Now Obama's Too Ambitious

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from The Swamp: http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/10/obama_is_too_ambitious.html


Two new ads today from the Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign -- one for TV, the other for the web -- both mention Sen. Barack Obama's ambition using modifiers like "blind" and "vast" to describe it. (Are they saving "reckless" for closer to Election day?)


We are an ambitious nation which likes its ambitions large; vast even. Manifest Destiny. Putting humans on the Moon. Fielding the most powerful military the world has ever seen.

If nothing else, it's usually the lack of ambition, an ambition deficit, that Americans find abhorrent.

That's true especially when it comes to African-Americans. They're often criticized for allegedly not having enough ambition.

Now an African-American running for president has too much of it. What's that about?

So in this case Obama's ambition becomes not something parents should point to as a model for their children but a cause for concern, something to be found objectionable . . .


watch and read more: http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/10/obama_is_too_ambitious.html

[Left Is Write]

1. Of course he's ambitious. No one without ambition runs for president.

Perhaps McCain would like to discuss Palin's ambition.

[WCGreen]

7. I wanna be president...

But it SO Hard...

Maybe next time...

[torbird]

12. Yep, too hard for Palin/McCain!

Of course, in the sick world of hardcore Republicans, who only want to be in control of the government so they can destroy it, only a crazy person would actually say they WANT to be president!

Bizarro!


Bizarro!


Bizarro!

[WCGreen]

20. How true...

[ShortnFiery]

2. Why not be intellectually honest and show bigotry with the word UPPITY?

:wow: :eyes:

[TechBear_Seattle]

3. "Ambitious" meaning "uppity"? n/t

[NightWatcher]

4. why not just say he's uppity?.....This negro dont know his place.....

that's what they're hinting at.

[JuniperLea]

16. Exactly!

He's too ambitious... we're not ready for a black president.

:eyes:

Keep digging that ditch, Pubbies!

[Matariki]

5. That's code speak. Like people saying women are 'too ambitious'.

when they get into a position of power traditionally belonging to men.

[AlCzervik]

6. this is the throw all the shit at the wall and see what sticks portion of the McCain campaign.

[ClarkUSA]

8. When is the last time a white male presidential candidate was accused of being too "ambitious"?

"Obama is Too Ambitious" = Obama is An Uppity N*****

Guess where they got all their tactics from?

[Dr Fate]

11. For that matter, I cant think of "ambition" being used in a negative context for ANY profession.

n/t

[ClarkUSA]

13. The whole McCain campaign has devolved into something David Duke would approve of...

I hope McCain chokes on the images of President Obama's Inauguration.

[Dr Fate]

15. Maybe Bush will pass him his pretzels.

Just kidding. ;)

[ClarkUSA]

17. Heh heh

I wish. Not kidding. ;)

[Dr Fate]

9. Horatio Alger was ambitous too. So was Teddy Roosevelt.

So was General Patton.

So was JFK.

So was MLK.

So was Ronald Reagan.

So was any artist, writer, businessman or mover & shaker of any kind.

So it is for anyone else who accomplished anything, for better or for worse.

I always thought positive ambition was the stuff that made us Americans...

[Stephist]

10. I thought ambition was a good thing when they applied it to Miss Wasilla

:shrug:

[JuniperLea]

14. Too ambitious, too handsome, too ethical, too honest...

Yeah, I can see why the Pubbies are having a problem with him.

:eyes;

[longship]

18. They can't get away with the word they really want to use.

All this Obama ambition talk is a mere, and obviously veiled, allusion to uppity, which is what they are really saying.

This really pisses me off.

[bigtree]

19. 'going where he doesn't belong'

out of 'his place' . . .

I've lived this.

[H2O Man]

21. It's "code" ....

and intented to send an ugly message.