Kathianne
11-01-2008, 04:28 PM
LOL! Too true. Links at site, I'll throw in the video, as it's too good:
http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/timblair/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/oceans_to_keep_rising/
Tim Blair
Saturday, November 01, 2008 at 02:21pm
The de-Jesusing of Obama is underway:
Barack Obama’s senior advisers have drawn up plans to lower expectations for his presidency if he wins next week’s election, amid concerns that many of his euphoric supporters are harboring unrealistic hopes of what he can achieve.
They’ve been told to “believe”. And now it’s their fault?
The sudden financial crisis and the prospect of a deep and painful recession have increased the urgency inside the Obama team to bring people down to earth, after a campaign in which his soaring rhetoric and promises of “hope” and “change” are now confronted with the reality of a stricken economy.
Or “reality”, as it is otherwise known.
One senior adviser told The Times that the first few weeks of the transition, immediately after the election, were critical, “so there’s not a vast mood swing from exhilaration and euphoria to despair.”
Good call; you don’t want this lady turning up at the White House asking for free gas. Which wise advisor realised that Obama’s “heal the planet” nonsense may have gone too far?
The aide said that Obama himself was the first to realize that expectations risked being inflated.
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http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/timblair/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/oceans_to_keep_rising/
Tim Blair
Saturday, November 01, 2008 at 02:21pm
The de-Jesusing of Obama is underway:
Barack Obama’s senior advisers have drawn up plans to lower expectations for his presidency if he wins next week’s election, amid concerns that many of his euphoric supporters are harboring unrealistic hopes of what he can achieve.
They’ve been told to “believe”. And now it’s their fault?
The sudden financial crisis and the prospect of a deep and painful recession have increased the urgency inside the Obama team to bring people down to earth, after a campaign in which his soaring rhetoric and promises of “hope” and “change” are now confronted with the reality of a stricken economy.
Or “reality”, as it is otherwise known.
One senior adviser told The Times that the first few weeks of the transition, immediately after the election, were critical, “so there’s not a vast mood swing from exhilaration and euphoria to despair.”
Good call; you don’t want this lady turning up at the White House asking for free gas. Which wise advisor realised that Obama’s “heal the planet” nonsense may have gone too far?
The aide said that Obama himself was the first to realize that expectations risked being inflated.
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