The Messiah is amongst us

Susan Hill

No, no, walking on water after calming the tempest. Nice to see you know your New Testament too Stephen !

Gogy Adzip-Kadum

'water into wine' can wait; it is the cure from constipation the world is waiting for

fhamilton

Try reading Melanie Phillips and think again.

Matt

Stephen, not long ago you said that 'the left in any recognizable form' was the enemy, in any form. Do you believe Barack Obama is 'the enemy' or is he an exception?

RobHK

@fhamilton
"Try reading Melanie Phillips and think... "

I'm afraid the two are incompatible ;)

Verity

Matt - I certainly agree that Marxist Barack Obama and his coterie are the enemy. Absolutely.

Actually, he's a bit of an empty vessel. A pawn with an ego.

Pedro Erik

I am really tired from hearing about Obama demeanor and eleoquence. The truth is that said by a Hillary Clinton aide: If Obama as white he had lost the election. Look the press and talk shows(excluding Fox News)all protecting Obama. It is not all, but much about race. The rest is about victim culture.

What about be Messiah? Ok, I just require a simple policy: denies all eloquence and demeanor and show substance.

Toby

Whatever Obama's merits he is not a leftist, cerntainly not of the Eurpean kind, thank god.

hadrian

The awful thing about all this 'Messiah' talk is there's a very serious side to it: people are STILL misguidedly looking for Salvation in quite the wrong quarter- pathetic politicians. Good Lord, you'd think the French Revolution and the Russian Revolution would cure men of that deadly 'fire in the minds of men'! Still, ignorance abounds!

john Bolton

watch who appoints and how he decides to go to work with congress. Changing the captain doesnt hide the fact that he is still steering a deeply unpopular vessel on the seas of world politics. The fundamental truth he must reinstate is that the others mustnt like you but they must respect you and even fear. Domestic policy will be shaped by the domestic lobbyists with a small window of opportunity following the election to change emphasis. Will AMerican continue to rearm? Will the AUtoindustry reestablish dominance in the world markets or are they in terminal decline?

Abu Nudnik

"water to wine can wait..."

Oh yeah? Oh yeah? Oh... Who do you zhink u arrrr? itsh the waaar inna wIINE firsht! (I godda hab my wine ever day)

Ian C

Mathew Paris had the best answr to this questionin Saturday's Times: 'That he will let the world down gently' from the excess of expectation.

If he does not he will never be re-elected and the left will swing further left.

Come to think of it a hard let-down would be best....

Johnathan Pearce

He is not the Messiah, but just a brilliantly effective communicator who has come up through the bruising, not to mention corrupt, world of Chicago politics. I think he has the potential to be quite dangerous; what will be crucial will be his choice of cabinet and whether he tries to game the system via the Supreme Court. I fear, however, that whoever had won would have presided over rising taxes and a crummy economy for at least five years.

Rob Latchpool

For every so-called black President of the USA there have been 42 so-called white ones.

Willie Dixon

Well I can tell your future before it comes to pass
And I can do things for you that make your heart feel glad
Look at the skies and predict the rain
I can tell when a woman's got another man
I'm the one, yes, I'm the one
I'm the one, I'm the one,
I'm the one they call the seventh son

Now I can hold you close and I can squeeze you tight
And I can make you cry for me both day and night
And I can heal the sick and even raise the dead
And make you little girls talk out of your head
I'm the one, yes, I'm the one
I'm the one, I'm the one,
I'm the one they call the seventh son

Now I can talk these words that sound so sweet
I can make your little heart even skip a beat
I can take you, baby, hold you in my arms
And make the flesh quiver on your lovely bones
I'm the one, yes, I'm the one
I'm the one, I'm the one,
I'm the one they call the seventh son

Well now everybody cryin' 'bout the seventh son
But in the whole round world there is only one, and
I'm the one, yes, I'm the one
I'm the one, I'm the one...

Joe Strummer

I can't take Barack Obama seriously, as let's face it, the unstoppable tidal wave of hysteria and euphoria about a "black man in the White House" was what elected him as President in the first place.

Here's wishing him well but I'm not confident.

The Dandiprat

I don't for one second believe you can do those things Willie.

Joe Camel

“This is important, so don’t f*ck it up.” Eight words exactly (as specified by Daniel Finkelstein) reportedly addressed by Rahm Emanuel, then a comparatively junior staffer in the Clinton White House, to visiting PM Tony Blair. If I were Blair I’d be tempted to pass on the same advice now to Emanuel’s new boss, Barack Obama.

Anglica

Q: "What is your single biggest hope for Barack Obama?"

A: That the Jews will turn against him.

John Lock

Let's settle for him being able to cure the financial crisis

N

Stephen,

I've been reading your blog for about a month and i see you have a good sense of humor, as well as many of the people in the "Comment section". Having said that, i think you are thinking about this all wrong. Our biggest hope should be the Obama is a genie so that we can rub his belly and can ask for more wishes. Sadly, that would be the only way Obama can fix America.

wrighty

That he kindly ask Israel to obey international law. That would be a start.