- #141
phoenixy
Whowee, I will share my opinion regarding Obama's rise. As far as background goes, I didn't understand the Obama hype up until a month ago. I only cared about Ron Paul during the primaries. When the election came down to Obama, Clinton, and McCain, I figured either one of them would be fine to run the country, so I became disengaged from politics until a month ago.
What I came to realize is that Obama is in fact very similar to Paul, in the sense that they are truly grass-root phenomenons. Paul had been around for decades and he didn't become an internet-darling until this election. The reason is some people are truly sick of the incestuous marriage between lawmakers and lobbyist, and the out-of-touch, divorced from reality that we call our political system. Just look at the current financial crisis and some The Daily Show clips to see the absurdity.
So when these people see a combination of intelligence, voice of reason, and most importantly, honesty, they latch onto it. Obama is not perfect, but he is well on his way to become a once in a generation historical political figure. I think some old-boys in Washington recognized his potential, and basically try not to obstruct his path by staying out his way. Obama is the one who took the initiative to seize this opening to the best of his ability.
Obama had a very humble background where his mother used to live on food stamp. He work his way up the social food chain to become what he is today. He contributed back to the community post law school by working as a community organizer. That is essentially how he "stole" the primary away from Clinton, because his bottom-up work-with-the-people approach gave him that slight edge over the traditional top-down political-savvy, media-dictated strategy. His ground game ensured that his supporters would squeeze out those crucial caucuses votes that Clinton supporters seem to ignored. And it didn't take that many votes to earn him enough momentum for a win. What we ended up with now is a candidate that is endorsed by the public as well as those who are empowered, at the same time no less. In contrast, the Republican camp has McCain dealing with the old-boys, and Palin drawing the commoner crowd.
Now that the McCain campaign become such a joke, I'm even more glad Obama was chosen. Rest assure, his ground game will once again come into play on Nov 4th. It is quite funny the way McCain steals Obama's message on being out of touch with the middle class. Guess which one of these candidates has 7 houses and 13 cars, and the other has 1 house and 1 car. The VP picks sealed the election for me. It becomes more clear by the day that the VP decisions are the epitome of both candidates' ability to make sound judgment.
People who question Obama's experience failed to see his un-tap potential. The way I see it, Obama is like Google just before its IPO. Biden is a solid blue chipper. McCain is one of the current financial stock that is suffering a melt-down. Palin is just penny stock that was hot, but is now shorted to the bottom.
What I came to realize is that Obama is in fact very similar to Paul, in the sense that they are truly grass-root phenomenons. Paul had been around for decades and he didn't become an internet-darling until this election. The reason is some people are truly sick of the incestuous marriage between lawmakers and lobbyist, and the out-of-touch, divorced from reality that we call our political system. Just look at the current financial crisis and some The Daily Show clips to see the absurdity.
So when these people see a combination of intelligence, voice of reason, and most importantly, honesty, they latch onto it. Obama is not perfect, but he is well on his way to become a once in a generation historical political figure. I think some old-boys in Washington recognized his potential, and basically try not to obstruct his path by staying out his way. Obama is the one who took the initiative to seize this opening to the best of his ability.
Obama had a very humble background where his mother used to live on food stamp. He work his way up the social food chain to become what he is today. He contributed back to the community post law school by working as a community organizer. That is essentially how he "stole" the primary away from Clinton, because his bottom-up work-with-the-people approach gave him that slight edge over the traditional top-down political-savvy, media-dictated strategy. His ground game ensured that his supporters would squeeze out those crucial caucuses votes that Clinton supporters seem to ignored. And it didn't take that many votes to earn him enough momentum for a win. What we ended up with now is a candidate that is endorsed by the public as well as those who are empowered, at the same time no less. In contrast, the Republican camp has McCain dealing with the old-boys, and Palin drawing the commoner crowd.
Now that the McCain campaign become such a joke, I'm even more glad Obama was chosen. Rest assure, his ground game will once again come into play on Nov 4th. It is quite funny the way McCain steals Obama's message on being out of touch with the middle class. Guess which one of these candidates has 7 houses and 13 cars, and the other has 1 house and 1 car. The VP picks sealed the election for me. It becomes more clear by the day that the VP decisions are the epitome of both candidates' ability to make sound judgment.
People who question Obama's experience failed to see his un-tap potential. The way I see it, Obama is like Google just before its IPO. Biden is a solid blue chipper. McCain is one of the current financial stock that is suffering a melt-down. Palin is just penny stock that was hot, but is now shorted to the bottom.
Anyone determined to preserve the Constitution would appear far to the left by Bush standards.