Slog - Comments on Acting President http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/acting_president A nice passage from Frank Rich: What was most striking about the Obama speech in Berlin was not anything he said so much as the alternative reality it fostered: many American children have never before seen huge crowds turn out abroad to wave American flags instead of burn them.... Copyright 2008 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:07:52 -0800 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:20:33 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by lark Charles,
I didn't read the Rich piece nor did I see the speech in Berlin. But, it's highly dubious many American children viewed the speech at all. American flags burning in foreign makes news not American flags waving. The draw in Berlin was Sen. Obama. He's a rock star sensation. Young, handsome, lithe and intelligent, there's is no doubt he is a "cult of personality". That's not necessarily a fault or good attribute. The trip went well but it HAD to have gone well. The NYT commented "he looked presidential but tried not to overdo it". Indeed.

]]> lark http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/acting_president#c1082743 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/acting_president#c1082743 2008 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:27:44 -0800 Comment by clintonsarmy We won't support spine-less NO-Bama and will re-defeat him in November!!!

]]> clintonsarmy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/acting_president#c1082903 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/acting_president#c1082903 2008 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:54:53 -0800 Comment by raindrop Here Here! Clintonsarmy!

]]> raindrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/acting_president#c1083051 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/acting_president#c1083051 2008 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:49:20 -0800 Comment by GoodGrief Doesn't anybody watch The Daily Show anymore?? Probaby not academic enough for Charles...

This exact thought was conveyed by Jon Stewart on the Thursday night broadcast.

]]> GoodGrief http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/acting_president#c1083055 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/acting_president#c1083055 2008 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:59:53 -0800 Comment by It's Mark Mitchell Reading Frank Rich's column is my Sunday morning feel-good ritual.

]]> It's Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/acting_president#c1083065 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/acting_president#c1083065 2008 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:20:33 -0800