Obama is a candidate who is for “real change,” as long as that “real change” isn’t really change.
To wit:
Obama’s Campaign Tightens Control of Image and Access: “At a rally for Senator Barack Obama in Detroit on Monday, two Muslim women said they were prohibited from sitting behind the candidate because they were wearing head scarves and campaign volunteers did not want them to appear with him in news photographs or live television coverage.”
And then, there’s this gem:
McCain, Obama disagree with child rape ruling: “CHICAGO - Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama said Wednesday they disagree with the Supreme Court’s decision to outlaw the executions of people who rape children.
McCain called the ruling an ‘assault’ on legal system. Obama said it is wrong to flatly prohibit the death penalty in such cases if states want to apply it.”
Remind me again why this guy is the new liberal messiah?
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As opposed to it being flatly wrong to kill people?
I’ve never gotten the appeal of Obama. I understand why people are drawn to him, but I also understand why the music is louder on commercials. I don’t care how sweetly or loudly someone shouts their message, the message matters.
From the beginning I found nothing to appeal to me in Obama’s message. As a libertarian, I expected that when I looked into his policy proposals. But even for progressives, Obama was always going to be a politician. I’m probably cyncical in my low expectations of politicians. Still, this type of calculated pandering was so predictable. It will only get worse.
Tony — I honestly don’t get the surprise that politicians are, in fact, politicians. This seems to be a meme popping up, especially after the ugly FISA debacle (far worse, IMHO, than the two examples Bob gives above): “That Obama talks about change all the time, but he’s a politican! And he’s so *political* in his politicking. It’s almost as though he were running for office and shaping his messaging to appeal to a majority of voters with a variety of different interests. It’s craazy.”
To be clear, I’m not the country’s biggest Obama guy (my take here ), but I honestly don’t get that. Even the “cynical critics” seem not to be cynical enough.
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