this was fucking funny!
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Thank you.
I accept compliments with the wild abandon of a Diablo Cody fan: without fear of wind or vertigo or even an excessively cute script.
Putting aside thoughts of fetching tattoos, pageboy haircuts and high heels let's pour ourselves a mojito, bring the lights down, settle into that plush couch and review where we are.
On the issue of Obama - for or against or undecided - we've taken each others' full measure. Strong positions have been stated and territory clearly marked. Charles B sees inherent anti-racism in the fact that Sen. Obama is enthusiastically attracting votes from many white Americans (and not just the important fainting voter bloc!). Julio hopes to see progressive things happen because of that enthusiasm (and also, because of the boost an Obama presidency might give to the self esteem of non-whites, starting of course, with blacks). Abu was totally up in our faces about foreign policy: as in, an Obama presidency will make the US a positive actor on the world stage, pulling us back from the brink of...um, something.
All well and good. I've opposed each and every one of these points of view, seeing them as understandable but flawed. However! In the time that has passed between my last drink and the one I'm currently enjoying, I've discovered my own reason for stopping all the kvetching and learning to love the Obama.
Change!
That's what the chap talks about. Supporters soak it up like heart stopping gravy into a biscuit; detractors ask: wha..what change?
Both groups are missing the point.
When Obama talks about "change" what he's on about isn't defined by the soaring hopes of supporters or the cynical mutterings of detractors. When the Senator says "change" he means:
C.H.A.N.G.E.
as in the
Colllider (powered) High Availability Nuclear Generation Engine
Usually, media outlets quote the Senator like so: "My friends, America needs change. Under my slender fingered tutelage, she will, by the black sword of Elric, have it!" Wrong! But not just wrong, it's further evidence of the distortion-loving ways of our wrinkled Dockers wearing cadre of "journalists". The real quote should read: "My friends, America needs C.H.A.N.G.E..."
Now that's change (or, I should say, C.H.A.N.G.E) I can get behind!
.d.
-- "I somehow doubt that 20 years of amphetamines and failure have changed you."
Dr. Impossible
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