The Illusion of Unity

[2rth2pwr]

(another interesting blog entry- not mine) http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=9462

Barack Obama took quite a beating on Meet The Press this morning, as Hillary continued to insist surrogates in his campaign were ramping up the rhetoric and playing every card in the racial deck. He has refused the unifying tack of granting Hillary a mea culpa for her words, and instead seems to be following the adage “If your opponent is drowning, throw them an anvil.” Forcing Clinton to explain her way out of it just keeps the narrative alive.

Barack is showing through these actions that he realizes his own lofty unrealistic rhetoric is just that. He is willing to go on the attack by proxy, but simultaneously retains his veneer of All American Virtuosity and Brotherhood by refraining from direct assault. Obama understands the game, and how to play it the Chicago Way.


Malone: You said you wanted to get Capone. Do you really wanna get him? You see what I’m saying is, what are you prepared to do?
Ness: Anything and everything in my power.
Malone: And then what are you prepared to do? If you open the can on these worms you must be prepared to go all the way because they’re not gonna give up the fight until one of you is dead.
Ness: How do you do it then?
Malone: You wanna know how you do it? Here’s how, they pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That’s the Chicago way, and that’s how you get Capone! Now do you want to do that? Are you ready to do that?
Ness: I have sworn to capture this man with all legal powers at my disposal and I will do so.
Malone: Well, the Lord hates a coward. Do you know what a blood oath is, Mr. Ness?
Ness: Yes.
Malone: Good, ‘cause you just took one.


Didn't Obama come out right away to play down Biden's "clean and articulate" comment?

He has the power to do that here.

[Kittycat]

1. Give it a rest. The clinton's will sink their own ship - Obama has nothing to do with it.

He's risen above their negativity. Apparently some want to quash the dream and hopes that we can all rise together as One Voice, and put an end the tyrant old bastards that have been running this country in to the ground. We don't want another bush-like secretive administration with unlimited and unlawful power. We want change.

Dare to dream.

[dkf]

2. Yeah cuz everyone knows Biden is better than that.

Poor Joe just steps into it every once in a while.

That is different from the series of what looks to me like orchestrated comments to deliberately inject race into the campaign.

[2rth2pwr]

3. Which is it? Are the Clintons really racist?

Or is it that nobody is accusing them of playing the race card?

Because both lines are coming out from Obama supporters and surrogates.

[dkf]

4. You don't have to be a racist to play the race card

I don't accuse them of racism, I accuse them of opportunism. They want it to be about being black or white and divisiveness and unpalatable politics means they win. It is in their best interest to make this as awful as possible. Sad but true.

[oasis]

5. If Obama continues to play the "victim card" he'll come across as

to weak to lead.