On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:59:27 GMT, "Tom Littleton" wrote:


"~^ beancounter ~^" wrote in message
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spin for the dictator......it's all spin. Ballarena boy and turd
stick. Then mix in
some pelosi and reid. add some axlerod. And walla.....Van Jones, 35
czars,
Holder, CIA, Gitmo, taxes, healthcare, company takeovers,
unemployment,
deficit. All in just 200 days. Not to mention dates, AF1, bowing, and
appologizing.
p.s. tell your fat wife she is not to salute getting off the plane or
chopper!

add in that 'indoctrination' of schoolchildren brouhaha, and the above is my
foremost reason to believe the large mass of rational individuals will flock
to Obama, just to reject the lunatic fringe that has formed in opposition.
Tom

Um, while I think the text should have been released with the announcement (but
it's clear why the WH didn't release it - they are still playing to the choir
with this petty ****) and I also think the opposition should have waited to see
what he intended to say, I would remind you that such a "brouhaha" has, er,
precedent...Dems, including many of those in Congress (...so, OK, they're a big
part of the "lunatic fringe"...for both parties...well, at least the "lunatic"
part, anyway...), went bat**** when Bush 41 wanted to do the same thing.
Gebhardt and Pelosi were very vocal and I especially remember one Martin Frost,
Texas Dem, who had a few PR folks of his own over the years, who said that such
was a waste of precious Fed funds for such political advertising and, AHEM,
attempts at indoctrination. He further said that if Bush wanted to attempt to
convert kids to the GOP, he should fire some of his PR people and use that money
(as you might guess, that was particularly memorable in part of my circle...).

All that said, if all he wants to do is give a non-political speech, I think
it's a good thing. But the WH not releasing the speech is simply an attempt to
stir the ****. And while it worked, many moderates recognize it for what it is
- nasty, silly partisan politics, and that does not help him in the long run.
This obsession of the far-left wing to portray the far-right wing as "wackjobs"
does nothing but hurt Obama. The moderate middle already considers both
extremes as, to be charitable, the "fringe" and Obama being seen as part of that
makes him look no better than the "fringe." I suspect this plays a part in why
more than the traditional "fringe" has suspicions about his motives. It's like
the birth cert crap - most, had he simply released the damned thing, would have
said, "OK, you've seen it, he's legit, now shut the flock up about it, you pack
of loonies..." But by not releasing it, and keeping the loonies all riled up,
moderates begin to say to themselves, "OK, sure, he's eligible to be POTUS and
all, but ya know, what IS he trying to hide/do here...why is he doing this...?"

Again, he and his people have arrogantly bought into their self-created myth,
fueled by the early-on "friendly" media and he's beginning to look like the
spoiled sports star or actor who has read one too many of their own favorable
press clippings, all the while forgetting they were created by their own press
agents. And before you or anyone else says, "It's just the loonies who are all
up about this," I'll remind you that he has lost _dramatic_ support among the
middle - probably on the order of 5-10% - that he could have kept with a less
partisan (appearing) approach. And he'll never get it back with the same ease
that he got it the first time around.

TC,
R