Read more at the Cartoonists of Color Draw-In web page. I’ve posted several links to articles, and a couple mp3’s of interviews I and the other guys have done regarding the action.
Read more at the Cartoonists of Color Draw-In web page. I’ve posted several links to articles, and a couple mp3’s of interviews I and the other guys have done regarding the action.
Read more at the Cartoonists of Color Draw-In web page. I’ve posted several links to articles, and a couple mp3’s of interviews I and the other guys have done regarding the action.
Obama may be more proficient in the vocabulary of leadership, but Clinton’s speech proved her campaign right when they said she represents a real change. Most leaders use the words “we,” “us” and “our” to draw in their listeners, to make them feel as if they’re part of the team — to make them feel invested in the leader’s success. Not Clinton. Compare Obama’s old school approach vs. Clinton’s radically different one. She doesn’t pander to the togetherist lobby. She turns conventional wisdom on its head by choosing language that gives the impression it’s all about her. “I listened to you… I found my voice.” That line in particular was brilliant. We know it was brilliant. If it had been a pathetic admission that she’s given to falling out of touch with the American people, the Media would’ve told us so. But they told us it was brilliant, which, to me, was a big relief.
Let’s compare Old School Obama to New Jack Clinton. Here’s Obama’s South Carolina victory speech…
…vs. Clinton’s New Hampshire victory speech.
I have to admit, she lapsed a bit toward the end. A few “we” and “us” buzzwords crept in. But what a rousing start.
The upcoming February 10 minority cartoonists demonstration was mentioned in the January 28 issue of Newsweek, on page 14. Check it out or see the brief interview online.
The more I see of the Clinton campaign, the more I understand the burning hatred the right wing has always felt toward them, even if I don’t (yet) share it. How can you not hate people who laugh and smile while they distort their opponents words and records? How can you not hate people who brazenly drag their opponents’ race into the campaign repeatedly, and then feign indignation when their opponent calls them on it? How can you not despise the Clintons when they speak derisively of Barack engaging in identity politics, while at the same time reminding everyone at every turn that Hillary has ovaries?
The Clintons’ latest not-quite-subtle attempt to marginalize Obama based on race:
Said Bill Clinton today in Columbia, SC: “Jesse Jackson won South Carolina in ’84 and ’88. Jackson ran a good campaign. And Obama ran a good campaign here.”
This was in response to a question about Obama saying it “took two people to beat him.” Jackson had not been mentioned.
Boy, I can’t understand why anyone would think the Clintons are running a race-baiting campaign to paint Obama as “the black candidate.”
Obama did win the vast majority of black South Carolinians’ votes. But how does Bill Clinton explain Iowa? Did Jesse Jackson win Iowa and the history books forgot to record that?
Sylvester Stallone today endorsed John McCain, Vietnam POW, for President. I’m sure it absolutely, positively has nothing to do with a certain film that’s opening tomorrow. I’m sure it’s just a coincidence.
Stallone said of McCain, a Vietnam war veteran who spent more than five years as a prisoner of war, that “there’s something about matching the character with the script.”
“And right now, the script that’s being written and reality is pretty brutal and pretty hard-edged like a rough action film, and you need somebody who’s been in that to deal with” it.
…I think.
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