Change.... for real this time.. no really

When did Obama's rhetoric start mirroring the pleas of a drug addict playing on the sympathies of a concerned family member? This really has all the signs:

He begins by pointing how bad everything used to be (Remember when I was lying in that ditch?), then he glosses over some non-accomplishment "accomplishments" (I've started filling out job applications, and I went to a meeting last night), and then some general platitudes (I'm really gonna do it this time) all building up to that crescendo where the help he desires will really get him to where you want him to be (And if you give me this money, then I'll be able to sign up for this program/buy a suit for this interview/ move into this new apartment). It continues from there: playing the victim, saying that outside forces are out to undo all his "hard work," and that this is a make or break moment... blah blah blah.

It doesn't matter that almost nothing he says here is connected to the truth. It doesn't matter that he's already told us he would "fix Washington" and create change, and a more fair and just America, and that's he's failed miserably on these fronts. It really doesn't matter that he's done nothing to address the crises that he talks about at the beginning (not that he was supposed to fix these things right away - or that it's even his job to). He knows, like the drug addict, that if he looks you in the eye and lays the maipulation on you, you'll have no choice but to cave and do what he wants. This is in fact the all-but-ostensible Democrat strategy for over a decade now. They might as well make signs and T-shirts that say "The Lesser of Two Evils!" "Not as Bad as that Whackjob!" "Vote for Me, I'll cast bad votes reluctantly." (Just as the drug addcit should confess "look, there's an 80% chance I use this money for drugs, but maybe this time I won't ...maybe.")

Of course, as funny and honest as it would be, they're not gonna make those signs, so instead they tell you that this time (maybe) they're really gonna try (maybe) and do all that "change and fairness" stuff (maybe) they talked about - this time. These 15 months of bullshit, corruption, Bush-light illegality, and lying was all just as typical as a relapse on the road to recovery.

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Most people seem to be focusing on Obama's request to get out the vote amongst African-Americans and Latinos as though this is racist. The simple answer is that this pretty much.... yeah it's racist. The less simple answer is that this is craven political manipulation based on ridiculous racial stereotypes and the perpetuation thereof.

To be clear, this is an ad by the Democratic National Committee whose one and only job is to get Democrats elected to office. This is not Obama championing the importance of getting involved in the process; he states that this was part of the answer to the question of how Democrats can win elections in November. Oddly, the answer was not something like "stop being shitty lying politicians" or " actually do stuff you said you would like following the Constitution and refraining from cupping the balls of lobbyists." No, the answer was basically "uhhh, get lots of votes?" Brilliant! And how do Democrats get more votes? By getting people who we all know have no inclination or ability to vote for anyone else: first time voters and minorities!!! They'll support Dems no matter how shitty a job they do! They're the heartbroken family members to Obama's drug addict. They really never had a choice.