Demystifying Obama
Posted on May 4, 2008
As we move closer to November, the Republicans will continue to play on voters’ fear of change by presenting Barack Obama as a disturbing enigma. The main stream media has, in fact, already started banging that drum. The Washington Post’s ominously titled “The Obama Enigma - Where Would He Lead America?” contains this bit of GOP-friendly rhetoric: “His campaign platform is orthodox liberal Democratic fare. So is Mr. Obama a standard liberal clad in the soothing language of inclusiveness?” After this they proceed to tear down their self-created straw man, only to build him up again, and then tear him down again. Such is the state of contemporary journalism. But the fact remains, Barack Obama is successful because - like Kennedy and Reagan and yes, even Bill Clinton before him (the ‘old’ Bill Clinton, not this new, shrill incarnation) - he speaks to the hopes and dreams of average Americans. He reaches out to the best in people, unlike Republicans who luxuriate in the fears of the white middle-class. Watch out! There’s a terrorist behind you! Illegal immigrants are after your jobs! The gays want to get married! Hide the children! Run for your lives! There’s really no mystery to Obama. The mystery is why GOPers keep trying to convince America that more of the same is a winning strategy.
And speaking of luxuriation. The McCain camp has been dining out for too long on the Reverend Wright controversy. Can they honestly not see the hypocrisy of this? Obama continues to denounce Wright’s statements while McCain is “proud of” the very Reverend John Hagee’s endorsement.’ Thanks, yer worshipful!
From the Veracifier:
As you’ll see, Hagee blames Hurricane Katrina on da gays! (Cue dirge music.) But isn’t it strange that one of the least affected areas in New Orleans was the French Quarter which, by his reasoning, should have suffered the worst?
Over at Slate, Christopher Beam speculates Why Jeremiah Wright’s Tour Is Good For Obama: “The furor over Wright so far is nothing compared with what Republicans will drum up in the fall. John McCain announced yesterday that despite hinting that he’d leave the Wright issue alone—he asked the North Carolina GOP not to air an ad denouncing Obama and Wright—he now thinks Wright is fair game.” Now why doesn’t that surprise me?
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