My job this morning is to be so persuasive…that a light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you will experience an epiphany, and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for Barack.

I think he was speaking to a group at Dartmouth. I’m also not convinced that there isn’t a good deal of tongue-in-cheekness in his remarks 🙂

I’m not saying I’ve been happy by all of his remarks, but I do know how easy it is for such things to be taken out of context when you are in the public spotlight. I’m also sure he’s made mistakes in his speeches, and I’m sure he’ll make more. Whether he’s creepy or not is up for debate. At least he’s no Dan Quayle 😉

There are liberals everywhere, but clearly more live on the coasts. The problem Obama has is…

According to his supporters

Rev Wright was taken out of context

Michelle Obama’s statement that she has never proud of America was taken out of context

When Obama called his grandmother a “typical white person” his supporters claim that’s out of context.

When Obama said that Middle American’s are bitter and they cling to guns and religion that’s out of context.

That will work (sort of) during a Dem primary because most liberals agree with those statements in ANY context. But in the general election that won’t wash.

To me personally his creepiest statements are those that compare his campaign to a religious awakening.

“… a light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you will experience an epiphany … and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for Obama”

My creep-o-meter goes to 11 on that one.

No, I mean right out of the liberal playbook that people from the midwest wouldn’t trust a man just because he’s black. He’s implying that people in flyover country are backwards or racist or whatever. The only reason I semi-forgive him for it is because of the laughter at the end of it. If there was some humor in it I cut him some slack.

Are you assuming there are no liberals in the midwest? I did not get the sense that he was actually saying people were backwards – and I’m from the Midwest 🙂 I truly think his message was misinterpreted and used by his opponents to mean something more offensive than was its intent.

From the original story:

Obama said this in 1995

“I am surprised at how many elected officials–even the good ones–spend so much time talking about the mechanics of politics and not matters of substance.”

Kind of funny considering he said this in Jan 2008…

“… a light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you will experience an epiphany … and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for Obama”

That was a regular part of his campaign speech according to Newsweek magazine

“the senator was fond of telling audiences that “at some point in the evening, a light is going to shine down and you will have an epiphany and you’ll say, ‘I have to vote for Barack.”

Was that the substance he felt was lacking back in 1995?