is what is happening in Iran:

According to Baidatz, the Iranian centrifuges have so far produced between one-third to one-half of the enriched material needed to build a bomb.

“The time when they will have crossed the nuclear point-of-no-return is fast approaching,” he said, though he stopped short of giving a firm deadline. Last week in the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, however, he put the date at 2011.

In addition to their nuclear efforts, the Iranians were also deepening their influence in the region through cooperation with Syria and the Palestinian terrorist organizations, as well as being the main arms supplier to Hizbullah and a source of constant attacks on American troops in Iraq. All of this, he said, was part of Iran’s efforts to stand at the head of the region’s extremist front.

As if that isn’t enough:

Hamas and the other terrorist organizations have taken advantage of the cease-fire to rearm and prepare for the next round of fighting, increasing training and continuing to smuggle in raw materials that allow it to increase its rocket arsenal. As a result of of the cease-fire, he said, the threat to the home front and the IDF had increased.

Baidatz said the smuggling from Egypt was continuing, although the Egyptians – with the help of US technology – were also showing better results in detecting the smuggling tunnels. At the same time, the Egyptians were still not dealing with the root of the problem, which was the need to go after Beduin smugglers in Sinai, he said.

So serious world issues exist and Barack Obama’s reaction is rhetoric. Talk. Talk. Talk. He’s talking about nothing, but it doesn’t matter. Big, gilded promises of vague happy outcomes that have no substance pour out of him like bubbly champagne. Intoxicated by his charm and words, no one seeks answers about him and his lack of accomplishment seems to not matter.

Obama followers seem dazzled and dazed. And worse, duped. Where is Obama’s history? What happened after he graduated from college? Why must he disown every acquaintance? Does the man even have a true friend? And why does it seem unimportant to his followers that he manages to share next to nothing while ostensibly revealing himself? Where is his self?

Back to the original request: one solid accomplishment. Name. One.

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Tags: Barack Obama • Election 08