‘I’ve lost faith in The Messiah’:
‘I’ve lost faith in The Messiah’: How EDWARD HEATHCOAT AMORY lost his Obama-mania
Four years ago, during one of the dullest and most depressing American presidential election campaigns in living memory, I happened by chance to watch an obscure senator from Illinois deliver a speech to the Democratic National Convention.
It was electrifying. I can still remember the power of his voice, as he said: ‘I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story, that I owe a debt to all of those who came before me, and that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible.’Barack Obama was the best political speaker I’d seen in my lifetime. And I wasn’t the only one who thought so. He walked off that stage a star, and four years later he is the Democratic candidate for President of the United States.
Then a friend recommended a short book entitled The Case Against Barack Obama, by a respected U.S. investigative journalist called David Freddoso, which has stirred up a storm of controversy in America since it was published in August.
Based on forensic research into Obama’s political background, it casts a fascinating light on his early years in politics, and in so doing debunks many of the compelling myths that have been built up around him.
‘Have a read,’ my friend suggested, ‘and see if you still feel the same.’ So I did. And the result has profoundly altered my views. Oh, I still want Obama to win. Sarah Palin may be a remarkable person, but I don’t want her a heartbeat away from leadership of the free world.
But when Barack Obama becomes President, as I still hope he will, I no longer expect him to change the world. As I shall explain, I’ve lost most of what Mr Freddoso would call my ‘Obamamania’. And here’s why.
The balance of the article details a candidate willing to remain silent in the face of corruption, having entanglements with disreputable extremists, being willing to destroy all opposition and morph his beliefs in a cynical effort, as he said, “‘If you can win, you should win, and get to work doing the people’s business.’ No matter the costs!
Why wouldn’t the author support McCain, he thinks Palin is too inexperinced to be a heartbeat away from the White House. Strange! Obama is by every measure an evil man with great speaking skills and even less experience than Palin, but being a black liberal seems to be of greater worth?
