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saul_relative

One cannot help but be concerned for lives now and for future generations. We positively need a positive change.

posted by jacentaOld on March 2, 2008 at 4:21 PM | link to this | reply

Presence, Wiley. Presence. The man has charisma, presence, a sense of

confidence he conveys to the audience and the gift of timing and good oratory. He rose to prominence through his exposure early in the campaign by the news media making much of the fact that the Democratic Party's candidates were truly multicultural in makeup. You had a white woman, a black man, a Latino/hispanic man, a young white man, and several aging white men. The media jumped on the white woman/black man history making angle early, paying only minor attention to Bill Richardson's ethnicity, not to mention his vast experience, which surpassed every other candidate's, Republican or Democratic.

Clinton was the frontrunner and Obama was the dark horse, the cinderella man in the race. In the U.S., where there is a lot of romanticism that surrounds the underdog story, many were drawn by Obama's frankness, his seeming accessibility. What hurt Clinton and Edwards and helped Obama was the fact that the race for the presidency began so early, giving people considerable time to get to know the candidates. The more exposure Obama got, the more people liked him and his message. If you've noticed, the drum he beats is steady, simple. There's not a lot of extemporaneity. Just the same, steady, intense beating of the same message: change, new, out of Iraq, anti-Bush, different. But the steadiest beat is "change."

With a very active and aggressive campaign network, the constant media exposure, his ability to look easygoing and confident, his unwavering call for change, and his gift for oratory all combined to set up his upset of Clinton in Iowa. The rest, as they say, is history.

posted by saul_relative on March 2, 2008 at 9:47 AM | link to this | reply

saul relative

Well I sure would ike to hear your perspective on Obama and have an idea on that bit of U.S. politics. I had never heard of the guy before these primaries, how did he get to where he is???

posted by WileyJohn on March 1, 2008 at 9:05 PM | link to this | reply

Thanks, Soul Builder...

posted by saul_relative on March 1, 2008 at 4:39 PM | link to this | reply

How about simply reversing most of the crap allowed to pass across the

desk of Dubya the Dimwit. That would take him two terms at least and then we could start again (but sixteen years later) where Bill Clinton left us, which may have not been the greatest place to be, but our economy was sound, we weren't at war with every country on the planet (diplomatically, I mean), we weren't in debt up to our collective asses, Iraq wasn't a pile of rubble and Afghanistan wasn't one big poppy field.

posted by saul_relative on March 1, 2008 at 4:22 PM | link to this | reply

I loved the header!!!

posted by Soul_Builder101 on February 29, 2008 at 11:18 AM | link to this | reply

Saul_Relative, Snippets of attribution are good for pointing fingers, laying blame and political speeches. I'm wondering what Barack Obama could really do to bring about positive change if he does become president.

posted by TAPS. on February 29, 2008 at 10:08 AM | link to this | reply

What? Composition? Are you saying, sam, that there is structure

involved in these snippets of attributions? Wow... how the hell did that happen?