As usual, Hitchens does a great job of putting down nearly every politician in sight. What he chooses to ignore about Obama is that there is substance to him, in his team of advisers, at his website, and, yes, even in some of his speeches - those which are devoted to policy issues. And anyway, what is the matter with poitical slogans, as long as they are backed up by substance? I would love it if Hitchens chose to run for office (ignoring the fact that he is a Brit). To borrow from Al Franken, an appropriate slogan would be "Vote for me because I'm smarter than you, I'm wittier than you, and (no) God, hardly anybody likes me."

Greg Bachelis

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