Comments on: Obama in NOLA http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/02/obama-in-nola/ A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:45:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Nitahttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/02/obama-in-nola/comment-page-1/#comment-4046 Nita Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:58:00 +0000 http://s45368.gridserver.com/?p=805#comment-4046 Thank you for printing this speech, dNA:<br/><br/>"But I will also ask the people of this city to do your part. Because together, we can do more than rebuild a city; we can create a model for America - for how we prepare for disasters; for how we fight poverty; for how we put our kids on a pathway to success. If we do this, then we can once again make New Orleans the city that stands for what we can do in America, not a symbol for what we can't do."<br/><br/>Outstanding.<br/><br/>Everything is 'we' with Obama. And he asks people to contribute back, not just depend upon him to take care of everything. He is not the magical All-Father/All-Mother. He wants to be team leader, but he wants America to be that Team. We all have a part, and we all can succeed, the success is all of ours because we will have all contributed. It belongs to everyone. The failures, too. Everyone has a stake.<br/><br/>Contrast that with the Clintons' 'I'/'third party' orgies.<br/><br/><br/>@ Anonymous, please explain. Thank you for printing this speech, dNA:

“But I will also ask the people of this city to do your part. Because together, we can do more than rebuild a city; we can create a model for America – for how we prepare for disasters; for how we fight poverty; for how we put our kids on a pathway to success. If we do this, then we can once again make New Orleans the city that stands for what we can do in America, not a symbol for what we can’t do.”

Outstanding.

Everything is ‘we’ with Obama. And he asks people to contribute back, not just depend upon him to take care of everything. He is not the magical All-Father/All-Mother. He wants to be team leader, but he wants America to be that Team. We all have a part, and we all can succeed, the success is all of ours because we will have all contributed. It belongs to everyone. The failures, too. Everyone has a stake.

Contrast that with the Clintons’ ‘I’/'third party’ orgies.

@ Anonymous, please explain.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/02/obama-in-nola/comment-page-1/#comment-3948 Anonymous Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:31:00 +0000 http://s45368.gridserver.com/?p=805#comment-3948 As soon as politics, for the sake of politics, becomes a society’s principle passion — its object of hope, its pearl of great price — that society has already subjected itself to a type of totalitarianism. Unwittingly, it has relinquished a citizen’s and a people’s privilege and responsibility of self-determination. It has bet the outcome of the common pursuit of happiness on the eventual good actions of chosen elite. As soon as politics, for the sake of politics, becomes a society’s principle passion — its object of hope, its pearl of great price — that society has already subjected itself to a type of totalitarianism. Unwittingly, it has relinquished a citizen’s and a people’s privilege and responsibility of self-determination. It has bet the outcome of the common pursuit of happiness on the eventual good actions of chosen elite.

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