Compared with the current leader of the free world, this guy is Albert Einstein

[Virginia Dare]

great line from aa very flattering piece about Obama today by Steve Pearlstein of the WAPO


There's the Beef

By Steven Pearlstein
Friday, February 22, 2008; Page D01

During the course of our endless presidential campaigns, lots of silly things are said by the candidates and the press. But few are more ridiculous than the idea that Barack Obama is just an empty suit.

We're talking here about a former president of the Harvard Law Review. Have you ever met the people who get into Harvard Law School? You might not choose them as friends or lovers or godparents to your children, but -- trust me on this -- there aren't many lightweights there. And Obama was chosen by all the other overachievers as top dog. Compared with the current leader of the free world, this guy is Albert Einstein.

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Let's begin with the fact that he has written two books (all by himself, unlike a certain other candidate). The first offers a compelling personal narrative that, for some reason, is dismissed as puffery by a presumptive Republican nominee who first ran for office on the strength of his compelling personal narrative. The second book is a thoroughly readable, intelligent and well-reasoned discourse on politics and policy that offers a fresh perspective on a wide range of issues.

Obama has participated in 18 televised presidential debates in which he has managed to hold his own not only with Hillary the Wonkette, but also with the Senate's leading light on foreign affairs, a former United Nations ambassador and a former vice presidential candidate who was a skilled trial lawyer. I watched most of the debates, and while I didn't agree with everything he said, I don't recall thinking that Obama was in over his head.

Now that Obama is sprinting toward the finish line in the Democratic marathon, his opponents are suddenly asking, "Where's the beef?"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/21/AR2008022102826.html

[SpiralHawk]

1. Where's the beef, ask the republicons? Get a clue...There's plenty of it...

[jgraz]

2. Compared with the current leader of the free world, THIS guy is Albert Einstein

[Benhurst]

3. Compared with the current Leader of the Free World,

Mike Huckabee is Albert Einstein.

[Virginia Dare]

4. Compared with the current leader of the free world THIS guy is Albert Einstein