Gorilla Che ([info]axmxz) wrote,
@ 2008-05-13 11:08:00
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Cool Hand Barack plays pool in West Virginia



Is it wrong of me to want him to be President not just because I agree with him on the issues and admire his intelligence and character but also because he's freaking cool? I want a cool President. Bush is about as cool as a steaming pile of manure, and Bill Clinton hadn't been cool since his stint with the sax on Arsenio Hall.


Obama, by comparison, is freaking Kenya Slim. or, under certain light conditions, James Bond.

*cues 1940s film noir music*



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[info]fox_hunt
2008-05-14 03:21 am UTC (link)
Oh my...

This shot is so cinematic and quietly sexy and dangerous, it's drool worthy.

Frankly, I don't know what the state of my brain will be if he doesn't become president. I can already imagine people around the world slapping their foreheads in exasperation if that happens.

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[info]axmxz
2008-05-14 03:26 am UTC (link)
Isn't it? I mean... wow. Ok, JFK was all right, but he was

a) not *that* good-looking, and
b) sickly as hell.

Whereas Barack glows with health and - "black don't crack" - looks barely old enough to buy booze, much less run for President.

But yeah, beautiful shots. In general, is it just me or is it extremely difficult to take an unhandsome picture of Barack? He seems to photograph preternaturally well.

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[info]axmxz
2008-05-14 03:33 am UTC (link)
I think he will win. I think the voters are ready.

(Well, voters outside of West Virginia. Did you see those exit pol videos where they actually told the reporters that they'll never vote for someone who's not a "full-blooded American" and a Muslim and an all-around creep? Did they think they were being clever or something? That no one will figure out that they actually meant "no darkies in the White House on my watch"?)

Case in point: my mom. We emigrated from Russia, where *I* was as dark as people got. In fact, one of the reasons why we had to leave was that I was too dark for some of the neighborhood boys and had to quit tennis school because of all the harassment.

Anyway, my mom was kind of a raging racist from sheer ignorance rather than malice - until she got a job several years ago where most of her colleagues were black. These days, she complains to me over the phone that "they" - the Man - won't let Barack get elected! That they'll cheat and lie and keep him down! And that's a damn shame, because Barack is so smart (she knows he was a long-time professor at my university), and his wife is so beautiful.

So there is hope, for sure. He will be our President. WE SHALL OVERCOME!!

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[info]fox_hunt
2008-05-14 08:03 am UTC (link)
I think he will win too, which is why my brain will probably explode if he doesn't and I will most likely deport myself to the Philippines even though I was born here.

I admit I'm a little wary in the sense that he feels too good to be true (but against Clinton and McCain, that goodness is pretty much a reality). Assuming he wins and gets reelected for a second term, eight years is still not enough time to undo all the damage the Bush administration created. He could, however, point the U.S. back in the right direction. Unfortunately, most Americans are so shortsighted that they usually give credit to whoever happens to be president during a prosperous term even though that prosperity is due to the choices of a president several years back.

I read an interesting article in the L.A. times about how Barack's politics are highly "feminist" in that they focus on communication, inclusiveness, and reason over brute strength. In contrast, Hillary has worked too hard to embody masculinity, and that seems to have backfired on her politically. The new generation prefers Barack's approach, which indicates that yes, the nation is ready.

And it's not that the nation doesn't like or respect Hillary because she's a woman. It's that she's not the right woman (at least that's what quite a number of people feel). Of course, her pathological lying also might have something to do with it. =P

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[info]axmxz
2008-05-14 03:40 pm UTC (link)
My mom's been asking me to get my citizenship for years and years, and I kept resisting, because I didn't want to swear allegiance to Bush-land. But I'm thinking, if Barack wins, I'm ready to submit my citizenship papers. I wonder how many people will do likewise? I know there were people who emigrated to Canada during the Bush years...

>I admit I'm a little wary in the sense that he feels too good to be true (but against Clinton and McCain, that goodness is pretty much a reality).

He does, and I'm not entirely sure to what extent it's a result of clever marketing. I think hehe really does have all the positives that he projects. I've been catching up on his podcasts, his writing, his voting records and remarks made during the legislative sessions, and he seems to be genuinely sweet and devoted to doing good. Also, I lived in Hyde Park from 2001 to 2006, and everyone was crazy about him even then. "Guys, I was just at the liquor store and guess who I saw? Obama! He bought a bottle of wine. OMG, I can't believe it - someone hold me while I hyperventilate!"

What I think people don't realize about him is there is more to him than sweetness and light. He is a brilliant politician, and he's ruthless when it comes to using his opponents' faults against them. He's like an aikido master fending off muggers armed with baseball bats. He doesn't even seem to *do* anything, and yet they're tripping all over themselves and each other, like the Stooges.

And if people think it's somehow a *coincindence* that there is now a massive grassroots movement around Obama, and that he's managed to consolidate power within the Democratic Party by pure luck, by being in the right place at the right time, they're deeply mistaken. Obama isn't made of fluffy bunnies and unicorns - he's made of the same stuff every world-infamous dictator was made of, except refined to crystal purity by his superior intelligence. His deep morality saves him from being dangerous, but even so, Obama is facing the "last temptation of the good man" - pride. I wish him the best of luck in resisting it.

>Assuming he wins and gets reelected for a second term, eight years is still not enough time to undo all the damage the Bush administration created. He could, however, point the U.S. back in the right direction.

I think he's actually said that that's more or less all he's hoping for - setting a directional change.

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[info]axmxz
2008-05-14 03:42 pm UTC (link)
I agree with the feminist aspect - he's very much the new, unmacho, gender-balanced human, whereas Hillary is still playing by the boys' rules. I think that's why she's only really attracting older feminists, those who are still fixated on beating the boys at their own game. The younger ones, who wish to change how the game is played, go for Obama.

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