Post by: hoosier8 on August 21, 2008, 03:52:40 PM
Barack Obama. President.
There is an old saying the if you say something long enough and loud enough, it will become fact. Might not be able to say it long enough but he has enough money to say it loud enough.
I see it as more of the same type arrogance from Barack that the people and pundits complain of, whether he means it as arrogance or not.
What do you think?
EDIT:
OK, so I found one similar on YouTube and it ends with the same message.
http://www.youtube.com/v/armDwAQoxnQ&hl=en&fs=1
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 21, 2008, 06:26:18 PM
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What do you think?
I think this thread won't go very far, unless someone can provide more specific info about this ad you're talking about. Can you give some specifics, or maybe look for it on his website, or on Youtube?
Post by: Headless Thompson Gunner on August 21, 2008, 06:57:34 PM
By the way, welcome to APS. What part of Indiana are you from?
Post by: ronnyreagan on August 22, 2008, 10:23:36 AM
Post by: El Tejon on August 22, 2008, 11:24:10 AM
Post by: AJ Dual on August 22, 2008, 11:55:31 AM
It does make it seem like they can't even stoop low enough to say "Barak Obama for President" and give at least lip-service to some humility before the electorate.
I've had a sense for awhile now that the American Left is irritated that they have to work at being in power. And their simplistic emotive reasoning that Left=welfare=charity=good and the collary: Right=greedy=evil is the root of it. The way the Obama campaign is playing out is just the latest manifestation of it.
Post by: agricola on August 22, 2008, 12:01:34 PM
I hope McCain announces his during the morning of the 29th, if anything it might demonstrate straightforwardness and a desire not to endlessly spin things like Obama is doing... I suppose all that all depends on whether Palin is a morning person, though...
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 22, 2008, 12:24:18 PM
I will chime in to say that I do find "Barak Obama. President" a bit arrogant and offputting. Just like that faux presidential seal they came up with.
It does make it seem like they can't even stoop low enough to say "Barak Obama for President" and give at least lip-service to some humility before the electorate.
It does make it seem like they can't even stoop low enough to say "Barak Obama for President" and give at least lip-service to some humility before the electorate.
If you've seen that language on his ads, can you tell the rest of us where to find it?
Post by: AJ Dual on August 22, 2008, 12:40:52 PM
here it is:
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 22, 2008, 12:53:52 PM
I don't think it's arrogance so much as just dopiness. But both words would describe Obama pretty well. Or maybe Obama is more cocky than arrogant. John Kerry still beats him in arrogance.
Post by: Unisaw on August 22, 2008, 01:22:28 PM
John Kerry.
Post by: ronnyreagan on August 22, 2008, 01:23:30 PM
just dopiness
I can agree with that!
Post by: MechAg94 on August 22, 2008, 06:20:57 PM
It is sort of like his comments I heard today talking up the wonderful Chinese infrastructure and how it is so much better than ours. I am sure a lot of his union supporters wouldn't appreciate that if they stopped to think about it. Not to the mention him saying that business will want to move there because of that infrastructure; because they certainly wouldn't do so because he raised taxes on them or he imposed carbon emissions limits. No, can't be that.
I don't know who his speech writers are, but they certainly could be better.
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 22, 2008, 07:12:15 PM
Post by: K Frame on August 23, 2008, 03:52:21 AM
Yes, it's a Blazing Saddles reference, and I'm all for Blazing Saddles, but it has no place here or in this discussion.
Post by: Manedwolf on August 27, 2008, 12:32:07 PM
