Well, not exactly, but something at the Corner on National Review Online just caught my eye. Kathryn Jean Lopez (who appears to be confessing to being a Duran Duran fan) quotes band member John Taylor speaking on Barack Obama:

He is America, but he is also all of us. He makes me want to think politically because he is authentic in a world that has an almost total absence of authenticity. And I don’t just mean politics. Look at our TV; the reality crap, the talent show crap. Everyone is acting, saying whatever they think they got to say to get ahead.

Obama raises the bar. The speech he gave on Father’s Day brought a tear to my eye. He is a wake up call, and when America elects him to office (no, I cannot vote) it will send a fantastic signal of hope and change around the world. It will prick up the minds and ears of the most deeply rooted of America-haters. It’s a god-given opportunity.

If one wanted to, one could start a project to completely discredit Barack Obama by doing nothing other than quoting his supporters. That might not exactly be fair to Barack, but how could he really complain? “Stop quoting people who like me!”

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