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Originally Posted by directfiesta
That IS playing the game  |
I agree that is part of playing the game and hoping you don't get exposed for saying one thing and doing another. And his biggest ally has been the media because they refuse to expose him for anything which makes this particular game play all the more effective.
The media talks nonstop about his hope, change, meet in the middle with republicans, don't play the game. Yet they rarely mention what he has actually done and said off the stump. If they had held him to the same fire as a journalist should be expected too then his game would have to change as he would be exposed.
So while I think its a joke that he is getting away with this, I also applaud him for being able to pull the fast one on everyone as well. The best move he has made is play up the fact that the media hates the Clintons with a passion and there is a big wave of fringe democrats that also feel that way and he has played it well. Lots of talk, skirt the issues and actual statements of detail and hope the anti-clinton sentiment takes him to the promise land. And it seems to have worked beautifully.
And I do like Obama. When I heard that speech he gave in 2004, I was excited that he would eventually be the president but I was not happy when he choose to run for this election as it was far to early imho. We'll see.