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Originally Posted by Wagner
Side bar: I heard Obama today compared to...
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr.
That is a SERIOUSLY high level of comparison for a person who was a junior senator and started their first day on the job. Like comparing a rookie quarterback to Joe Montana, Joe Namath, Dan Marino or Tom Brady. The individuals he was compared to had LIFE LONG dedication to their country and cause. While I do think Obama "could" be great, lets at least make him earn the prolific role call.
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You're right on. The guy
might, and I hope will, turn out to be one of the greats but from the get go this guy has had an almost unreal amount of almost god-like adoration. He's a rock star more than a politician. People have so blindly thrown their panties at him like never before. Like you pointed out, the media has had to make so many "he's like" statements because he doesn't have a track record or own identity to focus on. It's all been very superficial and in 30 second sound bytes. That seems to be enough for most of America.
The cold and unforgiving examination that the passage of and tests of his mettle will allow will define him and I hope that at the end of it all he has lived up to even half of the hype.
I don't think I'm anti-Obama so much as I'm not in love with him like most people seem to be, like lovesick puppy dogs.