Here is a (short) review of a new book that contains Barack Obama's speeches. Obama is what we used to call an airhead. As manifested in his speeches, his head is filled with air rather than substance. His speeches were filled with platitudes, false dichotomies, and condescension. Obama never understood (and I'm sure still doesn't) ordinary, hard-working, God-fearing Americans. He grew up among radicals, living parts of his life abroad; he attended elite schools (including Columbia and Harvard Law); he was sheltered, pampered, and worshipped by all who knew him, even his classmates. The man thought he was born to rule. He had no particular objective in running for president; it simply seemed ordained. Once elected, he continued to scold and look down on his inferiors.
I have maintained all along that what got Obama elected is White Guilt. White people had been so beaten down, for so long, by the accusation that they were racists that when they had a chance to absolve themselves of this guilt, they leapt at it, hoping thereby to prove, both to themselves and to others, that they were not racists. For the rest of their lives, they could reply to the allegation of racism that they voted for Obama. It didn't work out that way, did it? Obama divided this country in ways never before seen. If anything, he heaped more guilt on whites and stoked more anger and resentment in blacks. The irony, of course, is that Obama is half white. His mother is as white as mine. Obama chose to be black. He is not a descendant of slaves and is therefore not part of the black community in this country. Race, for him, is political: a weapon to be used to intimidate and oppress. Thank God we are rid of this airhead. He is a blight on our nation's history.
