Comments on: The Oprahfication of Obama http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/01/21/the-oprahfication-of-obama/ The Sweet Release of Reason Tue, 22 May 2012 20:28:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Spiritual Information http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/01/21/the-oprahfication-of-obama/#comment-20159 Spiritual Information Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:26:21 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2556#comment-20159 Hey thanks for this. It's nice to know this kind of stuff! Hey thanks for this. It's nice to know this kind of stuff!

]]> By: Spiritual Information http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/01/21/the-oprahfication-of-obama/#comment-20158 Spiritual Information Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:26:21 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2556#comment-20158 Hey thanks for this. It's nice to know this kind of stuff! Hey thanks for this. It's nice to know this kind of stuff!

]]> By: mk http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/01/21/the-oprahfication-of-obama/#comment-20157 mk Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:23:13 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2556#comment-20157 It's a good article. But all presidential candidates aim to make themselves icons, brands, whatever. You could write the same article about McCain. "First, start with a name. An ordinary, Biblical name. Blabitty blah."<br><br>"Then, get a story. Get stuck in a cell, as a prisoner of war. Recite the story. Recite it until it is part of the very fabric of your soul. Then poo furtively in a field. Now you are ready. You are ready to lead now. You are the one to lead us out of our lack of military awesomeness. You are ready to lead all the conservatives who worship military service, and the liberals who feel ashamed that they don't. Blabitty blah."<br><br>"Next, cultivate an image as a reformer. Take the lead on a high-profile reform effort. It's ok if you haven't always been clean yourself. In fact, it is better. Make this your redemption. Your redemption is this. You are our hope. You are the one we can turn to. You can fix our politics. You are the only one who can poo furtively in a field. You are ready to lead us."<br><br>Etc.... It's a good article. But all presidential candidates aim to make themselves icons, brands, whatever. You could write the same article about McCain. “First, start with a name. An ordinary, Biblical name. Blabitty blah.”

“Then, get a story. Get stuck in a cell, as a prisoner of war. Recite the story. Recite it until it is part of the very fabric of your soul. Then poo furtively in a field. Now you are ready. You are ready to lead now. You are the one to lead us out of our lack of military awesomeness. You are ready to lead all the conservatives who worship military service, and the liberals who feel ashamed that they don't. Blabitty blah.”

“Next, cultivate an image as a reformer. Take the lead on a high-profile reform effort. It's ok if you haven't always been clean yourself. In fact, it is better. Make this your redemption. Your redemption is this. You are our hope. You are the one we can turn to. You can fix our politics. You are the only one who can poo furtively in a field. You are ready to lead us.”

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]]> By: Paul O'Pinion http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/01/21/the-oprahfication-of-obama/#comment-20156 Paul O'Pinion Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:17:10 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2556#comment-20156 P.T. Barnum would be proud of the campaign orchestrated by the O's. We must admit, though, that most of the winning campaigns we have witnessed at the presidential level (and come to think of it most others?) have the same ring of sincerity that this one did. An individual who got up and said what he/she was going to do and really addressed the issues with realistic, tough medicine as the cure would never get elected president. P.T. Barnum would be proud of the campaign orchestrated by the O's. We must admit, though, that most of the winning campaigns we have witnessed at the presidential level (and come to think of it most others?) have the same ring of sincerity that this one did. An individual who got up and said what he/she was going to do and really addressed the issues with realistic, tough medicine as the cure would never get elected president.

]]> By: Paul O'Pinion http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/01/21/the-oprahfication-of-obama/#comment-22569 Paul O'Pinion Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:17:10 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2556#comment-22569 P.T. Barnum would be proud of the campaign orchestrated by the O's. We must admit, though, that most of the winning campaigns we have witnessed at the presidential level (and come to think of it most others?) have the same ring of sincerity that this one did. An individual who got up and said what he/she was going to do and really addressed the issues with realistic, tough medicine as the cure would never get elected president. P.T. Barnum would be proud of the campaign orchestrated by the O's. We must admit, though, that most of the winning campaigns we have witnessed at the presidential level (and come to think of it most others?) have the same ring of sincerity that this one did. An individual who got up and said what he/she was going to do and really addressed the issues with realistic, tough medicine as the cure would never get elected president.

]]> By: hanmeng http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/01/21/the-oprahfication-of-obama/#comment-20155 hanmeng Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:26:17 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2556#comment-20155 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_of_O" rel="nofollow">The Story of O</a>? The Story of O?

]]> By: "Philo" http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/01/21/the-oprahfication-of-obama/#comment-20154 "Philo" Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:31:53 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2556#comment-20154 The Alphoprah and the Obamega.<br><br>(Best I could do.) The Alphoprah and the Obamega.

(Best I could do.)

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