Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton may be virtual clones of each other when it comes to policy. Still, differences in the emergent identities and styles — political, personal, generational and cultural — of the Democrats' co-frontrunners could hardly be more pronounced. Help us define these differences by adding your pairs of contrasts to the ones we came up with below:
Obama
Oprah
Tiger Woods
Moveon.org
"Dreamgirls"
Caroline, Teddy
George Clooney
First multi-racial president
Neo-integrationism
Independents
Caucus states
will.i.am
Alicia Keys
Movement
"American Idol"
Social change
JFK, MLK
Poetry
First rodeo
Vision
United States
Clinton
Streisand
Magic Johnson
NOW
"Hair"
Consolation Kennedys
Jack Nicholson
First black First Mate
Playing the race card
Latinos
Superdelegates
Slick Willie
Joni Mitchell
Machine
"Supernanny"
Social Security
Tracy Flick
Prose
Third term of Clinton co-presidency
Fine print
Megastates, home states
Comments (5)
Obama Naive
Clinton Realistic
Posted by Liz Hasler | February 6, 2008 7:42 PM
Obama - Thinker
Clinton - Stinker
Obama - Head case
Clinton - Head job
Obama - Pro death
Clinton - Pro death
(if they would both stop supporting killing unborn humans, think of all the more people they could provide services for, tax and get to vote. "I saved your live in utero, now you owe me your vote, big time baby...")
People are comparing Omamma to JFK. Yes, he is young, intelligent, unique, an invigorating speaker, represents a perceived "new" vision and has one major controversial "thing" about him, but the comparison stops here. Jack would be his pal, no doubt, but the comparison stops way short. Jack was a real liberal in a time when one could hold his/her head high at the thought of being a liberal. Jack was bright not the deep throat thinker Obama is.
In the event of a recurrance of the Cuban missle crisis, Hillary would run to the public opinion polls, her drama coach and slick-Willie then assess the impact of her action as it would be seen from her fellow woman's lives, culture, poetry and and the fabric of their unfair opressed careers. But only the lives of those women fortunate enough to have survived the odds-stacked-against-you life in a feminists' womb tomb.
Obamer wouldn't be taken by any of those thoughtful, kind hearted, gentle persuasons. He would simply sit down, think it thru, then carefully think it thru, then mechanically think it thru one more time before thinking it thru again in his ambidexterous and then when it was just about over, he wouls mercifully come to a decision before telling anyone and everyone else what where and how they should or should not think, do act or feel. Thank your stars he has those big ears that he was teased so mercilessly about as a young man and on the campaign trail that made him stronger. Thank the moon and the sun and the sky he inhaled so we don't have to.
Man, oh man, I want him with me when I go into a dark, dank alley...
And to think, all Jack did was to consult with a priveledged few brainiacs and he went into "git-er-done" mode. Man did he miss the (Soviet) boat to mint a phrase...
No sir/madam/transgenderal/non-gender specific person - thing... Omamma is better compared to the peanut eating nu-clear scientist we elected after the Nixon debacle.
Lotsa folk not happy campers with the inability of the GOP to not tax and not spend wanted a change, a progressive, high thinker with high ideals and little to show for it. Don't think this comparison works? Just read his first book and see how his power, his charisma, his powerful magic ears (the better to hear your pain, my dear) worked wonders in transforming a hope into hopelessness, small pride into slightly less small pride and on and of the nit and the grit of reality in a Chicago project
Clearly, his vast experience as a poor-little multi-racial child of wealth and no wealth in H'awaii, Idaho and Indonesia prepared him for dealing with the problems of the projects, infinity and beyond...
President Jimmy
President Barack
Yeah, it's got that presidential ring to it...
Posted by Jim Pal | February 6, 2008 11:25 PM
Obama - Novelty
Clinton - Saul Alinsky
Posted by Larry Stone | February 7, 2008 2:34 AM
Tough choice, either this life-long Democrat gets to help Bill slide into a "back door" presidency, or vote for a fellow with all the right sounds coming out of his mouth, knowing he'll probably never deliver on 5% of it, given that most of America won't let Obamma lose the war on terror single handedly. Ditto for Hillary.
Decisions...decisions...
Guess I'll have to vote McCain when the time comes.
Posted by Eric Jette | February 7, 2008 9:31 AM
Politicians on both side of the aisle range from unimpressive to downright dangerous. Who to vote for? Decisions decisions indeed!
Posted by Tim | February 7, 2008 11:56 AM