After Obama
Jun 20th, 2008 by Micah Tillman | 7 Comments |
no one will be able to take the “I’m going to change things” line from a politician seriously again.
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Watch the worship song. Then see Brooks, Spruiell, Tillman, and Fernandez.
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All Obama statements come with an expiration date. It’s just a matter of when.
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And now, see Kane, Applebaum, and Levin.
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And here’s another Appelbaum!
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With each passing day, it seems, the original conceit of the Obama candidacy–that he is an agent of “change” who will “turn the page” on the “old politics” and act as a uniquely unifying figure in American politics–looks more and more absurd. He turns out to be an exceptionally skilled and ambitious politician who uses the old playbook even as he pretends to have discarded it. It’s a neat trick if you can get away with it.
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New York Times editors: “New and Not Improved“
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The Times of London: “Barack Obama’s policy switches are giving the Left whiplash“
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