Comments on: You have to take your hat off to Obama http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/08/29/you-have-to-take-your-hat-off-to-obama/ Daily views on British politics and the Conservative Party from a centre-right thinker who writes letters on his blog to politicians, journalists and many others. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:45:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: derigueur http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/08/29/you-have-to-take-your-hat-off-to-obama/#comment-3491 derigueur Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:59:59 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1047#comment-3491 Taking my hat off for him, and voting for fiscal conservatism, i.e.; NOT Obama. Enjoy Scotland!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3491','derigueur'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3491','derigueur','Taking my hat off for him, and voting for fiscal conservatism, i.e.; NOT Obama.\n\nEnjoy Scotland!'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Taking my hat off for him, and voting for fiscal conservatism, i.e.; NOT Obama.

Enjoy Scotland!

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]]> By: cityunslicker http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/08/29/you-have-to-take-your-hat-off-to-obama/#comment-3490 cityunslicker Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:06:54 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1047#comment-3490 I thought it was awful, mainly because I watched the reaction on the gushing BBC. yeesh. Do Americans really love smaltz or hate it really? My hunch is they have a thing for the underdog like we do and this could be a sheffield moment. and it is boring too, the election is not for ages and I am bored already...neither candidate is going to save the debt trainwreck of the US economy.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3490','cityunslicker'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3490','cityunslicker','I thought it was awful, mainly because I watched the reaction on the gushing BBC.\n\nyeesh.\n\nDo Americans really love smaltz or hate it really?\n\nMy hunch is they have a thing for the underdog like we do and this could be a sheffield moment.\n\nand it is boring too, the election is not for ages and I am bored already...neither candidate is going to save the debt trainwreck of the US economy.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> I thought it was awful, mainly because I watched the reaction on the gushing BBC.

yeesh.

Do Americans really love smaltz or hate it really?

My hunch is they have a thing for the underdog like we do and this could be a sheffield moment.

and it is boring too, the election is not for ages and I am bored already…neither candidate is going to save the debt trainwreck of the US economy.

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]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/08/29/you-have-to-take-your-hat-off-to-obama/#comment-3489 Letters From A Tory Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:00:06 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1047#comment-3489 Laters, Asquith - go and stand in the corner of the room. I think BQ might be onto something. As a Conservative I'm very concerned about Obama's protectionist attitude to the US economy, but his attitude towards international diplomacy is much more appealing than McCain's gung-ho approach. Obama will have been watching and learning as Blair and Bush destroyed the reputation of the US and UK around the world and I have a sneaking suspicion that he might be rather good at rebuilding it.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3489','Letters From A Tory'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3489','Letters From A Tory','Laters, Asquith - go and stand in the corner of the room.\n\nI think BQ might be onto something. As a Conservative I\'m very concerned about Obama\'s protectionist attitude to the US economy, but his attitude towards international diplomacy is much more appealing than McCain\'s gung-ho approach. Obama will have been watching and learning as Blair and Bush destroyed the reputation of the US and UK around the world and I have a sneaking suspicion that he might be rather good at rebuilding it.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Laters, Asquith – go and stand in the corner of the room.

I think BQ might be onto something. As a Conservative I’m very concerned about Obama’s protectionist attitude to the US economy, but his attitude towards international diplomacy is much more appealing than McCain’s gung-ho approach. Obama will have been watching and learning as Blair and Bush destroyed the reputation of the US and UK around the world and I have a sneaking suspicion that he might be rather good at rebuilding it.

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]]> By: asquith http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/08/29/you-have-to-take-your-hat-off-to-obama/#comment-3488 asquith Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:37:13 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1047#comment-3488 10:20, 10:39, That's why I liked Edwards over Obama & Clinton... I'll see myself out.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3488','asquith'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3488','asquith','10:20, 10:39,\n\nThat\'s why I liked Edwards over Obama & Clinton...\n\nI\'ll see myself out.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> 10:20, 10:39,

That’s why I liked Edwards over Obama & Clinton…

I’ll see myself out.

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]]> By: Bill Quango MP http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/08/29/you-have-to-take-your-hat-off-to-obama/#comment-3487 Bill Quango MP Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:55:24 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1047#comment-3487 Keen to promote the New Kennedy image. Kennedy was divisive in the USA. Obama will be too. But for the world, he has to be the better option. Blair made people feel there was going to be a better way. Now he's tarnished its easy to forget exactly how popular he was. How good at making the word Change sound like it meant something. Maybe Obama really can make some changes. At least he can learn from the mistakes of Blair and Bush if he gets in.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3487','Bill Quango MP'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3487','Bill Quango MP','Keen to promote the New Kennedy image.\nKennedy was divisive in the USA. Obama will be too.\n\nBut for the world, he has to be the better option.\nBlair made people feel there was going to be a better way. Now he\'s tarnished its easy to forget exactly how popular he was. How good at making the word Change sound like it meant something.\n\nMaybe Obama really can make some changes. At least he can learn from the mistakes of Blair and Bush if he gets in.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Keen to promote the New Kennedy image.
Kennedy was divisive in the USA. Obama will be too.

But for the world, he has to be the better option.
Blair made people feel there was going to be a better way. Now he’s tarnished its easy to forget exactly how popular he was. How good at making the word Change sound like it meant something.

Maybe Obama really can make some changes. At least he can learn from the mistakes of Blair and Bush if he gets in.

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]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/08/29/you-have-to-take-your-hat-off-to-obama/#comment-3486 Letters From A Tory Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:13:52 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1047#comment-3486 I'd worry if they were yellow and indeterminate ;) Like I said, it was amazing to watch Obama give his speech in that arena. I have never seen anything like it before in politics.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3486','Letters From A Tory'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3486','Letters From A Tory','I\'d worry if they were yellow and indeterminate ;)\n\nLike I said, it was amazing to watch Obama give his speech in that arena. I have never seen anything like it before in politics.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> I’d worry if they were yellow and indeterminate ;)

Like I said, it was amazing to watch Obama give his speech in that arena. I have never seen anything like it before in politics.

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]]> By: JuliaM http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/08/29/you-have-to-take-your-hat-off-to-obama/#comment-3485 JuliaM Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:39:36 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1047#comment-3485 Indeed, and that's just as poor a reason for voting for anyone. Frankly, I don't care if the politician I vote for is black, white, yellow, male, female or indeterminate. I care about what they claim to <i>do</i>, not what they are.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3485','JuliaM'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3485','JuliaM','Indeed, and that\'s just as poor a reason for voting for anyone.\n\nFrankly, I don\'t care if the politician I vote for is black, white, yellow, male, female or indeterminate.\n\nI care about what they claim to <i>do<\/i>, not what they are.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Indeed, and that’s just as poor a reason for voting for anyone.

Frankly, I don’t care if the politician I vote for is black, white, yellow, male, female or indeterminate.

I care about what they claim to do, not what they are.

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]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/08/29/you-have-to-take-your-hat-off-to-obama/#comment-3483 Letters From A Tory Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:20:59 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1047#comment-3483 Ooooh, vicious! Then again, if Hillary was the Democrat's candidate then she would probably be judged on her gender as much as Obama is on his skin colour.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3483','Letters From A Tory'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3483','Letters From A Tory','Ooooh, vicious! Then again, if Hillary was the Democrat\'s candidate then she would probably be judged on her gender as much as Obama is on his skin colour.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Ooooh, vicious! Then again, if Hillary was the Democrat’s candidate then she would probably be judged on her gender as much as Obama is on his skin colour.
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]]> By: JuliaM http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/08/29/you-have-to-take-your-hat-off-to-obama/#comment-3484 JuliaM Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:01:35 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1047#comment-3484 <i>"...the greatest risk we can take is to try the same old politics with the same old players... "</i> That's very true. However, Obama <i>is</i> one of the 'same old players', who has got where he is by virtue of the 'same old politics'. The only difference is his skin colour. And didn't someone long ago have a dream that people would be judged on more than that...?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3484','JuliaM'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3484','JuliaM','<i>\"...the greatest risk we can take is to try the same old politics with the same old players... \"<\/i>\n\nThat\'s very true. However, Obama <i>is<\/i> one of the \'same old players\', who has got where he is by virtue of the \'same old politics\'.\n\nThe only difference is his skin colour. And didn\'t someone long ago have a dream that people would be judged on more than that...?'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> “…the greatest risk we can take is to try the same old politics with the same old players… “

That’s very true. However, Obama is one of the ’same old players’, who has got where he is by virtue of the ’same old politics’.

The only difference is his skin colour. And didn’t someone long ago have a dream that people would be judged on more than that…?

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