Thread: Elect Obama?? Ok now let's get serious
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Old 02-23-2008, 01:20 PM   #60 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by nuttyjoe View Post
Gary, either you are asleep at the keyboard; or you are willfilly blind. I've said a few times that it is the hope of the American people that Obama can change things. None of us can say for sure if he can solve every (or even any problem; but what is for sure is that with the political process as we know it-nothing will change. People see Obama as a different sort of politician. He does not engage in mudslinging; and the "inexperience" that people refer to actually means that he has not been "captured by the system" or "blinded by the lights" in Washington! I'm pretty sure that it is this appeal that is winning over so many people.So, everytime Obama's "inexperience" gets mentioned; what goes through the minds of the voters is "well, where has this "experience" people speak of gotten America so far? And that is why Obama is clearly getting more support than any other candidate; probably more than all of them combined!
No, I don't think of Obama being viewed as just an "anti-Hillary" (great choice of words, by the way) candidate. Actually, I think he is more an "anti- status quo" candidate- one America is seeing as a politician who is supposed to carry out the will of the people, instead of the people carrying out his (or her) will. Please correct me if I'm wrong; but isn't this supposed to be how our government works? Is this any clearer to you now, Gary? This is Obama's appeal!

So Obama's appeal is a change from the status quo.

But a change to what? What SPECIFICALLY does he want to change and how does he propose to make it happen?

"Yes We Can" - yes we can what??

That's still my point about Obama. He makes plenty of breathless, inspiring speeches that nobody could disagree with, but what does it mean in reality?

I give full credit to his campaign staff and speech writers for portraying him as the "dawn of a new day" without actually saying what he stands for!

And with that theme his lack of experience is a big advantage - he doesn't yet have a closet to hold any skeletons!

BTW can you remember anything that George Bush ran on in his 2000 or 2004 campaigns?