My OperaUncharacteristically many positive things piling up lately.
Sunday, August 24, 2008 10:10:45 AM
So, here's how it goes - Greenwald at Salon.com, Digby, etc., are finally starting to adopt compatible views after formulating their own opinions. Result - a million mindless americans find they should do so themselves, and set out to be independent and clever. Success.
And apparently Obama X chose Joe Biden as his pick for Vice President (or as the media says - "Obama chose Biden for VP".. before the election, and all). Which is helping the righties go off the rails. Because Biden has been their secret man- love affair who could always be trusted to be "tough" and scary, which is good for the image (he grinds his teeth while speaking empathically about important and controversial things - like whether Mitt "is the steel wire stuck in my cheeks, or do I look natural like this?" Romney, would be a skilled and qualified president). While he would also being sure to embarass the Clinton wing of the democratic party by saying things like: "but does that even work?[throws hands] I'm speaking rhetorically, you know". Or, "no, we're not happy about the republicans getting everything they wanted on this bill, Dana. (...) Oh, does she, Dana. (...)No, I didn't know she had declared we were all happy with it, Dana. I'm /sorry/".
And this is meanwhile the republicans have tried to smear Obama as a slick- back elitist scumbag, who is not Down to Earth(tm) like they are. Which they'll prove by trying to make McCain seem like an old guy who stands around talking about how much better things used to be. Preferably in a Wall- mart, with peas as a backdrop. Also, McCain doesn't know how many houses he owns (or whether his second wife owns all of them, or he owns just a couple). The republicans were also wondering who they could pick for Veep, who isn't millionaire, property speculant, corrupt, unbelievable, a spineless whitling, discredited, and so on.
And Obama X actually struck back, and hammered McCain for all of this - forcefully and successfully. Which gives the Obama campaign the vicious touch that americans love so much. Which it was - relatively speaking.
With the net result that not only does Obama brand himself as the natural choice, the thinker and the fighter. Daring on his own, and wiling to use that in others and Hollywood and shit. But they also allow the Republicans to brand themselves as frauds and hypocrites - by merely answering the noise- attacks on substance. Even though those answers may be less than polite, and perhaps embarassing to a certain part of your own party. Obama thus cleverly disguising his america- hating effete elitist ways in a thin shroud of consistency and integrity, while also engaging in debates that were put on hold in 2000. Success again.
Of course, it's a very risky game. Soon they're going to find out that Republicans start trying to have principles as well, just to show'em. But it's not like this is going to stop the flood of money to the military industry, so yeah - go for it, Obama!
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On a related note, Bill Moyers had a good segment on his Journal about China and the economy. Please note the parallels he's drawing between the US and China.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/08222008/watch3.html
And apparently Obama X chose Joe Biden as his pick for Vice President (or as the media says - "Obama chose Biden for VP".. before the election, and all). Which is helping the righties go off the rails. Because Biden has been their secret man- love affair who could always be trusted to be "tough" and scary, which is good for the image (he grinds his teeth while speaking empathically about important and controversial things - like whether Mitt "is the steel wire stuck in my cheeks, or do I look natural like this?" Romney, would be a skilled and qualified president). While he would also being sure to embarass the Clinton wing of the democratic party by saying things like: "but does that even work?[throws hands] I'm speaking rhetorically, you know". Or, "no, we're not happy about the republicans getting everything they wanted on this bill, Dana. (...) Oh, does she, Dana. (...)No, I didn't know she had declared we were all happy with it, Dana. I'm /sorry/".
And this is meanwhile the republicans have tried to smear Obama as a slick- back elitist scumbag, who is not Down to Earth(tm) like they are. Which they'll prove by trying to make McCain seem like an old guy who stands around talking about how much better things used to be. Preferably in a Wall- mart, with peas as a backdrop. Also, McCain doesn't know how many houses he owns (or whether his second wife owns all of them, or he owns just a couple). The republicans were also wondering who they could pick for Veep, who isn't millionaire, property speculant, corrupt, unbelievable, a spineless whitling, discredited, and so on.
And Obama X actually struck back, and hammered McCain for all of this - forcefully and successfully. Which gives the Obama campaign the vicious touch that americans love so much. Which it was - relatively speaking.
With the net result that not only does Obama brand himself as the natural choice, the thinker and the fighter. Daring on his own, and wiling to use that in others and Hollywood and shit. But they also allow the Republicans to brand themselves as frauds and hypocrites - by merely answering the noise- attacks on substance. Even though those answers may be less than polite, and perhaps embarassing to a certain part of your own party. Obama thus cleverly disguising his america- hating effete elitist ways in a thin shroud of consistency and integrity, while also engaging in debates that were put on hold in 2000. Success again.
Of course, it's a very risky game. Soon they're going to find out that Republicans start trying to have principles as well, just to show'em. But it's not like this is going to stop the flood of money to the military industry, so yeah - go for it, Obama!
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On a related note, Bill Moyers had a good segment on his Journal about China and the economy. Please note the parallels he's drawing between the US and China.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/08222008/watch3.html
