What Makes Barack Obama Qualified to Be President? Part Deux

So it's official, Barack Obama is in. Earlier today, Obama announced that he has filed papers to form a 2008 Presidential Exploratory committee, but as my friend at GOPnews pointed out, when was the last time a Presidential Exploratory Committee came back and said "Um, now's not the time, go back to work"? So, unfortunately, it's safe to say, he's in. The timing is impeccable as it comes one day after Martin Luther King Day and exactly one day before he goes on Oprah, who I'm sure will stop just sort of removing all her clothes and allowing Obama to ravish her body on camera tomorrow.

Don't expect to learn anything new about Obama on Oprah. There really isn't much to talk about. Here's everything you need to know about Obama: Barack Obama is a rank and file Democrat who gives a good speech, presents himself well and so happends to be black. There's nothing else of substance about the man worth knowing or that makes him any more special than any other Democratic politician. He's simply the latest in an emerging type of black rank and file Democratic politicians who say a lot without ever really saying anything at all, cloaked in vagueness while being completely and utterly devoid of vision and ideas. Sounds like a certain Massachusetts Governor.

He was born to white mother and has a black father. He spent 8 years in the Illinois State Senate, but if spending 8 years as a state legislator is a qualification for the Democratic Nomination for the Presidency, I'm expecting Senator Gale Candaras, Steven Bouoniconti, Susan Fargo, and others to declare that they've filed their papers for the Presidency as well. Obama has come to the US Senate and voted 'across the aisle', uh, zero times. He has failed to take the lead on one piece of major legislation since he arrived in Washington.

Obama wrote a book (all about him) and then like the complete fake that he is, began talking to others about being above the fray, although there's nothing to suggest that he himself, was ever above any fray, anywhere. While he certainly talks about them a lot, Just what divides has Obama ever 'bridged'?

In refferring to the state of America today, Obama said in his 'announcement speech';

But challenging as they are, it's not the magnitude of our problems that
concerns me the most. It's the smallness of our politics.

First of all Senator Obama, if you want to be President, you'd BETTER be worried about the 'magnitude' of our problems, especially today. Being the President isn't a game. Second, This statement says everything you need to know. Here is a man who clearly believes his own hype and is hopelessly consumed by his own ego. No ammount of disengenuous postulating and catch phrases are a replacement for actually knowing what you're talking about. Finally... Barack, try addressing the 'smallness' of your own ideas, or lack thereof, before talking about the smallness of others.

But in the end, maybe he's right. After all, thanks to the 'smallness of our politics', someone like Barack Obama who brings a lot of style, but is completely devoid of substance, has a shot at the Presidency. Maybe he has a point, after all.