Bill Kristol: It’s All About Him

February 25, 2008 · Filed Under Barack Obama, Opinion, Politics

Every Monday morning liberals are outraged when they open their crisply folded New York Times only to discover that Bill Kristol still has a weekly column.

He’s the only thing stinking up an otherwise perfect left-wing megaphone. Which is why I highly recommend Kristol’s column this week. The liberal blogs were absolutely hysterical this morning, because someone had the audacity to question ~~Jesus’s~~ Obama’s motives.

Kristol analyzes the blatant narcissism behind Barack Obama’s speeches and makes some very interesting and worthwhile points in the process.

Here are a couple of tidbits:

Obama likes to say, “we are the change that we seek” and “we are the ones we’ve been waiting for.” Obama’s rhetorical skill makes his candidacy appear almost collective rather than individual. That’s a democratic courtesy on his part, and one flattering to his followers. But the effectual truth of what Obama is saying is that he is the one we’ve been waiting for.

Barack Obama is an awfully talented politician. But could the American people, by November, decide that for all his impressive qualities, Obama tends too much toward the preening self-regard of Bill Clinton, the patronizing elitism of Al Gore and the haughty liberalism of John Kerry?

-Chris Jones