"Obama In 2-D"

Mark Steyn wrote an excellent piece on Barack Obama, "Obama In 2-D" in which he compares the 2-D Obama the cartoon with the 3-D Obama the man.

Part of what Steyn wrote:

The problem is we’re not electing a symbol, a logo, a two-dimensional image. Long before he emerged on the national stage as Barack the Hope-Giver and Bringer of Change, there was a three-dimensional Barack Obama, a real man who lives in the real world. And that’s where the problem lies.

The Senator and his doting Obots in the media have gone to great lengths to obscure what Barack Obama does when he’s not being a symbol: his voting record, his friends, his patrons, his life outside the soft-focus memoirs is deemed non-relevant to the general hopey-changey vibe. But occasionally we get a glimpse. The offhand aside to Joe the Plumber about “spreading the wealth around” was revealing because it suggests a crude redistributive view of “social justice.” Yet the nimble Hope-a-Dope sidestepper brushed it aside, telling a crowd in Raleigh that next John McCain will be “accusing me of being a secret communist because I shared my toys in kindergarten.”

The communist line falls flat as there is a difference between sharing toys voluntarily and having the government come in and force someone to share their toys (or, the wealth).

This is informative as it separates the media image Obama with the real Obama.

To read Steyn's article, go here.