July 15, 2008 3:06 PM
Obama Phenomena
Posted by Tom Tomorrow
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What's the surprise? I figured out that Obama was a political whore months ago. What took everyone else so long to catch up? At least McCain is only a whore for the Ultra-Right.
There should be a clause added to the election law - "No @$$-holes need apply." That should cut this crap out. (Of course, that will cut the field of available candidates down to imginary numbers ...)
The last two frames of this installment really resonate with me. For the last frame's reference--I wrote the Obama campaign a note of discouragement after the FISA vote. I did not expect a response, and any response would have quelled my concern... now the response to my note was so swift and concise (less than 24 hours and addressing my exact concern) I am questioning my concern. There is no doubt Obama's machine is well organized and at least employing some higher degree of listening ability. So backing up to frame 5, my cognitive dissonance is now complete, and the FISA vote was simply rhetoric and "static" as I might call it. How awesome is it to live in a dream world!? We live in a weird democratic republic right now where this can occur....
This is just too accurate and too funny! I am in 100% agreement. The shameful truth is that this country cannot get good respectable honest experienced people to run for president and if this is the best we can get, then we are in a sad and precarious position. Not having capable civilian leadership and sound administration of the federal establishment is a serious security threat. Clearly the success of the attacks on 9/11 are a direct result of a consistent lack of competency and integrity at the very highest levels of the U.S. government in every department. Crooks and scoundrels are everywhere. The only thing that is holding the nation together is the free will of the American people. Not just the legal citizens, but everyone who lives and works here and wants a good life free from the threat of oppression and persecution. I love my country and I feel that this is a special country and I fear that the people who are running the government and the people who own the big corporations and people who own the media have become completely corrupted by power and money. They seem insatiable and unrelenting in their desire to instill fear into our hearts and create chaos in our lives.
Please don't judge or speak of Barak Obama like this...there is a world of difference between a practical politician, who knows that he has to stretch things a bit to get elected by a populace that has been pushed to the right by 28 years of Republitard fearmongering (as well as skeered of the bigblackboogyman winning the White Man's Rightful Office), and the lying, scheming, deceitful, hateful, dangerously ignorant politicians the Republitards have been(and are) running. You dumbass Democrats/Greens/Independents, in a two-party system ya gotta get TOGETHER on stuff, not whine about what a "political whore" someone is. Do you really think Obama could get elected in this country, given the fear, ignorance and racism so prevalent here, if he didn't pander to the more conservative elements? Hell, even a lot of Democrats I know have said they're sorta worried about voting for "the black man", like Obama's gonna put Louis Farrakahn on the ticket as VP or something...sheesh, get with it. I guess Phil Gramm was right, at least in regards to the liberals who posted here...you ARE a bunch of whiners!
You miss the point, Comrade Conservative. The point is the classic one of all political activities: since the only thing a politician has to offer is his ability to deliver on promises he made, the question one must ask is "Will he deliver on his promises?"
Obama has proven that he will NOT deliver on his promises, that he will bend whatever way will allow him to stay rooted, even if it means breaking his word.
McCain has promised nothing to no one save the Republican Money Gods, and He'll keep those (insofar as he is capable of comprehending the world around him).
Sadly, the classic definition of a promising politician points to the one who will do nothing to change the oncoming disaster.
Yes, I was an Obama volunteer since 2007---letter writing, campaigning, working phones, I pretty much did it all. I never conceived that he could take the same stance as the Bushites over TelComs immunity and the gutting of the Fourth amendment. I know politicians have to have a broad appeal, and no one will ever be 100% happy with what a candidate does; I also understand mistakes--people make them. But, this was not the one to get wrong. So, he lost my vote. I will not help him anymore.
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