Been paying attention to the primary night speeches? What about the chanting? Notice anything unusual?
The "Yes We Can" chant at the Obama rallies is about championing the populace's collective ability to revive and restore the nation. It's about national ownership and a shared responsibility. His crowds chant in unison that we, the people, can come together and do amazing things.
Hillary's camp, being as bereft of ideas as they are funding, took creative license with Obama's theme and manipulated it to convince the voters that they will, not that they can. In doing so, she/they have, whether it's obvious to them or not, changed the message dramatically.
Manipulating a rallying slogan that's designed to inspire the people to examine their innate abilities and potential and morph it into a gitterdun approach seems to miss completely, the need to reunite the nation and heal the damage inflicted these last ~8 years. What's most indicative of the motivation behind the Hillary 'movement' is the pronoun most often used between the 'yes' and the 'can'... it's she, not a we. We're encouraged to leave it in her capable hands. Odd.
It's not that Hillary's a narcissist.. it's just that she's all about Hillary.
Posted by kerry at May 21, 2008 03:07 AM