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Obama does a little "Illinois Sidestep" when it comes to reform

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-09-18 01:14|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 BO's "about change" slogan is pure BS. Change is inevitable. Not all change is desirable. Some changes are preferable to others. One of the reasons we elect political leaders is for them to handle unforeseen and unforeseable changes.
Notice how the MSM is repeating BO's slogans word for word in their news coverage.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-09-18 06:10|| 2008-09-18 06:10|| Front Page Top

#2 If you want to understand Obama, you've got to understand Illinois politics. Bryne (along with John Kass, also of the Chicago Tribune) understands. It's all one big, ~~happy~~ squabbling family (as in crime family). The only change Obambi represents in a change from a white crook to a black crook.
FYI, I'm sitting here in downtown Chicago as I write. I think I can hear Da Mayor laughing.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2008-09-18 08:58|| 2008-09-18 08:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Remember those old camera ads with some tennis star - Agassi, I think. the slogan was "Image is Everything". Obama's striving for the image of another Jack Kennedy, supercharged with the "I'm black but still white enough not to be scary" meme. Trying to find a slogan that will resonate with the Camelot crowd and carry him to victory. Looking for the soundbite that will be remembered like "Ask not.." (apparently stolen from Cicero, I never knew until recently) or "I have a dream...". Trouble is the chosen slogan "Hope & Change" is at odds with his personal reality and it's beginning to wear badly with nothing concrete to back it up.

Posted by Mercutio 2008-09-18 14:45|| 2008-09-18 14:45|| Front Page Top

#4 my mom was all for the O-man... "he is promising some change" she would say. when I asked what kind of change? she said "it doesn't matter, it is such a mess it just needs changed."

she got mad after I pointed out that Dachau was 'change' for the Jews, and that details matter quite a bit.

Posted by Abu do you love 2008-09-18 22:31|| 2008-09-18 22:31|| Front Page Top