I must say, Obama seems to be pushing all the right buttons. Even though his moves are becoming more obviously calculated they seem to be the right moves nonetheless. I think if he wins the nomination it will be because he and the people around him are just much smarter than their competition.
And to piss off a bunch of entrenched DC ass kissers gives me a new found respect for Emil (ComEd rate hike) Jones.
Posted by theloneous on Mar 2, 2007 at 1:23 PM
Take a look at Barack Obama because he has a father from Africa; or, if you are from Kansas, because his mother was from Topeka; or, if you are in Hawaii, because he lived with his grandparents there. Take a look at Hillary Clinton if you are a woman; or, if you went to Yale; or, if you live in Arkansas; or, if you were born in Chicago. Then, take a look at their issues and listen to them talk.
Obama is relatively new to the national scene so has had less time to be observed than Clinton. I was able to hear him talk in person. He does not have the experience of government that many other candidates have. His knowledge proferred reminds me of many young men’s reaction to certain computer programs…they are thrilled with the bells and whistles and in disbelief if told another program already does what they admire or that the work done is itself nothing new. His vision is to tell us we should have a vision like JFK gave us with the space program, but he does not mention his own specific vision. Commentators who claim to apply a vision to him claim it to be some artificial concept of bringing us together, apparently in some mass love affair and brainwashing into uniform belief.
In Massachusetts, when people elected Deval Patrick to the governor’s office, his skin color and background were less important than his experience and vision. It seems to me that we as a nation are obsessed with the level of blackness in Barack Obama because he does not have the experience and vision to be president, at least not in 2008. Yet, people are also excited by his candidacy because he is allowed to discuss topics other than Iraq, which says more about the people and the news media than it does about the candidate.
Posted by SillyLeftist on Mar 3, 2007 at 5:42 AM
Mike,
Yes, objectively there is a difference, but what both Sharpton and West are introducing into the mix is their SUBjective slant. Whoever runs for office had better avoid that prejudiced
Posted by whattheheck on Mar 3, 2007 at 7:27 AM
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I must say, Obama seems to be pushing all the right buttons. Even though his moves are becoming more obviously calculated they seem to be the right moves nonetheless. I think if he wins the nomination it will be because he and the people around him are just much smarter than their competition.
And to piss off a bunch of entrenched DC ass kissers gives me a new found respect for Emil (ComEd rate hike) Jones.
Posted by theloneous on Mar 2, 2007 at 1:23 PM
I guess it
Posted by whattheheck on Mar 2, 2007 at 2:29 PM
WTH, we can’t get beyond race because it is a part of objective reality.
But Rev Al ain’t getting no reparations from me. As an atheist I’m personally ready to baptize him.
Posted by blondemike on Mar 2, 2007 at 6:40 PM
Take a look at Barack Obama because he has a father from Africa; or, if you are from Kansas, because his mother was from Topeka; or, if you are in Hawaii, because he lived with his grandparents there. Take a look at Hillary Clinton if you are a woman; or, if you went to Yale; or, if you live in Arkansas; or, if you were born in Chicago. Then, take a look at their issues and listen to them talk.
Obama is relatively new to the national scene so has had less time to be observed than Clinton. I was able to hear him talk in person. He does not have the experience of government that many other candidates have. His knowledge proferred reminds me of many young men’s reaction to certain computer programs…they are thrilled with the bells and whistles and in disbelief if told another program already does what they admire or that the work done is itself nothing new. His vision is to tell us we should have a vision like JFK gave us with the space program, but he does not mention his own specific vision. Commentators who claim to apply a vision to him claim it to be some artificial concept of bringing us together, apparently in some mass love affair and brainwashing into uniform belief.
In Massachusetts, when people elected Deval Patrick to the governor’s office, his skin color and background were less important than his experience and vision. It seems to me that we as a nation are obsessed with the level of blackness in Barack Obama because he does not have the experience and vision to be president, at least not in 2008. Yet, people are also excited by his candidacy because he is allowed to discuss topics other than Iraq, which says more about the people and the news media than it does about the candidate.
Posted by SillyLeftist on Mar 3, 2007 at 5:42 AM
Mike,
Yes, objectively there is a difference, but what both Sharpton and West are introducing into the mix is their SUBjective slant. Whoever runs for office had better avoid that prejudiced
Posted by whattheheck on Mar 3, 2007 at 7:27 AM