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Sounds just like his 2004 convention speech: America is the last best hope of mankind, which is what any US politician must say in a foreign policy speech.

What does Obama actually stand for? Has he said anything surprising?

"It's the statue, man, The Statue."

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Apr 27th, 2007 at 06:32:33 AM EST
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Re: Bear with a sore head. (4.00 / 3)
No - but he did have a dig at the whole of dKos for, er, not saying anything surprising.

I don't think Obama likes real surprises.

My guess is that he's someone who knows how to display the local cultural signifiers of leadership without knowing how to do any actual leading. This is the only explanation I can think of for his popularity.

He's a lot like Bush from that point of view. And Blair too, more or less.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Apr 27th, 2007 at 06:53:09 AM EST
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Has he said anything surprising?

No - but he did have a dig at the whole of dKos for, er, not saying anything surprising.

I mean ever, not in his latest speech.

"It's the statue, man, The Statue."
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Apr 27th, 2007 at 07:01:10 AM EST
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He's not related to David Cameron, by any chance?

There appears to be the same amount of substance in both.

"The future is already here -- it's just not very evenly distributed" William Gibson

by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Fri Apr 27th, 2007 at 07:47:02 AM EST
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That Cameron - he seems like such a nice man.
by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Apr 27th, 2007 at 07:49:05 AM EST
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