Gotcha Politics
by tdaxp ~ June 17th, 2008
My theory of Obama as Bush III keeps getting more support. The latest was Obama’s criticism of McCain because a controversial comedian supports him. Apparently Obama forgot that Al Franken is running for Senate.
It’s not that Obama voted for rape jokes before voting against them. Rather, Obama didn’t think about the issue at all. He found a potential opening against McCain, didn’t consider what constitutes comedy, didn’t consider who his own prominent supporters were, and so attacked. Obama lept before he looked, in other words.
This sort of stuff makes me more comfortable with Obama. We as a country seem to do well when our politicians are relatively incompetent — when the difference in skill between corporate leadres and political leaders is most apparent, in other words. Hence we had a pretty good run under the legacy hire, George W. Bush. If Obama’s elected President for braving telling people not to celebrate too much for graduating the eight grade, there’s every sign Bush II will naturally transition to Bush III.
Obama’s “Bush III” habits also promise to protect us from his own bad ideas. If he really thinks that the Nazis convicted at Nuremberg had recourse to the federal district courts, then it’s not too likely he will look twice when his aides and advisers assure him whatever they suggest is in line with best practices.
Tim, Based on the traditional laws of the United...
June 17th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Obushma
You’re welcome.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Obushma!
Gesundheit!
June 17th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Here’s a post of mine from today along the same lines:
http://www.opinionatedbastard.com/archives/obushma_and_the.html
It’s called “Obushma and the Wisdom Deficit”.
The thing about Obama is that he’s smart, but he’s not very wise.
June 19th, 2008 at 8:02 am
This must be a late April Fool’s joke. A gotcha post written about gotcha politics. How very clever, Dan!
June 20th, 2008 at 5:44 am
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June 20th, 2008 at 6:23 am
Pierce Wetter & Lexington
“Obushma”… Sounds like a Japanese shogun!
I imagine the next sound being “Banzai!” rather than “Gesundheit!”
Pierce Wetter,
Thanks for the post An excerpt:
I think my difference with this is that you believe that Bush III would be a mistake… I don’t [1].
Curtis,
Not a gotcha post. I’m not implying that Obama supports rape, or mirroring any of the despicable charges that the Obama camp is using against their political enemy.
Putting the pattern of Obama’s gaffes [2] into context isn’t gotcha politics — its making sense of a politician.
Did you have anything substantive to add?
[1] http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/06/19/the-foreign-policy-advantages-of-obama-as-bush-iii.html
[2] http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/05/30/at-least-there-was-no-sniper-fire.html