Regardless of when, where, or how this is shown, this is some pretty blatant propaganda. I remember in college watching translations of Chinese propaganda under Mao and how I never understood how people fell for it. And although I am not comparing Obama to Mao I must say that I cannot believe that we as American citizens subscribe to something as blatantly obvious as this video.
What maybe is even more disheartening is that everyone in this video is an actor/actress and yet we are supposed to pledge along them? Aren’t these people the same people who are paid to say what they are told to repeat lines that are already written for them? I love movies and television but I am not a big fan of when they leave my TV and enter politics.
]]>Was anyone else a bit underwhelmed by his speech? I know I was expecting it to be one of his best and I would say it was more of the middle of the road. He stumbled big time when taking the oath which was kind of awkward and his speech to me was a let down. I was expecting some major one liners that would be echoed through the history books but there was nothing like that today. My streaming solution to not having a TV at work worked out for a little while but about every few minutes I would loose connection which was kind of a bummer. All in all it was not all as inspirational or as emotional as I thought it would be.
Regardless of what I thought of his speech, his policies, or anything else, I am proud to be able to say I was alive to see the first African American President of the United States.
For anyone who missed the speech I have provided it below.
Does anyone think Obama won’t be our next president? Well I have always planned on voting for John McCain since we were given these final two candidates. I was a big fan of Mike Huckabee, but obviously he had no chance, so now we are kind of forced with John McCain. I am not expecting a miracle, I just have never really understood the appeal of Obama. But I guess we better all get ready for it, its going to happen very very soon.
I wish John McCain did interviews like this with Chris Berman because I actually felt like I connected with him. The best quote was “He Could Go All the Way to the White House” and then jumped in with a “That’s why we play the game”. Good solid short and sweet interview. Here it is on YouTube.
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Alright everyone I am not telling anyone who to vote for, but please go out and vote!
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Barack to the Future
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Barack as Rocky Balboa
Rocky has got enough on its own to make it a topic of jokes. We all have seen the many spoofs of the movies with old men in walkers boxing, and of course countless movies have used its theme song, but nothing has infuriated me more then Hillary Clinton comparing herself to Rocky. Here is the video of her comparison.
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Does she bother you as much as she bothers me? I watch this video and I just don’t understand any appeal in her. I can’t stand the fact that she used Rocky to compare herself to. And even with all my love for Rocky, would a presidential candidate really want to compare herself to a character who got hit in the head a few to many times, and whose intelligence isn’t firing on all cylinders? Just a thought.
As much as I thought of this as being just a witty post, Obama I suppose wasn’t going to let this comparison go without a response. Obama was quoted as saying in response to Hillary comparing herself to Rocky:
“There’s been some talk about Rocky Balboa over the last couple days. And you know we all love Rocky,” Obama told the labor leaders.
“But we got to remember Rocky was a movie,” Obama continued. “And so is the idea that someone can fight for working people and at the same time, embrace the broken system Washington, where corporate lobbyists use their clout to shape laws to their liking.”
I am sure we will hear more from Rocky’s theme song during Hillary’s campaign in Pennsylvania, but I doubt we hear of any more comparisons. I hope Hillary remembers that Rocky looses in his first and last fight?
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I am not old enough to know how the society reacted to Ronald Reagan during his eight years in office and his various campaigns. However from everything I have read, studied, and viewed on TV, I can see why this blogger, categorized Barack Obama as the Democrats Reagan. Read his article, its simple, but a good analysis of Obama and the way his speech’s are taking Americans by storm.
