Even the so-called attack dogs at Fox and talk radio and the blogosphere got kissy kissy over this speech. This time it was not the usual apologists who said stuff like "Even the president was surprised by the thunderous applause." Was he?
I think this memorial service/pep rally will be talked about for a long time to come. First, Let's see what advice Jonathan Alter of "Newsweek" fame is giving the president. http://www.newsweek.com/2011/01/10/the-impact-on-obama-s-presidency.html
Seriously, you might read this one and download it before it gets scrubbed. This is shameless stuff. Even "Newsweek" might find this one embarrassing. It is advice to the president on maximizing the political capital of the Tucson shooting. The adviser-at-large even references the patron saint of opportunism without a hint of irony
“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste,” Rahm Emanuel famously said in 2008. The same goes for a shooting spree that gravely wounds a beloved congresswoman.
I recognize that it is not leftism per se that turns a human being into a hyper-political animal. Rush Limbaugh sidetracked a football broadcast, the ultimate escapist politics-free entertainment vehicle, to editorialize about media favoritism and race. But the left has a knack for politicizing everything. Everything.
PAUL WELLSTONE MEMORIAL SERVICE
So the president was taken aback at the hooting and hollering and the general boisterous tone? Maybe not. Before the masses entered the arena, chairs were draped with "Together We Thrive" t-shirts. Huh?
WHAT? NO POM POMS?
Who distributed thousands of t-shirts to mourners? Who funded this exercise? Where does this slogan come from? What exactly does it mean? Don't ask the mainstream media. Don't ask the Gray Lady or MSNBC or AP or the Alphabet Soup. They are too busy attacking Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck.
This is one of the few investigative pieces out there (and I got the pics from them btw) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2656595/posts
Freerepublic links to my.barackobama.com to trace the origin of this slogan. It was on the table in 2008 but apparently got pushed aside for "Yes We Can" and "Hope and Change."
You might want to view this before it gets scrubbed.
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/johnberry_iv/C94H
This is taken from an Organize For America post in February 2008. (my.barackobama.com)
For too long Americans have been set one against the other, it is a side affect of a free market society. How can profits be maximized, how can I get the work done for the lowest possible costs. This continually sets one group against the other, especially in the blue collar sectors of America. It has become a part of the American Business model, whether it was indentured servants, slaves picking cotton, sharecroppers, the industrious people that built the railroads or todays migrant workers. As long as we remain divided, fighting for the scraps that America has to offer it will be one group against the other.
What I see in Obama is a chance for a revolution. A chance for every group to participate and be heard; A chance to live the American dream that has been denied to so many. Together we can and will change the world and return America to the shining beacon of Hope and Prosperity that we were and that we can be again. Only when we work together do we accomplish feats that rival any ever accomplished in the history of mankind. Diversity is our strength, that is what this campaign brings us a promise of. For many this is a scary prospect and thought, getting to know someone different from myself. We all want the same basic things for example a safe place to live, health and a quality education for our kids.
In a previous career, I was the global leader of Diversity for a global fortune 500 corporation, I have studied the affects of diverse groups working together and the results can not be denied. Together we Thrive!!!!!!!!!!!
I hate to always be the cynic but it appears that the Re-Elect Obama campaign was kicked off in Tucson January 12, 2011. Together We Thrive!
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