Guns and God
Posted at 12:16pm on Apr. 13, 2008 Barry Obama Discovers the Limits of His Experience
In Politics, Never Tell The Truth
By blackhedd
By his own standards, young Barry Obama is more than experienced enough to be President of the United States. We know all about his childhood travels to Indonesia, Pakistan, and other places.
But of course, with his remarks in San Francisco, he inadvertently reminded us of the low bar he has set in regard to experience. His desultory damage control ("Hmm, from your reaction, it seems I expressed myself badly") only reinforce the image of out-of-touch elitism he has now constructed for himself.
Obama's campaign is based on his quite correct recognition that politics and politicians are hated because they never tell the truth. He set about producing a product that would meet this underserved need.
He got the marketing right but the technology wrong. He lacks the experience to know that in politics, you never tell the truth. It just gives your opponents too much to work with. When Barry learns this, he'll be left with nothing but his not-inconsiderable style and charisma. And it so happens that these are the things that really drive electoral success in America.
But wait just a moment. There's something else in what Barry said in San Francisco, and it really matters, because it explicitly laid out the approach he would take as President. And you need to understand exactly what it was.
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