Barack Obama was elected on a intentionally vague platform of 'change'. This was an understandable, smart, and ultimately successful political strategy on his part, as it helped him defeat Mrs. Inevitable in the primary and an extremely unpopular George W. Bush in the general election.
What, he wasn't running against Bush? Guess it just felt that way.
Bush fatigue made generic change sound harmless enough though - especially against a thoroughly underwhelming Republican candidate like John McCain.
Obama was the young, fresh, affable candidate.
His perfectly creased pants gave him that spiffy presidential patina, which can never hurt.
Plus, the tone of his rhetoric sounded measured and even 'post-partisan'.
However, astute voters were well aware that Obama never intended to preside as a moderate, or settle for merely not being Bush. Obama had a radical, far-left agenda - and he hid it in plain sight, as DrewM at Ace of Spades pointed out yesterday:
- Obama told us he wanted to spread the wealth around.
- Obama told us that if he had his druthers, we'd have a Canadian/European-style single-payer healthcare system.
- Obama told us that his policies would make energy prices skyrocket.
- Obama told us it was a waste of money administering potentially life-saving breathalyzers and inhalators to children in the emergency room.
(Hee-hee. I had to throw that last one in.)
This is not the change America had in mind.
Massachusetts fired a warning shot to the Democrats back in January.
It seems they are resolved to learning their lesson the hard way, on November 2.
We Will Remember from Republican Governors Association on Vimeo.
h/t: Lori Ziganto.
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