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Monday, January 07, 2008

Uh, folks? It's not Obama who's running like JFK
Posted by Jill | 5:12 AM
For all that, as a commenter pointed out, there's a sizable case of Obama Derangement Syndrome going on over at Taylor Marsh's blog, I did find the first of these two videos over there; one which shows that despite the parallels that pundits are drawing between Barack Obama's candidacy and that of John F. Kennedy, if we look back, the reality is that Kennedy campaigned more like John Edwards -- or even Howard Dean -- than like Obama:





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Anonymous Anonymous said...
IMHO it's not so much that Obama is running like JFK, it's more that people are getting concerned he'll end up like RFK. Blackwater has a lot to lose if Obama wins the election... Another here

Blogger Porlock Junior said...
Insulting elephants! Oooo, how politically incorrect. Couldn't get away with that today.

Seriously, thank you for the videos. I'd quite forgotten Kennedy's real political style unblurred by mythology.

Speak the truth, John! (E as well as K) (Which, as Harry noted, is also called giving them Hell.)