[Dean's World] Dave Price: The Gipper And The Guilt-Tripper

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Posted by Dave Price:
The Gipper And The Guilt-Tripper
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1204055426.shtml


   There's a dark undercurrent implicit in Barack Obama's rhetoric, and
   it's may cause him problems in the general election. Every time he
   talks about "hope" and "change," there's the unspoken assumption
   America is an awful place that badly needs to be fixed. His wife was
   just a little more explicit when she talked about being proud of
   America "for the first time" as she watched her husband run (can
   anyone imagine Nancy Reagan ever mouthing such narcissistic,
   unpatriotic nonsense?).
   That may play well to unhappy Dems in the primary, especially the
   guilty rich who support him most strongly, but the general election is
   a different story. People are going to question those assumed flaws
   and Barack's solutions to them.
   The difference between Obama and Reagan is that Reagan said America
   was great, a "shining city on a hill," while Obama implies America is
   awful -- but if you vote for him, there's hope we can change it!