snood wrote:Well, at least it's out in the open...
Obama is "uppitty" and his supporters are "black block pigs" who need to be washed away with "water cannons".
The seed of Bull Conner is among us...
Can Obama be accused of hubris without meaning "uppitty?"
This is not to suggest that there aren't people who consider Obama uppitty in the sense you clearly imply, but must all charges of an inflated sense of self-worth reduce to racial slurs?
Whatever his race, there's a good case to be made that Obama is acting as if, not already the President, then something quite elevated beyond Candidate.
To some extent this makes political sense. His weakness is his lack of experience, and so a clever campaign manager would be expected to arrange for him to be portrayed as someone with real heft.
Giving Obama the benefit of the doubt and assuming his use of a quasi-presidential seal, and insistence on the Brandenburg Gate as the venue for his speech in Germany were the ideas of his handlers, rather than him, at what point does the man's personal character take over? When does he say "Cmon guys, this is getting a bit over the top and I'm just not comfortable with this hoopla?"