Obama not only wants to define his message, but he wants to be able to characterize each and every one of his remarks. Anything else would be a “distraction.” You know, politicians are honest, and it is a cynical rejection of “hope” and optimism to read between the lines of his candid remarks for their leftist, racist, and anti-American implications.
The funny thing is that all of the bad news is coming out so late in the game when Hillary has only a miniscule chance to pull off a victory. It’s a campaign akin to East Prussia ’45 consisting of a certain victor whose callousness is more and more apparent and a nihilistic dead-ender . (Well, maybe that’s a little strong.) Anyway, he WSJ had a good take on this today:
“Yes We Can” has devolved into “Who the Heck Is This Guy?” Mr. Obama’s political brilliance to date has been to use his message of hope to deflect questions about himself or his record. He’d actually created the perception that to challenge him was to challenge “hope” itself. Think back to that soaring race speech, which so successfully turned the debate toward America’s shared problem, and away from Mr. Obama’s individual Jeremiah Wright problem. But the San Fran comments proved one scandal too many; man and message have now been delinked.
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