bleh

jeezus, commentators are queueing up to label Obama's caucus speech "exciting" and "inspiring".

well, most American political commentators are centre-rightists, and they adore centrist, let's all hold hands rhetoric. they bought it from Bush, the great uniter, and of course they'll buy it from Obama.

it was over the top, i'll give you that. the usual Obama speech, low on content, high on bluster, and if one analyses it, barely coherent.

this is retarded:

They said this country was too divided; too disillusioned to ever come together around a common purpose.

if Repugs voted for Obama, they would have done so only because they think he's more beatable in the general than Clinton. this sort of "i unite" talk would only apply if he wins the general in a big way.

i doubt anyone will do that.

and the proof of the unity pudding is going to come when Obama tries to get something passed. he'll find out right then how much the Repugs love him. as Edwards notes, if he thinks that all he needs to do is sit down with big oil and big health, and their bought-and-paid-for representatives, and play kissyface with them, he has another think coming. they will fight him all the way. and while they have 40 votes in the Senate, kissyface will not win the day.

You said the time has come to tell the lobbyists who think their money and their influence speak louder than our voices that they don't own this government, we do; and we are here to take it back.

this is just "fuck you, Hillary" though. if people hated lobbyists, they would eschew the whole system, which encourages them. but they don't. Americans worship a constitution that reinforces privilege, that permits a wealthy elite to retain a stranglehold on power, and that allows reactionaries to prevent change too easily.

hilariously, having snatched "i'm a uniter not a divider", Obama goes on to thieve "i still believe in a place called Hope".

but dude, "i hope you stop fucking me soon" is a lovely message, but "if you don't stop fucking me soon, i will shiv you" pays double. it's not "let's all kiss and make up" time now. it's shiv time. they aren't going to stop fucking you just because you ask nicely.

posted by Dr Zen @ 10:54 am