Obama and Substance
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Kevin
The interesting thing to me about last night, where Obama won pretty handily in both Hawaii and Wisconsin, was that Obama seems to be taking the “all fluff” criticism to heart. A good deal of his victory speech dealt with detailed policy points. It seems that the Obama camp thinks that might be a fertile avenue of attack. The all fluff stuff was always a lie — Obama has had some of the most detailed, in some areas the most innovative, policy proposals around — but its interesting to me that the Obama team is worried enough about it to respond. I don’t think it matters that much. If policy mattered a great deal than the incoherence of Bush’s policy statements in 2000 would have been the story instead of the bullshit the GOP made up about Gore. It will be interesting to see how much these attacks change Obama’s stump speech approach.
“Obama has had some of the most detailed, in some areas the most innovative, policy proposals around”
LOL
Comment 2/20/2008
He did a good job with the policy part of last night’s speech especially on Iraq. He should keep it up.
Comment 2/20/2008
Morris, if you are going to mock us, could you at least be funnier and more clever about it? I understand we are far far below your perfect understanding of constitutional law, philosophy, ethics and history. But could you zing it up a little? LOL? What are you? A 6th grader who got his or her first cell phone?
You could go pythonesque:
“I fart in your general direction Obama supporting Pig-Dogs!”
or perhaps Wayne’s world style:
“Obama has deep policy proposals, NOT!”
or perhaps a reference to obscure, quickly-canceled 80’s musical TV shows:
“Obama has great policies regarding predatory lenders and international diplomacy………. If you like Cop-Rock!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Euk1N0zVyww
Just some pointers to help you out.
Comment 2/20/2008
LOL
Comment 2/21/2008
Tim:
I’m pretty sure that link violates the Geneva Conventions in some way…
Comment 2/21/2008
“Obama has had some of the most detailed, in some areas the most innovative, policy proposals around”
Robert J. Samuelson at Newsweek disagrees (at least on the innovative part): http://www.newsweek.com/id/113672
This article seems to me to be a legit criticism of Obama. He talks about hope and change but his policies are not much different than Clinton’s…
Comment 2/21/2008
Matt:
I dunno, that Newsweek opinion piece seems an awful lot like cherry-picking to me. As a counterexample, blogger hilzoy makes the case for Obama’s substantive accomplishments. Contrary to Samuelson’s opinion, Obama has both substantive accomplishments and substantial differences from Clinton on his resume.
And, of course, when comparing any two candidates from the same party, no matter who they are and no matter what party, what’s important isn’t the similarities, of which there are bound to be many. It’s the differences that matter. From a voting record perspective, Obama has distinguished himself from Clinton on Cuba, on energy policy, and on tax policy.
Comment 2/21/2008
“Obama has distinguished himself from Clinton on Cuba,”
I agree. Barry Hussein Obama has agreed to meet with any thug or dictator in the world.
Comment 2/22/2008
OBAMA, THE LEMON CAKE BOY:
A Satire
By Steve Plonk
Lemon cake boy, he’s so pretty
Lemon cake boy nice and sweet
Lemon cake boy hands out fivers
When he sees girls on the street
Lemon cake boy drives yellow camaro
He loves buttercup bouquets
Pretty blonde girls hang on his arm
Swoon at everything he says
Lemon cake boy he got’s a million
Never had it so good,
Lemon cake boy wears shiny suits
Never lived inside the Hood
Lemon cake boy smiles for the camera
Gives out his cake walk lines
He’s such a shiny do-good angel
That all the home-girls think he’s fine
All that homies like his fivers,
Lemon cake boy gives them a ride
Lemon cake boy wins their favors
When they vote, he’s satisfied.
Lemon cake boy he “Johnny come lately”
Always done the way he should
He used to work lovely at the bakery
Delivering cakes down to the Hood.
Lemon cake boy, he straight up shiny
Looks like a Hollywood star,
He even drives that yellow camaro
Without even a stitch of tar.
Comment 3/1/2008