Totally Viral
February 4, 2008 9:43 pm
I’ve watched this video about 4 times in a row. And I’m still getting the chills running up and down my spine. The lyrical nature of the speech mixed with the singing of celebrities is just about the most powerful thing I think I’ve ever seen.So like anyone else out on the web who thinks they’ve discovered the next great thing and that they’re totally original, I’m posting this to my own website. Gotta propagate the hope.
Tomorrow is a big day out there, little Democrats and Republicans. Don’t let anything stop you from making your voice heard. This time around, more so than any other time in my memory, we can make a difference.
Yes. We. Can.
Categories: Politics And Issues
5 Responses to “Totally Viral”
Yes. We. Can. What?
Make a difference? I’ll admit the rhetoric is powerful, but passion without direction just makes people feel good; doesn’t really accomplish anything.
Suppose it’s better than not connecting with people at all, and then trying to motivate them to do something ambiguous.
Stu »
I would argue the point that the Obama Campaign is “without direction”. I hear that criticism laid out against him quite a bit, not just by you. I look at his website and stated goals and think to myself, “What more do they want?”
If there’s one thing that my vast political experience has taught me, it’s that politicians lie. They lie a lot. They make promises they can’t keep early on in the nominating process because they’re appealing to their base and not to the general public. Later on, they’ll turn their back on those promises and come up with whole new ones to expand their sphere of electibility. Any promise that they make then will have to be shaped by the actual bureaucrats, both the ones that come in with them and the ones that are more or less permanent. Then the House. Then the Senate.
This is not a dictatorship and the President can’t just say “Make is so”. I’d rather vote for the guy who looks like he’ll be able to reach across all sorts of aisles and provide everyone a vision we can live with.
I don’t think that I said his campaign was without direction; I said his rhetoric. What bothers me is that most of the people I know who are adamant Obama supporters can’t discuss the issues he supports; they just think he gives them hope. I’m not sure if that’s a product of our commercialized mediated society (i.e., the things that get play about Obama are his amazing rhetorical skills and the rock-fan reaction) or a genuine reaction to the misleading actions of other politicians.
It just scares me a little when a leader becomes a member of the “cult of personality”; in MY vast political experience, it never turns out well (David Duke, Edwin Edwards, Bill Clinton (j/k)).
Stu »
Or Ronald Reagan? After all, they’re always looking for a Reagan Conservative.
So here’s a question….the people that you know…the ones who are adamant Obama supporters…would they normally be able to discuss the issues and positions? I’m not trying to knock your acquaintances. My counter argument is just that I believe you’d be hard pressed to be able to find people willing and able to actually discuss policy and procedure. We all just like to identify ourselves with our products. My wife’s a Pepper. Coke is it for me.
We are so far past the point where boring, dependable people can rise to the Presidency.
If you haven’t seen it yet, this parody of the “Yes We Can” video is rather funny…
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3409&id=12114-5689844-lxmleU&t=1250
It is about McCain on the issue of Iraq. Be forewarned that there is mild profanity at one point in the video.
Care to comment?