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• Tuesday, August 26, 2008 10:55 AM

  politics is theater

  Someone said all politics is theater. The new spin of the Obama campaign is just highlighting my early thoughts on Obama. I can't help but think Obama sought out and married Michelle because she was a good connection to pursue his political aspirations. She may have a typical middle class family but her father was also involved in Dem politics in Chicago(precinct politics) and her close friend is Jesse Jackson's daughter. She fell in love with Obama 19 years ago -- back in a day when Jackson's name was everywhere and he had already ran for President. An Ivy league woman, from Chicago, with ties to powerful politicians -- a perfect combination for Obama, the aspiring politician. Of course he persisted in getting her to agree to fraternize with a co-worker. . .

  He certainly preaches change, but he does not show how he effectuates change. Obama is a gamer, and I respect his ability. But, I do not trust the game is rooted in anything of substance. All politicians have an element of gaming, but some have more conviction than others. Obama, to me, is only about rising to higher levels in politics and hyperbole - not working hard to make a real difference. Since then he gamed the system to get ahead. . .knocking out competition by fighting to disenfranchise voters, legal manuevers to remove competition, etc. . .The game gets more complicated now, and I will be watchful to see how it is played.

  —dcbrown Read dcbrown's other letters
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