Charles Krauthammer has a new editorial, available at NRO, about Senator Obama’s plans to give a speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. At the core is the disparity between the candidate’s self-image and his actual accomplishments:
Americans are beginning to notice Obama’s elevated opinion of himself. There’s nothing new about narcissism in politics. Every senator looks in the mirror and sees a president. Nonetheless, has there ever been a presidential nominee with a wider gap between his estimation of himself and the sum total of his lifetime achievements?
Obama is a three-year senator without a single important legislative achievement to his name, a former Illinois state senator who voted “present” nearly 130 times. As president of the Harvard Law Review, as law professor and as legislator, has he ever produced a single notable piece of scholarship? Written a single memorable article? His most memorable work is a biography of his favorite subject: himself.
Go read the full article.
Tags: Barack Obama, Berlin, Brandenburg Gate, Charles Krauthammer, Germany, NRO
July 18, 2008 at 7:49 pm
Dear Sir,
As a 22 year British Veteran living here in the Caribbean and watching the one-sided coverage of the Presidential Candidates.I remember a very apt military saying when I was serving in the British Army(1962-84).”If you can`t say anything good,don`t say anything at all”.To refer to Senator McCain as a war hero is stretching the truth by a mile.If he was in the British military he would have been Court Martialled for “malingering” by refusing early release from the “Hanoi Hilton”.With some of my family living in the USA,I am aware that racism is very alive and kicking.The outcome of the general election in November,will decide if you as a nation have matured or need another 232 years to get there.The people will decide not biased or bigoted pundits.