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Thursday

31

January 2008

Geriatrics For Change

Written by , Posted in Election Time

If there is one thing to be said about this election cycle, it’s that the word ‘change’ has been used entirely too much. The most comical moment came when John Edwards attempted to erect a force field of change around himself and cast any criticisms of his ideas as nothing more than the evil forces of the status quo fighting against the holy warriors of change. Watch this bit of self-serving pandering for a refresher:

John Edwards is a mere tag along, hopping on the bandwagon to score political points in his desperate (and now failed) campaign. It is Barack Obama who has been at the forefront of the change movement and its onslaught against rationality. But an interesting thing has happened: the agent of change, the great black hope himself, is racking up endorsements from the old guard liberal establishment. First it was former Senate leader Tom Daschle. Now the agent of change has managed to find himself caught in the gravitational pull of Ted Kennedy.

The media will never call Obama on running an outsiders campaign while drawing the support of such old, entrenched liberals. Nevertheless, if Obama is getting in bed with Ted Kennedy then I have one piece of advice: bring scuba gear.