All Entries Tagged With: "Barack Obama"
In Barack We Trust
By Christopher Gabriel, CGabriel.com Adoring crowds, people overcome with tears of joy, Hollywood’s best clamoring to feel important and Oprah “unleashed” – all of this in the name of one man: Sean Hannity. No, not Hannity. I speak of Barack Obama. Rather, President-elect Barack Obama. In a campaign Obama seemed to use the word “change” 37,263 times, we’ll [...]
End of the World? No, It’s Just the Economy
By Christopher Gabriel, CGabriel.com As one who has been around the block a few dozen times, I’ve seen our country weather many things. Vietnam, the Iranian hostage crisis, Desert Storm, the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the tragic events of September 11, 2001 and certainly others that have both united and divided us. In every case [...]
Election ’08: When Words Become Stars
By Christopher Gabriel, CGabriel.com Election years are a funny thing. From Democrats to Republicans, incumbents to hopefuls and insiders to wannabees, our country turns into something along the lines of a sideshow at a county fair. There are promises, accusations, denials, smiles, handshakes, hugs, speeches, ads, signs, buttons, music, dancing . . . and that all [...]
The “Dangerous” Sarah Palin
By Christopher Gabriel, CGabriel.com At a major political convention, a young politician bursts onto the national scene. A gifted speaker who is tough, smart, poised and knows how to turn a phrase to get a laugh. This individual is hailed as one of America’s great leaders of the future. That person was Barack Obama. When he spoke at the [...]
Hillary Clinton: Today’s Richard III?
By Christopher Gabriel, Blog Harbor Have you ever seen Richard III? If you have, you possess an immediate understanding of why I believe Hillary Clinton is perfectly suited to play the complex role of Richard. Women playing men’s roles in Shakespeare is more common now than in any other time in theatrical history. And to play a demanding [...]
Smiling that Little Smile for Me
By Christopher Gabriel, Blog Harbor Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain. Super Tuesday II. Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont. What are the polls saying? Who scored better in the latest searing exchange between Barack and Hillary? Has Barack renounced anyone today? Has Hillary rejected anything? Has John marginalized anyone? None of those questions will be answered here in [...]
If Speeches Made Presidents
By Christopher Gabriel, Blog Harbor If the presidential election was tomorrow and we could vote for anyone still standing after Iowa and New Hampshire, I’d be in real trouble. Although I’ve been following the debates and primaries like most everyone else, not one candidate in either party has captured my imagination to the extent I could honestly [...]
Obama, Huckabee and . . . Britney?
By Christopher Gabriel, Blog Harbor In what proved to be an historic evening at the Iowa Caucuses, Barack Obama became the first African-American to win a primary or caucus. In a state with a population that is 95% white, it’s quite obvious it wasn’t the minority vote, be it black or Hispanic, that put him over the [...]
