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Originally Posted by rician blast
Problem is its all very high-level rhetoric. Where's the how? where's the action plan? Its too easy to say "we can do this or that" and not offer an idea of how? Obama is very, very good at espousing his ideals in a very articulate manner...he's polished, he's intelligent, but he isn't giving any indication of how or why we will be able to accomplish these things with him at the helm.
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The details are in the weeds. There are many potential solutions to health care or welfare or the environment or taxes... Obama has particular views about those approaches, but the differences between democrats on those issues are very technical.
Obama is not talking specifics because they bore people. If you want to know what his stance is then you can look it up online, look at his books, or his group of advisors.
I can't emphasize this enough:
Obama is aware that by getting his PARTY elected to a lot of seats he will be able to approach his otherwise lofty goals with the real power of a majority behind him.
Here's his response to Clinton in the NH Debates when she accused him of having lots of words but not a lot of experience:
"I think we're in one of those moments right now. I think the American people are hungry for something different and can be mobilized around big changes; not incremental changes, not small changes.... the truth is, actually, words do inspire, words do help people get involved,
words do help members of Congress get into power so that they can be part of a coalition to deliver health-care reform, to deliver a bold energy policy."
"...I actually give Bill Clinton enormous credit for having balanced those budgets during those years. It did take political courage for him to do that. But we never built the majority and coalesced the American people around being able to get the other stuff done."
He's articulating clear arguments that can be used on all levels of government to unite Americans within a narrative of forming a new society to meet the hard times. He's a congressional law professor who understands what is needed to move the government to change and it ALL starts with a majority.
Do people really have such a hard time with national unity focused on overcoming important national issues? Isn't that exactly what should have happened with the unity after 9/11? This is what we've wanted since we were told to go to the malls to keep life normal. We must do something different and to do that we have to put aside the petty stuff.