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It's true he offers the idea of hope...but not concrete changes. That's the nature of hope kiddo, you gotta take a chance.
What? I don't even understand what this combination of hope-change means. I don't buy hope abstractly. What exactly am I supposed to hope for, change? And the change i'm hoping for is...the presence of hope? That seems a little circular. Or do you want me to buy into some sort of religious belief in hope/change? No thanks.
Why not take that chance? After all, there is no way he can do worse that GWB or McCain now is there?
Yes and no. There's no way he can do worse than GWB except that he might not get reelected and we get another Reagan. When you make promises like his, you're setting people up for disaapointment. Look at the Dems in Congress, they got elected all screaming they're going to end the war in Iraq, they haven't, and their approval rating is like literally 10%. That's not good. What's going to happen to the Dem majorities in November? Same shit with Obama and his bakery of pies in the sky.
