Posted on 01/20/2010 6:32:24 AM PST by AdaGray
I knew it was over for Martha Coakley when John Kerry and Obama went out of their way to make fun of the opposition’s truck. There is, however, a difference between the two men. Kerry can’t help himself. Obama, ever the chameleon, is pretending.
About a year ago, Obama went to a fast food restaurant with Joe Biden and made a point of asking for Dijon mustard with his hot dog. This was far different from John Kerry asking for Swiss cheese with his Philly Cheese steak during the 2004 campaign. Kerry probably did not know any better, Obama does.
All his life, Obama he has been coddled and pushed front and center by elites who saw him as a vehicle, a man who could appeal to the masses and yet ‘talk the talk’ while advancing their own agenda. Obama understands this and goes out of his way to demonstrate with a wink and a nod to his elitist ‘base,’ that he is still one of them. Thus he addresses the crowd in Boston with down-home intonations and an open shirt, but pokes fun at Scott Brown’s pickup truck. He goes to a fast food restaurant, but makes it a point to order Dijon while the cameras are rolling.
The problem is that this is sheer political stupidity. Just like his “clinging to guns and religion” comments, his truck bashing and self-conscious choice of Dijon betray an ignorance of who Americans really are. No one seems to have told Barack Obama that the number one selling vehicle in America is the Ford F-150 or that Dijon mustard has been on supermarket shelves all over the country for at least 20 years.
The mistake Obama is making is that he continues to play to elites because he thinks they can keep him in power, and they can’t.
About a year ago, Obama went to a fast food restaurant with Joe Biden and made a point of asking for Dijon mustard with his hot dog. This was far different from John Kerry asking for Swiss cheese with his Philly Cheese steak during the 2004 campaign. Kerry probably did not know any better, Obama does.
All his life, Obama he has been coddled and pushed front and center by elites who saw him as a vehicle, a man who could appeal to the masses and yet ‘talk the talk’ while advancing their own agenda. Obama understands this and goes out of his way to demonstrate with a wink and a nod to his elitist ‘base,’ that he is still one of them. Thus he addresses the crowd in Boston with down-home intonations and an open shirt, but pokes fun at Scott Brown’s pickup truck. He goes to a fast food restaurant, but makes it a point to order Dijon while the cameras are rolling.
The problem is that this is sheer political stupidity. Just like his “clinging to guns and religion” comments, his truck bashing and self-conscious choice of Dijon betray an ignorance of who Americans really are. No one seems to have told Barack Obama that the number one selling vehicle in America is the Ford F-150 or that Dijon mustard has been on supermarket shelves all over the country for at least 20 years.
The mistake Obama is making is that he continues to play to elites because he thinks they can keep him in power, and they can’t.
I take it the elites in this country haven’t seen truck prices lately.
However, even though it is tempting to just make fun of John Kerry, let's not forget that he really is a coward, a traitor and a mendacious scoundrel, who just happens to be out of touch with the the folks!
I would have voted for the Libertarian guy, the 1% Kennedy. So consider me a freak, but in my humble opinion, when it comes to preferred motor vehicles or the condiment one wants on one’s hotdogs, I am quite open-minded and do not rush to judgment as I would when hearing actual proposals.
I think Dijon mustard is grand though the very word mustard comes from “most”... grape and fruit juices, the very stuff that the French got rid of as opposed to the Italian “mostardas”... Very snobby, I admit, but so what? What I like to eat and the vehicle I like to drive is my damned business and should not be a part of politics.
We are increasingly victims of Madison Avenue packaging.
Today, “Hello, I’m Scott Brown and I drive this truck” goes down thoughtlessly... but just imagine Thomas Jefferson saying: “Hi, I’m Tom Jefferson and this is my fishing rod.”
Or imagine your fine self applying for a job at Nasa declaring: “I’m AdaGray and that Volkswagen outside is mine and has 150,000 miles on it.
BTW Tom Jefferson was a bit of a snob as well, importaing grape varieties and pasta to the New World.
So now we are all caught up in the hypocrisy game. This one makes fun of that one’s truck, whereas before he was all into rocket salad and fancy Mustard. That one is a man of the people and that other one is an elite: see what he eats, see what he drives?
Well I’ll stick with the 1% that couldn’t give a damn and doesn’t play that game. My candidate can be a conoisseur of fine wines and can either repair his own cars or send them to a specialized mechanic. He can put dollops of imported Moravian horse radish on his boiled beef or Frenchies.
Tell me instead where he wants to cut taxes, what he plans to do with the Fed... and let me hear him honestly spell out the sacrifices that it will take to get America closer to the original plan of freedom, small govt., states rights, free speech, personal and public accountability.
This is the key to why he is doomed for failure. BO has no real knowledge of the American people. He was taught that Americans are selfish, stupid and intolerant. He hasn't learned that what he was taught is wrong -- until now. Let's see if he really is so smart.
Arugula ! Arugula !
He doesn’t have American values,
he doesn’t share our American culture,
and he despises American founding principles.
In sum, he’s NOT AN AMERICAN.
Nice commentary. Cheesesteaks and hot dogs as vehicles for class distinction is an easily grasped concept.
Americans may well be "selfish, stupid and intolerant" in some ways. If I'm intellectually honest I must allow for that possibility. Unfortunately for Obama, in a democratic election it does little good to challenge those predjudices in an unserious way. Making cute little jabs at a popular choice of pickup truck is going to elicit a knee-jerk reaction from many voters, and nobody should be surprised at that.
Hello MSSC6644,
Obama has no values whatsoever, American or otherwise. Scott Brown is a million times better even if I don’t agree with some of his policies. Sanity - for me - would have been a Scott Brown versus Kennedy.
The only question I’m concerned with is if Americans have American values, meaning those closer to the original ones (not a polaroid snapshot, but at least a continuum). The very fact that Obama was even a viable contender, let alone president is proof enough that American values have been warped.
Look at the debt, what has become of education, gay marriage, abortion... look high and low...
In truth, real values aren’t American. What was American was that the country appreciated and still believed in values, whereas other places had become cynical and no longer thought or lived that way. Yes, responsibility, hard work, frugality, love of life, religion, family, honesty, real education, merit erc. aren’t American values, they are simply values period.
Yes he is.
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