Obama for Change!

[innerSpaceman]

But aside from that, and the reason the joke works, is the "change" is not a slogan for Obama. It IS his platform. And yes, it was Clinton's and Reagan's, too.

Ho-freaking-Hum. Cherny is right. Change, Schmange. That's why the joke works. It's pablum.



No-one is saying we don't want a change. What does that have to do with actually delivering change?

It's a standard political strategy, and it's hollow as an easter bunny. If the voters want "change," the change-candidate wins. If the voters like it as it is, the status-quo candidate wins. OMG, freaking boring.


Just as Obama's been until this week. He should get into trouble more often. Brings out the best, apparently.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Just as Obama's been until this week. He should get into trouble more often. Brings out the best, apparently.

See, and I guess that's what most of us who have been supporters from early on already knew. And perhaps it's BECAUSE he's so good that it's flown under the radar. I mentioned it in the other thread, but he was inches away from being laughed out of the race very early on due to a comment he made about Iran. But his response was SO good, and made SO much sense that the story dropped out of the media almost instantly, because he cut straight through the bullsh*t and said, "I said what I said and I meant what I said and the criticism I'm getting for it is manufactured b.s. based on shortcut rhetoric, not based in reality," which is pretty much the same thing he said in the race speech.