I love to read CatHouse Chat. Kat chooses words as carefully as she chooses the right colors for her quilts and the result, in both cases, is a delight to those fortunate enough to view either. She recently quoted The Virginian-Pilot reporting on Barack Obama’s visit to Martinsville:

“I’m not going to say all the jobs in Martinsville are going to come back if I’m elected president,” Obama told about 300 invited guests - most of them blue-collar workers - who gathered at Patrick Henry Community College.

“I’m not saying the schools will be fixed,” he added. “What I’m saying is that I’m going to wake up every morning thinking about you.”

I agree with Kat:

Yeah. Right. You want to know what he’s gonna be thinking? He’s gonna sit up in bed at the White House every morning, have a good stretch, and think, “I can’t believe those schmucks actually bought it!”

Vote NObama - because if hope ain’t teamed with sweat and guts, it’s just an empty suit of hot air.

And we will be schmucks if we buy it. I’m not buying. Like a used car salesman who knows his car is a lemon, he relies on his skillful oration to close the deal. Obama has a lifetime record of mastering his oratory ability and it shows… He may very well be remembered as one of the great public speakers of our time. Millions of people have apparently bought what he’s selling. Millions of people were apparently willing to sign sub-prime loan documents they didn’t understand, too. They risk losing their homes, we risk losing our country.

I disagree with Kat’s assessment that Obama is an empty suit. I see him as being more like the emperor with no clothes. When he talks and talks without really saying anything, it’s easier to pretend we understand. Who are we to question this world traveler who demonstrates his comfort internationally while we have trouble navigating a mall? Who are we to question the president of the Harvard Law Review? Who are we to question this Chosen One with the ability to form record-breaking run-on sentences?

Here’s the Barack Obama quote you haven’t seen reported by the media:

And thinking about how to make your life a little bit better and if you can trust me to do that and I’m organizing a bunch of smart people like Mark Warner to come up with innovative ideas that’ll give you a little bit of a …. fighting chance, that will make your life a little bit better, you’re still gonna have to work hard, you’re still gonna have to sacrifice, we’re still gonna have some struggles but if I can make things a little bit easier for you and you can trust me to do that, that that’s (that’s) the reason I’m in politics, that’s my orientation, I think we can convince enough people to win this election and then we can convince even more people to start doing the work.

I didn’t go to Harvard but I’m smart enough to recognize BS when I see it and so are YOU! We don’t need the arrogant elitist to “organize a bunch of smart people like Mark Warner” to give us a “fighting chance” - the fight was in us at our birth and given to us by our Creator, not by our government.

Don’t take my word for it. Watch for yourself and decide for yourself. And don’t be ashamed to shout out the obvious: The Chosen One has no Clothes.