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Barack, "The Bomb" Obama
for release 02-27-07
Washington DC
Barack "The Bomb" Obama is probably the most exciting politician since John Kennedy. Just like JFK, The Bomb has it all--charm, charisma, ethnic cachet, good looks, vulnerability and he's swashbucklingly articulate (don't start me talkin', I'm not going to say 'clean')
And you can't discount the fact that Oprah likes him. Everybody loves a virgin, especially Oprah.
And I think that is what Joe Biden meant when he called Obama "clean." I don't think it was a racist or a disparaging remark. It didn't refer to how often he bathes. Biden meant that The Bomb is a virgin to politics, he has no extensive record of votes and positions that he will have to apologize for in the future. He's Clean Eugene. He wasn't even around when Congress authorized the war in Iraq. This is a strength.
Fresh ideas are good, and fresh attitudes. The Bomb is running on his strengths. It shows his cunning if not his wisdom. We need a smart man as our president. We've seen the results of the alternative.
Obama presents the same hope and vitality and excitement that John Kennedy did. The theme of his campaign is that we need a change, we need to pass the torch to a new generation. That was also JFK's message. What these men have in common is that they challenged the American people rather than pandered to opinion polls as is the current fashion.
Hillary Clinton is a massive disappointment. When, as First Lady she attempted an initiative to improve healthcare in this country, she displayed the courage of a leader, but she has become a symbol of the old order. She has become a politician instead of a potential leader. She looks angry. (maybe the anger of a woman scorned?) She has too much money. She is owned by the same interests as all the rest. She keeps trying to play it safe. But there is no safety in leadership. Leadership means taking risks.
Here is the glaring difference between The Bomb and all the other candidates from either party who have cast their hats into the ring: All the others are running on fear and he is running on hope.
If I wasn't running against him, I would vote for him. (if I could vote)
In the 1960 election, the Teamsters endorsed John Kennedy. In the 2008 election Oprah has endorsed Obama. I think that these endorsements carry about the same weight if you adjust for time and circumstance. Oprah has a vast constituency, and she gives cars away. I smell votes. Let's call it the Oprah/Obama Phenomena.
When Will Rogers remarked that he was not a member of any organized political party, he was a Democrat, he coined the legacy for that party. If the Democrats were an organized political party they would do the obvious and pair the frontrunners to make a winning ticket rather than suffer the bloodbath that the next year of primary campaigning will bring. Clinton and Obama would make a good ticket. She would bring experience (she did clean the White House for eight years) and Obama would bring hope a promise. There is always 2016.
Of course we'll have to soften Hillary up a bit, maybe a little botox around the eyes and perhaps a cute Monica Lewinski beret. If she really wants the female vote, she needs to be more girly. She already has a black eye with her natural constituency, women, because many women perceive her as weak for tolerating her husband's peccadillo with Ms. Lewinski.
Personally, I don't see this as a weakness, but a strength. It represents forgiveness which is a foundation of Christian thought. And, after all, I'm a man like Bill and I know how hard it is to refuse a blow-job.
The Poet's Eye sees a heckuva race coming up in 2008. It will be better than Nascar and The World Mud Wrestling Federation combined. Get yourself a lazy-boy and a bowl of guacamole and kick back.
My money is on The Bomb.
There was a boy
A very strange enchanted boy
They say he wandered very far, very far
Over land and sea
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he
And then one day
A magic day he passed my way
And while we spoke of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me
"The greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return"
--Eden Ahbez
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