the obamites need to turn down the metaphor machine. this is along the same lines as his quip about bringing a gun to a knife fight during the 2008 election. and it is also a disservice to the troops in afghanistan and iraq, who
really are in hand-to-hand combat.
and notice who "we" is in this self-conscious, self-aggrandizing, and self-important stream of drivel; "we" is african-americans and hispanics, in particular. more generally, "we" is only folks that agree with "barack" (and notice that he is now referring to himself in the third person).
however you want to define "we", "we" excludes everyone that doesn't lay down for him.
I thought that when someone was elected president, he represented the whole country.
GOP takeover of Congress would mean "hand-to-hand combat", Obama warns
Reporting from Washington — A Republican majority in Congress would mean "hand-to-hand combat" on Capitol Hill for the next two years, threatening policies Democrats have enacted to stabilize the economy, President Obama warned Wednesday.
Speaking on Michael Baisden's syndicated radio show, Obama also made a direct appeal to African Americans about the importance of the November vote, even though he's not on the ballot himself.
"The reason we won [in 2008] is because young people, African Americans, Latinos -- people who traditionally don't vote in high numbers -- voted in record numbers. We've got to have that same kind of turnout in this election," he said. "If we think that we can just vote one time, then we have a nice party at Obama's inauguration, and then we can kind of sit back and suddenly everything's going to change – that's just not how it works."
Obama called into Baisden's show, syndicated to 71 radio stations in 21 states, as part of his effort to rally core Democratic constituencies with less than four weeks before the election. Although his campaign itinerary is limited by sagging approval ratings in key states, Obama is making a more-targeted effort focused on supportive venues like Baisden's show.
"Everybody in the barbershops, the beauty shops, and at work -- everybody's got to understand: This is a huge election," he said. "If we turn out in strong numbers, then we will do fine. If we do not, if we are depressed and decide, well, you know, Barack's not running right now, so I'm just going to stay home, then I'm going to have my hands full up here on Capitol Hill."
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