I just listened to his announcement speech. It was very good. I got emotional, hard to explain, it just happened. He's definitely got something. "A new American spring"
Sick of old people? He looks like Alex P. Keaton. Scared of young people? He looks like Alex P. Keaton. Religious? He’s a Christian. Atheist? He’s not weird about it. Wary of Washington? He’s from flyover country. Horrified by flyover country? He has degrees from Harvard and Oxford. Make the President Read Again? He learned Norwegian to read Erlend Loe. Traditional? He’s married. Woke? He’s gay. Way behind the rest of the country on that? He’s not too gay.
Worried about socialism? He’s a technocratic capitalist. Worried about technocratic capitalists? He’s got a whole theory about how our system of "democratic capitalism" has to be a whole lot more "democratic."
If you squint hard enough to not see color, some people say, you can almost see Obama the inspiring professor. Oh, and he’s the son of an immigrant, a Navy vet, speaks seven foreign languages (in addition to Norwegian[:] Arabic, Spanish, Maltese, Dari, French, and Italian), owns two rescue dogs, and plays the goddamn piano.
Originally posted by Jack Frost: So far he tops my list. Waiting to hear some policy specifics, especially on health care.
Jf
I've read analysis that suggests he is deliberately avoiding policy specifics, strategically. He doesn't want to be another Clinton-like wonk, despite being one. And he doesn't want to put up easy targets for Trump and Parscale to demagogue.
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I dont care about policy specifics. I want the orange menace out. I would vote for the dog catcher. I would vote for the dog.
I don't see Obama in mayor Pete. I see JFK, someone who represents a new generation and a new era. He's got charisma to burn and that's what wins over voters.
-------------------------------- fear is the thief of dreams
Jodi
