tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post7072320549656075637..comments2023-12-29T19:25:59.927-05:00Comments on We're Just Sayin: Just... words...Iris&Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08131960635510843593noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-76060767508103467952008-02-22T10:19:00.000-05:002008-02-22T10:19:00.000-05:00The issue is not whether Obama said what Deval sai...The issue is not whether Obama said what Deval said in two speeches (that we know of). The issue is that the Obama Campaign is pretty much a clone of the Patrick campaign of 2006.<BR/> Both had David Axelrod.<BR/>Obama, like Patrick, rose up from the South Side of Chicago and excelled at Harvard Law School. Both are brilliant orators. Like Patrick, Obama is a superb and charismatic campaigner. Both project a persona that "transcends" race. And Deval also used rhetoric like " The Politics of Hope", "Change", "No Politics as Usual" The Obama campaign slogan: "Yes We Can" was Deval's campaign slogan. <BR/><BR/>Could this be "Deval Patrick- The Sequel"? An Axelrod script in the Theater of Electabilty?<BR/><BR/>I was caught up in the Patrick campaign in the same way as so many are caught up in Obama's.<BR/><BR/>And Patrick seemed to forget all but himself as soon as he was elected. He certainly does not dance with those who went out on a limb and brung him. And it is politics as usual. He does not work with the legislature. He does not seem to know how. <BR/><BR/>His only significant initiative has been the plan to build a casino(s) in Massachusetts,(courtesy of notorious South African entrepreneur, Sol Kerzner of Sun City fame who had extensive ties to the Apartheid Government). <BR/><BR/>In short, Deval Patrick has been a huge disappointment to those who had put so much store by his candidacy. Many of the legislature feel betrayed.<BR/><BR/>This does not mean that Obama will be another Deval in a much broader context. But there are certainly grounds for skepticism.<BR/><BR/>It occurs to me now that maybe Patrick was running for higher office (in the Obama administration?) all along, because the Patrick-Axelrod-Obama configuration did not just “happen”. It has a history and an agenda<BR/><BR/>I leave the rest to your imaginationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-50122007433979665082008-02-20T09:29:00.000-05:002008-02-20T09:29:00.000-05:00We had to adjust the column, herewith comments by ...We had to adjust the column, herewith comments by Anonymous and Iris:<BR/><BR/>Anonymous said...<BR/><BR/> Blah blah blah.<BR/><BR/> There - I just plagiarized.<BR/><BR/> Or to do it again.<BR/><BR/> Much ado about nothing.<BR/><BR/> And for the record, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's book "It takes a Village" was written by a ghost writer. Not a word written by Senator Clinton!<BR/><BR/> Blah blah blah.<BR/><BR/> The professor is growing tired of these children of Washington. They need to find real work.<BR/><BR/> W<BR/> 9:20 PM<BR/><BR/> <BR/>Iris and David said...<BR/><BR/> well walt great minds -- when I was watching the returns I blobbed and you'll see my reference to It Takes a Village--probably david will post it later. he must be working or he would have posted last night blah blah blah<BR/> 7:58 AMIris&Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08131960635510843593noreply@blogger.com