Obama-a champion among hypocrites

The Obama Way
in National Review by Fred Siegel, 5 May 2008
Barack Obama is "a new version of the Invisible man, a candidate whose color obscures his failings," Siegel muses. More representative of his entire essay, though, would be something like: Obama bad. Siegel starts out explaining the hypocrisy and back-scratching of Chicago politics, which Obama never did much to avoid. This is occasionally enlightening, but, by the midpoint, Siegel reveals the post-partisan senator's liberal voting record, and that while blasting Big Oil, Obama still takes money from its executives. By the conclusion, Siegel's thesis -- that Obama is a champion among hypocrites -- is tedious and somewhat unsupported.
12:02, 23 April 2008

BRIJIT

See: National Review for 5/5//08 for more commentary.