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/p> p> KIND OF A BIG DEAL br> Re: John Tabin's Barack Hubris Obama : /p>

All one needs to know about the real Barack Obama and his "World Tour" is this: when he couldn't turn visiting our wounded troops in Germany into a campaign promo, he took a pass.

p>What hides behind the Messianic facade? A very small man. br> -- Arnold Ahlert br> Boca Raton, Florida /p>

Reading John Tabin today on-line reminded me that everyone is being far too pessimistic -- or optimistic, depending on whose side you're on -- about Obama's chances of being elected. If you go back all the way to the beginning of the last century, you will see that only one democratic candidate since FDR received more than 50.1% of the popular vote (LBJ.) Carter came close, but not quite.

The worst performer was of course McGovern. Barack Obama makes old George look like Scoop Jackson in terms of ideology and associations, and, while America is on a slow suicide mission, it is not yet ready to kick the stool out from under itself.

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