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THE WASHINGTON POST


MEDIA NOTES
Howard Kurtz - Kolumnist

Even Conservative Media Chorus Sings Obama's Praises
By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 8, 2008; Page C01

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Not all conservatives have hitched a ride on the Barackwagon. "There's a lot about the Obama movement I find offensive," says National Review Editor Rich Lowry, who predicted two months ago that his campaign was going "nowhere." "There's a messianism -- 'I embody change' -- that if a Christian conservative was saying those things, people would be scared."

But even as a "self-absorbed" Obama spouts "airy cliches," Lowry says, he found himself standing on tiptoe at a recent Obama speech. "It's really something magical," he says. "You're almost not an American if you don't feel stirred by what his victory would represent symbolically. Here's a guy who 50 years ago couldn't have gone in certain restrooms and motels."

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Link:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...ST2008010800506

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Zitat von Reader

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"There's a messianism -- 'I embody change' -- that if a Christian conservative was saying those things, people would be scared."

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Das, dear Reader, ist für mich ein Rätsel der liberalen Seele. Obama führt dieselbe Art von Wahlkampf wie Huckabee; wie früher Pat Buchanan. Nur - da er es als Linker tut, noch dazu als, wie man ihn nennt, Schwarzer, finden offenbar viele Liberale dieses Appellieren an das, was sie sonst "dumpfe Gefühle" nennen würden, ganz in Ordnung.

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"You're almost not an American if you don't feel stirred by what his victory would represent symbolically."

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Nur daß der amerikanische Präsident ja keine Symbolfigur ist, sondern der mächtigste Mann der Welt.

That's why I feel stirred, dear Reader.

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