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Yes, We Can!

You're driving your daughter to school this morning, about a five minute drive, and she got ready with plenty of time to spare this morning for some reason, so nobody is tense and you have a couple of minutes to talk.

And because the weather is still cool, you're thinking about something that is always in the back of your mind, about how this is a school where some of the kids don't have warm enough gloves and maybe don't get breakfast and their families don't have health insurance.  Stuff that's stuck in your mind, because you figured out you can send a couple of extra pairs of gloves to school in your daughter's back pack, but you haven't figured out what to do about the breakfast and the health insurance.

And then your daughter says: "Yes we can," but the way she says it reminds you of something besides Obama.
"What's that?" you say.  "Dora the Explorer?"
"Bob the Builder," she says.  "Can we build it?  Yes, we can.  Or maybe it's can we fix it?  Yes, we can.  But it's cool because the country is broken.  Right?"
And you know where this is going.  So you're ready when you pull up in front of the school and she says:  "So.  Are you going to vote for Obama?"
"I don't know," you tell her.  "Maybe I don't trust him."
She opens the door and says:  "100 years.  I could be in Iraq, Daddy."
And you watch her cross the street and run to catch up with some friends and you think to yourself:  "This is going to get a little complicated."


Comments (292)

I'm surprised no one seems to have picked up on this sooner. I'm a big Bob the Builder fan, and I wrote to the Obama campaign the first time I heard him use the line and said, "You've got to be kidding."

Obama/Builder 2008!

McCain/Bush legacy vs. Obama/Bobby Builder


Sounds like a winning tix for Obama...:)

Bob the Builder is a hardworking, white American. I don't know about college educated. But he would definitely help with Clinton's core constituency.

Actually, Bob's British. He just gets a voiceover in an American accent for broadcasts in the U.S.

Is being a cartoon handyman yet another of the jobs Americans won't do?

For those who are not familiar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IWKhYQarJU

Billy, surely you're no stranger to being forced to vote for the lesser of two evils. Seems like I've had to do that my entire adult life.

Sure, this time around I feel like I don't have to make that choice, that I can vote for a candidate that I genuinely feel good about. But even if I didn't feel good about him, the choice would still be clear.

What did you do in the past when the thought of voting for either candidate made you throw up a little in your mouth?

I'll confess that I've stayed home. I voted for John Kerry. Before that, it was Jimmy Carter. I skipped the ones in between. Not voting for Gore was a HUGE mistake, and I definitely learned my lesson.

Wow. Nothing between Kennedy and Kerry. That's quite a confession.

Well. Go forth, my son, and sin no more.

Wait. Got that wrong. Carter and Kerry. That's even harder to figure.

My prior philosophy was that I only voted for people I truly believed in. I'm happy this year that I can do just that. But if I'm faced with a lesser-of-two-evils choice at some point in the future, I'll definitely vote. No more George Bushes. I am chastened.

history, a problem?

You have to think twice about the presidents since JFK.

Change the shirt and read a book

I reject and denounce "throw up a little in your mouth."

Stop the madness.

What, Ric Ocasek gets a little creeped out by our man-boy love and now you are rejecting and denouncing me?

No, baby, you totally turn me on but not when you throw up in your mouth.

Okay, so that kinda made me throw up a little bit in my mouth too.

I don't want to stop the madness, shirt. I just want to stop those collars from blinking. You have no idea how stupid you look.

And yes, I look stupid.

Stop the war, stop the blinking collars.

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I like the blinking collars. I can't figure out how to do it?!?

The pro-shirt and con-shirt supporters are bitterly divided, but no one has the votes to clinch it.

This has been commented on several times around blogs across the internet. It's old news....

You trust Hillary Billy? With Bosnia(lies for no reason)... and Mark Penn secret deals on Trade...Bill Secret deals on trade...Hillary where her campaign contributions come from (big donors)....IRAQ VOTE (and her defense of that vote)

Now, Im not picking on her or you, but you said trust...thats a little laughable dont you think?
Im sure you dont.....Anyhow, Cheers, keep those magnifying glasses out....oh and most of us dont think OBama is a god, just a man who tries to live well........In essence, dont see whats so complicated at this point.

THE POST THAT STARTED THIS THREAD HAS TO BE EXCELLENT NEWS FOR MCCAIN.

Obama's stories contain more exaggerations than Hillary's from what I've made out. Hillary was at least in Bosnia and the other foreign countries - I was even at one of her speeches and left her obviously stumped as I asked some dadaist question or other. I also flew into Bosnia on a similar noisy ass plane, and can imagine that a few weeks into the ceasefire that impressions were still rather tense - even if the airport itself was secure, she was hopping around the countryside in helicopters. Again, probably safe, but still tense.

Anyway, Obama's exaggerating his Business International job, his father being a "goat herder" when he was a clerk, etc.

So yeah, Hillary travelled the world and Obama handed out get-out-the vote pamphlets. (Don't get me wrong, Hillary did that a dozen or so campaigns as well).

Anyway, I think we start getting into dry heaves, not just "throwing up in my mouth a little". Blog-administered chemotherapy, anyone?

Serious?
Really, a lie she repeated 3 times, that was topped by her husband explaining it away with she was tired? Then, a person asks her the question in a debate, and she says, she was tired again...lol... You really cant see the difference?

I quote you here:
"I also flew into Bosnia on a similar noisy ass plane, and can imagine that a few weeks into the ceasefire that impressions were still rather tense - even if the airport itself was secure, she was hopping around the countryside in helicopters. Again, probably safe, but still tense."

Really, your running for President and you cant remember if you landed "UNDER SNIPER FIRE". To top that you repeat the lie 3 more times, nevermind the fact that the President would send his wife and daughter. You excuse that away with she misspoke. Hey, do you think she may ever be tired as President, what might she forget then. Sad, I we Obama supporters are delussional..lol

Obama traveled the world as well. Please stop the intellectual dishonesty. Truth is Hillary has the experience of being the Presidents wife. I have more respect for people who openly admit that, and say they believe that gives her the experience edge, then every reason she used in this campaign to defend her touting of it...

Fact is Mark Penn and Bill making private profit deals on trade, the lying for no reason she has done. Making Obama explain relationships, while her relationships are shaky if you use that line of reasoning...yes Rendell's comments on Farrakhan in the past....Rev Right being sought out as an advisor during Monica times....not disclosing that is a lie, when she talks about him being there for 20 years......all, ALL of that speaks to being trustworthy. Not to mention not reading the N.I.E...and voting for the war....attacking democrats that defended her like move on..call people elitist when she is the epidemy of elitism...lol.....That is why I think its laughable when talking about trust worthyness......This is not complicated at all.

Nobody asks Obama about his embellishments (to be fair others may be doing some of this for him). How many times have I heard "Summa Cum Laude" when it was Magna, Constitutional Scholar/Professor (like he did research in this, or simply taught 3 courses a year including Constitution), his mother being on foodstamps, etc. If I point out his grandmother was a bank VP, I get one guy continually coming back claiming this pays about the same as a grocery clerk. To the Obama crowd, he came out of nowhere when Hillary was a shoo-in "inevitable" candidate, even though his polling numbers were better than McCain's and almost as good as hers by the time he declared. For me it gives a not pleasant feeling. Others may like the spin, who knows.

Now your mixing things. Fact is, I dont know if his Grandmother was on food stamps or not. Whether or not she was a Bank Vp at one time does not mean she never was on food stamps.Im 36 years old, and for the first time in my life filed unemployment.

I truly dont care, because the point is Obama was not a privledged child like Hillary was. Now that does NOT mean she didn't work hard or her family didn't. I dont make those statements, but to confuse the two of thems backgrounds as if they came from the same place is just dishonest. Now, to box me or people alike into a corner which makes us think that politicians dont have to exploit things, then I say is cheap. I think the things you state about Obama are true misspeaks, conversely I thought I explained why what Hillary has done is not a misspeak at all. I accept that you may not see the difference as she is your candidate of choice.

I will give it to you like this again. She chose to defend her reason for the war vote. A stance that allot of people, well I for one were to ignore if she had just owned it. We understood she is a woman, had to portray strength. We understood that because of that she choose to play politics. Now, that wound would have healed with a little bit of ownership...(See Edwards)... She will not accept responsibility for anything. Things not going well, well its because she is a woman. People are betraying her, the media is to hard on her. Picture sports, or a general, a Ceo,ect..ect. would they cry foul, or accept what comes with being in a leadership position...anyhow Im off topic. The difference is she continues to be deceptive rather than be honest. Again, its not complicated at all.

No, he was very much a privileged child like Hillary was. His stepfather was a Shell manager/golf fiend, his grandma was a bank VP and grandfather a store manager, and he managed to go to a prep school from the time he was 10. Deal with it. Your candidate is a yuppie, no matter how hard he wants to play it. Even the goatherd story is betrayed by his father's first wife, who notes Barack Sr. was a clerk in Nairobi for 5 years when he moved to the US. And the reason Barack and Michelle didn't repay their college loans earlier is obvious - they're subsidized at low interest rates, so there's incentive not to pay them back anytime soon. But Michelle plays this like life has been so hard on them (her father making $42K/year base in the 70's not counting external pay/benefits - not oh so suffering). Anyway, yuppies playing bitter - always warms my heart.

No he is not, and for the umpteenth time, you guys are amazing......See you in November!

Regarding the student loans, certainly they had little incentive to pay them off earlier. But they also could have paid them off earlier if they did not choose to work in civil rights, non-profits and government positions.

And for the record, Bill C also chose public service in lieu of the earning potential of his Yale Law degree, and deserves to be commended for that, as does Hillary for the good work she did (although she was well-paid at the Rose Law Firm).

No, he was very much a privileged child like Hillary was. His stepfather was a Shell manager/golf fiend, his grandma was a bank VP and grandfather a store manager, and he managed to go to a prep school from the time he was 10. Deal with it. Your candidate is a yuppie, no matter how hard he wants to play it. Even the goatherd story is betrayed by his father's first wife, who notes Barack Sr. was a clerk in Nairobi for 5 years when he moved to the US. And the reason Barack and Michelle didn't repay their college loans earlier is obvious - they're subsidized at low interest rates, so there's incentive not to pay them back anytime soon. But Michelle plays this like life has been so hard on them (her father making $42K/year base in the 70's not counting external pay/benefits - not oh so suffering). Anyway, yuppies playing bitter - always warms my heart.

You are truly delusional... But if you believe hard enough, you can convince yourself of anything.

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I just had to create an account to respond to Professorgate, because it is so laughable to any law student.

Obama referred to himself as a professor, which is accurate, both in a technical sense ("professor" is a proper general descriptive label for his position; all of his students would call him a professor), and in an ordinary sense (he taught Constitutional Law). It's not an embellishment by any stretch of the imagination; it is the most ordinary term used to describe what he did. Further, you couldn't

The irony of you citing Professorgate is that the only person involved who lied was Clinton. She said that he lied when he called himself a professor, which isn't true. She was in a position to know that it wasn't true, and that claiming he lied could only succeed by confusing laymen about terms like professor, Professor, Senior Lecturer, etc.

Obviously it wasn't a lie, but you might still be concerned that the sliver of people who are well enough informed about law professor employment to draw a distinction between full-time, tenured professors and all other professors - but not well enough informed to look up Obama's CV - would be misled about his specific position on the tenure track, because being on the tenure track raises favorable inferences with respect to ability. In this case, you can rest assured that he had the highest qualifications. He was constantly courted by one of the premiere law schools in the world to accept a full-time tenure-track position teaching the subject. In other words, there are no meaningful inferences relevant to his candidacy that you could draw from a belief that he was a tenured professor that aren't actually true.

Please, never use the word "spin" again in reference to others so long as you cite Professorgate to demonstrate Clinton's honesty relative to Obama. Otherwise I won't know whether to laugh or vomit, and might do both simultaneously all over my keyboard.

They have no sense of decency. They lie so easily.

Professor is both a title and an honorific. It is not regulated by law. It's a red herring and not an issue at all.

We are honored to have a candidate who has taught Constitutional Law. IANAL, but to me the "rule of law" is essential. And it's restoration in this country cannot be postponed.

The University of Chicago said he was a professor. And put out a press release saying so.
http://www.law.uchicago.edu/media/index.html
But I guess your criteria for a professor is much higher than what a prestigious law school has.
Man you are so grasping.

At least he didn't fail the bar, then follow the future spouse like a puppy all over the place, then finally get around to passing it. Then what does she do? Go to work for the crooked Rose Law Firm and sit on the union busting Walmart.

Yeah your gal is a real winner.

The University of Chicago covered his ass.

In prior press releases, they referred to him as a Senior Lecturer.

The important point is that his fans now think of him as a "Constitutional Scholar" and a Professor, rather than someone who taught 3 courses a year.

Hillary was a Professor at Fayetteville, teaching for 2 years. But Obama gets credit for being on a faculty when he was just teaching courses, and Hillary's experience is dismissed. All of this became an issue when Hillary's past was being negated and washed away and every Obama vote drive was elevated to an MLK-inspired first for Civil Rights.

Obama was a Senior Lecturer. And he was a professor. Senior Lecturers are indeed party of the faculty. And "just" teaching 3 courses at one of the top law schools in the country, while also practicing law and serving in the state senate?

Obama had a largely middle-class upbringing, true, but his grandparents lived (and his grandmother still lives) in what has been described as a non-descript high-rise apartment building. He went to an exclusive private school on a scholarship, and has written about his awareness of this privilege.

My guess is that Obama's family was also basically middle class while in Indonesia; I certainly don't hear anything in the stories about that time that indicate any particular privilege. I also suspect that there was some unhappiness there in his personal life--why else did he end up in Hawaii with his grandparents--but Obama doesn't choose to talk about that.

I don't know the details of the goatherder story--I'm not aware of Obama saying his father was a goatherder as an adult. In any event it's quite likely that his father told him he was a goatherder. I honestly don't understand how you can compare what is at most some fluffing like this with the whole Bosnia thing.

Remember Hillary first told the Bosnia stories when the line was circulating that as First Lady she went to a lot of teas. Hillary told the sniper story and finished with the snide line "I don't remember anyone on the tarmac offering us tea." She then went on to tell that story again and again--even in prepared remarks AFTER Sinbad was publicly saying she was wrong.

Then of course she was called on it, never apologized, said she misspoke because she was sleep-deprived (really, all of those times, and when you wrote the prepared remarks?). And then Bill went completely overboard with his "She said it one time late at night...." crap. Honestly, that's some sort of wierd compulsive lying going on there.

Just teaching 3 courses in a year is not the same as participating as a professor. People are confused - with good reason.

You're the one confused. What the hell does "participating as a professor" mean, and what does it have to do with whether he can rightfully be called a professor. Did you ever address your profs in college as "Lecturer"?

From the University of Chicago Law School:
From 1992 until his election to the U.S. Senate in 2004, Barack Obama served as a professor in the Law School. He was a Lecturer from 1992 to 1996. He was a Senior Lecturer from 1996 to 2004, during which time he taught three courses per year. Senior Lecturers are considered to be members of the Law School faculty and are regarded as professors, although not full-time or tenure-track. The title of Senior Lecturer is distinct from the title of Lecturer, which signifies adjunct status. Like Obama, each of the Law School's Senior Lecturers has high-demand careers in politics or public service, which prevent full-time teaching. Several times during his 12 years as a professor in the Law School, Obama was invited to join the faculty in a full-time tenure-track position, but he declined.
http://www.law.uchicago.edu/media/index.html

Right. Like teaching at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville is in an way equivalent to teaching at the University of Chicago. She could've been distinguished professor at Fayeteville and it would still mean less on an academic vitae.

"How many times have I heard "Summa Cum Laude" when it was Magna"

Yeah, how many times? Link, please.

Have you looked at the Pollster graph since 2006? How can you say with a straight face that they were polling "almost even" when he declared?

Des, you know you are being disingenuous. You have brought this up before and have been corrected. He never said his father was a goat herder. It was his grandfather.

Come on. I can see why you identify with your candidate.

Go ask his many fans, they think his father went from goatherder to scholarship in Hawaii. Try it, ask around.

That hardly makes Obama a liar simply because other people are confused.

The same cannot be said for Hillary whose lies come directly out of her own mouth.

So you knew the truth (it was his grandfather and not his father) and yet you twisted it to say that Obama was lying.

I guess you are a genuine Hillary person after all.

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I'll vote for Obama if he is the Democratic nominee and I believe that will be the case. It has nothing to do with trusting the guy. Keep it simple, or else things can get complicated. Find the saints in church I say! Trust? I have never trusted a politician in my entire life. Is there any reason to start now? I ask the question meaning no disrespect to Senator Obama.

By the way, everyone should read yesterday's NYT's article about Senator Obama and his elevation through the whole Chicago poitical scene. Then let's talk some trust; lots of Lani Guenierisms going on in this young man's brief eminently political career, from Palestinian professors to the man who has been his spiritual mentor. Trust? I take solace in knowing that the guy I'm likely to wind up voting for knows how to play the game so very, very well.

Whom do I trust? The people--some of them, enough to avoid a lifetime of cynicism.

Here we go again. So because he has earned more trust to me personaly than any other politician ever has in life, that means we are unable to to disern the difference between that and being fool.

I thought it was stated to keep it simple. I do, give credit where credit is do. The man has not acted untrustworthy in my eyes, a politician at times yes, but that's the game the people have accepted for so long. Trust in him at least making a dent in that old way, yes I trust him to do that!

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Sean:

Sorry, my friend, but it's just not about you. If you trust the guy, that's really great. Trust away; I just care about the end result, sans McCain. If you want to tell me how he is going to change the old ways, go for it, post and post again. I am under no such illusions; I just think he will be more accountable to people in the middle and people on the left than John McCain will be. Sorry if that doesn't sound sexy, but don't shoot me because I'm not even the piano player.

Bruce

Bruce, My Friend...It's not just about you either.

My only frustration is you think we are saying two different things when we are not. Unless you are implying what I hate about his detractors that I think that he is to be worshiped like a God. If You dont think being more accountable to the people MEANS changing the old ways, then I guess we...well, I just have nothing to say about that!

Sean, I agree.

The thing that I think people are missing is you don't have to trust. The thing I love about Obama is sunshine and accountability.

Check out his senate page for all of the legislation he has championed to provide an open government.
http://obama.senate.gov/issues/ethics_and_lobbying_reform/
From google for government, where we can look up what is going on, to broadcast via internet all committee meetings. Even giving the citizens a 5 day weigh in where we can comment on bills sitting on his desk waiting to be signed into law.

He has vowed to go over and even reverse GWB's multitude of signing statements and reverse and OLC opinion that does not strictly adhere to the constitution.
This is what Obama thinks about executive power. From the Boston Globe Interview:
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/specials/CandidateQA/ObamaQA/

That is a lot of sunshine folks, the best disinfectant. Even if you do not trust him fully, if you follow his IL senate record as well as his US senate record, you can see he is as good as his word.

This is 10000 times better than Hillary "Lobbyists are real Americans" Clinton or "100 years in Iraq" McSame.

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Oh, yeah, he's gonna make a dent. When someone would say they were impressed by something or someone, my father used to say, "An impression is a dent, and a dent is a hole, and hole is nothing. Don't be so impressed!"

When I was 13, campaigning for Bobby Kennedy, I was convinced he was the second coming of Christ, and that he was going to change the world. I still have great respect for the man, and wish he had had the chance to try...but as an adult I recognize that he was far from being a saint, and that his best chance for really changing anything would have been in the Senate, not the Presidency.

The same is true for Obama. As President, he'll have to work within the system as it is. There are over 500 lawmakers who are comfortable with the way things are, and they're not likely to grovel at his feet. In fact, he's young, inexperienced and cocky, and that will invite major resistance from seasoned oldtimers who will be standing around corners with their feet out trying to trip him up, democrats as well as republicans. They will succeed. Believe me, the love affair between Kennedy and Obama will end in divorce.

Hey Bruce,

Furnishing the link to the NYT article you mention:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/us/politics/11chicago.html
as I had the url easily available.

Though some of the Obama worshippers will undoubtedly think the article to be evil, the article actually brought me myself and I more "hope" about Obama's executive potential than I previously had.

BTW, Bruce, turns out the Senator started wearing a flag pin today, :-) was just noted by Olberman. And probably not coincidentally, the sound bites I've noticed from him the last few days have to do with our fine men and women in uniform and how great America is. Think Axelrod has been seeing some serious patriotism problems in those polls, or what?

I'm actually glad to see it, shows savvy that I worried was missing. Previously my thought on this was: if one considers things like flag pins and patriotic rhetoric "silly" or unimportant, then it shouldn't be a big deal for one to use them, because it's not like you're flipflopping on some grand moral principle important to you. Shows a willingness to bend to reality as to the electorate. It's like when Mom wants you to dress nice for a special dinner, you do it for her even though you prefer to eat in your sweats. I'm a committed globalist and cosmopolitan, my first loyalty to NYC, but I don't see a damn thing wrong with some people expecting some iconic signs of nationalist patriotism in the person asking for the job of not just running that particular nation but being its representative to the world. You don't get to be Prime Minister of France by saying you prefer the EU to France and the French that love their country are all jingoists. I think this "flipflop" of patriotic stuff will allay some of fears of some white working class that are nervous about his cosmopolitan image.

P.S. A personal note for you, hot off the TPMCafe presses:

...My value at TPM is gauged by the number of responses I get. So thanks my agitated friend.
Posted by M.J. Rosenberg
May 12, 2008 8:38 PM Permalink

I believe you once sought that admission but couldn't get it. Well, now you have it. :-)
(In my definition, he's saying he's a troll, pure and simple.)

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Artappraiser, my reply was posted below by mistake.

OK. That's it. Come on in, Billy! You know what they say....kids are the best judge of character.

Caroline Kennedy couldn't resist her kids. Neither could Claire McCaskill.

;-)

Hop on board. There's plenty of room.

I think he's already on board. He's just hanging tough until the results are verified.

I just want an open convention. Maybe a street fight or two.

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That would certainly steal the spotlight from McCain. I'm all for it. Show Limbaugh what chaos really is.

Hehe,

Maybe we can get a "Beat It" style dance fight going!

I don't know if you really do. I lived through the last one. It really wasn't a good thing. It's your money, though--spend it how you like.

McSame vs Kool aid.

Much ado about nothing.

Nothing will change.

Because I'm easy come, easy go,
little high, little low,
Any way the wind blows
Doesn't really matter
to me . . .

Nothing really matters
Anyone can see
Nothing really matters
to me . . . .

a crap-speak panderer tries something new.

Yeah but you gotta love Freddie!

GL - with the straight up dope!

Honestly - I think Gotalife would agree with me - the more people we can convince to stay out of the democratic process the better - because nothing will change.

Everyone should just give up. Total cool aid. He needs to lead.

Total cool aid. Total (cool aid).

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I couldn't help it: Your avatar made me laugh, gotalife.

It is funny, gotta be real. To bad they didn't come home against Obama...(dam..lol) I like the Hillary as Elmer the best though!

Oh, the koolaid one is weeeeeeaaaaaaak...I thought he still had the Chicken one....Boooooooo!

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I agree, Hillary Fudd is funny too.

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NB: Not Hillary Fudd's comments, of course, just the avatar. Fudd's comments tend to be extremely obnoxious.

Funny Blow, I was going to say the same thing about gotalife...:)

Goatlife, calling Goatlife!

I can't post this enough. I encourage everybody to take a look at the most recent Hillary Deathwatch on Slate.com today. It's outstanding graphics make it worth a visit. I love the sinking Hillary and especially enjoy the new shark.
http://www.slate.com/id/2190987/

Do you think Hillary will be invoking SNL anymore in her campaign:
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/play.shtml?mea=250052

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Dude!

Certainly not your stupid posts.

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Kids are a good barometer of what's really big in American culture. Back when I thought I had my three- and five-year-olds limited to PBS and a few Nickelodeon shows, I remember discovering that they both knew not only the Golden Arches but the whole McDonalds' menu.

On the one hand, I don't like being pushed around by that sort of giant movement. On the other hand, I do like knowing what the movements are.

Billy, I suggest that as you think about the race, you add your daughter's comments as evidence. Not that Obama's right, but as evidence that the Obama campaign has some pretty amazing methods that are how politics works.

Kids say the darndest things..

Nothing will change for you, Goatlife.

loser.

Damn plagiarizer!

I think he's started a trend


The latest big thing

I first noticed the political rhetoric shift in Mark Leno's campaign for State Senate out of my district. On or about 2-3 days following the Iowa primary Leno beat Clinton to the punch in becoming

THE CHANGE CANDIDATE.

His opponents took up the slogan as of course did Hillary at least for a couple months, before she became Rosie the Rivetter and Annie Oakly

It's always a good sign when these framing changes occur that is if your candidate brought this on. Well now it appears that indeed EVERYBODY is talking about change.
This has gone TOO far


The Caucus: House G.O.P. Adopts Change Theme


Of course who can forget the seminal political spat of the season, perhaps one of the most earth shattering of Tuzla's Reign of Terror -
OBAMA Plagiarist-gate

http://political-fallout.blogspot.com/2008/01/obama-plagiarizes-bob-builder-in-nh.html

All I want is someone to post a youtube mashup of Bob doing a call-and-response with supporters at on Obama rally.

Come on in brother. It's about time.

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Daughter Glad sounds like a smart one. Maybe a kid worth listening to.

Yes We Can Mashups: http://momocrats.typepad.com/momocrats/2008/04/yes-we-can-mash.html

Ahhhh, my life is now complete. Thank you.

"This is going to get a little complicated."

Yep, too complicated for "Yes She Can" or "No We Can't". It's about time our government expected more of us and we had a leader who didn't either pretend like they could solve our problems on their own or that they didn't exist.

Billy, do you want a principal at your daughter's school who told you "I'll get all those kids breakfast and health insurance" or "that most of the children are doing fine" or one who "asked you to join an effort in the community to find a solution together"?

Generally agree that a democracy is truly one only with extensive and enduring participation of its citizens.

However, I think this is exactly what Mr. Glad writes, no?

Stuff that's stuck in your mind, because you figured out you can send a couple of extra pairs of gloves to school in your daughter's back pack, but you haven't figured out what to do about the breakfast and the health insurance.

Seems like a lot of personal responsibility there to me. I guess I'm not really sure why you posed the "principal" question.

Blockquotes got messed up. But you get the idea.

I'm comparing the "Yes We Can" to "Yes She Can". I'm not talking about personal responsibility. What I am suggesting is that "Yes She Can" is a much more ridiculous slogan unless you believe she can actually solve all our problems on her own. If so, maybe Obama supporters are not the ones drinking kool-aid or watching cartoons (Bob the Builder). Some Hillary supporters are hitching a ride on an invisible jet and believe she is Wonder Woman.

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Wasn't it Annie Oakley that sang: Yes I Can, Yes I Can.

Perhaps that is why Hillary has recently morphed into Annie Yokely.

Some Hillary supporters are hitching a ride on an invisible jet and believe she is Wonder Woman.

No doubt.

I am guessing they would make a similar claim of some supporters of Senator Obama.

Thanks for explaining.

Fly Hillary's airplane. Get you there on time.
Fly Jefferson Airplane. Get you there on time.
Fly Translove Airways. Get you there on time.

Also, please forgive me for going a bit off-topic, but I do have one minor point of disagreement...


It's about time our government expected more of us

I feel that I and my fellow citizens could expect more of me.

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