Barack Obama to become next president of the United States

One of two things will happen. Obama will continue acting like he has the past few months, and lead as a Bill Clinton-style centrist. Or, he will revert to the hard-leftist, communist-sympathizer he has been since his youth. If he's smart, he'll do the former. The end result for the US will be the same either way, and the latter might actually alarm the kids.

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You know who called it first (that I'm aware?) "Kos" of Dailykos.com. It was over 4 years ago, prior [0] to Obama's ridiculous-yet-acclaimed DNC keynote. Kos said "Obama's the future of the democratic party." And he was right. The media has been extraordinarily careful with Obama in a way that I've never seen.

Example. Howard Dean, for reasons I can't quite understand, was politically destroyed by a crack in his voice that occured during a single speech. The MSM replayed the offending video 1000s of times, for no evident reason.

Obama, by contrast, has an entire lifetime of poisonous associations [1], an obsession with identity politics [2], ludicrous political fiascoes [3], and otherwise snake-oil do-nothingism...but, all we hear is the Messianic stuff.

McCain. I hate him. I really do. For political reasons. But he's an honorable, decent man. And that is what we have rejected. America deserves to suffer.

[0] I'm wrong. It was at the same time as the speech. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/11/3/14550/8880 It's kind of interesting to go through the comments there, so long ago:

It's going to be a pleasure and an honor to vote for that man for President in a few years.

Obama's gives me chills from start to finish

Hawaii, Indonesia, and Kenya (Obama's father's birthplace) are all coffee producing areas. Coffee savvy Democrats should develop and market an "Obama blend" (TOO LATE, but I still see a future in Obama-branded Kool-Aid)

[1] Communists, Terrorists, and Racists. The triple crown!

[2] See "Dreams from my Father"

[3] http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTQ0YjhlOGVhYjQ0OWRhZjI...

The South Shore African Village Collaborative (SSAVC) was very much a part of the Afrocentric “rites of passage movement,” a fringe education crusade of the 1990s. SSAVC schools featured “African-Centered” curricula built around “rites of passage” ceremonies inspired by the puberty rites found in many African societies

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Now this is _exactly_ the kind of thing that needs to get killed in order to make it clear that the "no politics" rule ain't kidding. If this doesn't get killed, the site is screwed.