red states rule
10-01-2011, 11:26 AM
Yes, this does sum up the Obma re-election team. The Titantic. The ship is slowly sinking, people are jumpiong off the ship, some are denying the ship is sinking, and some have fled to the lifeboats and are getting away from the ship as fast as they can
When asked about what he would like to have changed in his first term, Barack Obama usually responds that he has not communicated effectively enough with voters. That’s why he has David Axelrod on board his re-election campaign, to ensure that his team offers clear and unequivocal communication about Obama’s chances of winning a second term. I’m not sure Obama wants Axelrod to be this honest (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/09/27/national/a074526D24.DTL), though:
President Obama’s (http://www.sfgate.com/barack-obama/) chief political adviser is calling President Barack Obama’s road to re-election a “Titanic struggle.”
And David Axelrod also concedes that the Democratic president doesn’t have the wind at his back.
That’s actually a great metaphor. In the film, at least, the character of Jack gets aboard the Titanic in a fluke, spends his time engaging in class warfare, and then distracts the lookouts so that the ship runs into an iceberg. Suddenly, the ocean liner starts to sink, and the management doesn’t have enough lifeboats to save everyone.
Actually, Obama himself tried out a new nautical metaphor, complaining that he’s “all dinged up (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/09/obama-im-all-dinged-up/1)” after three years in office while “trying to keep the boat afloat”:
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/09/27/obama-political-adviser-chooses-strangely-apt-metaphor-for-campaign/
When asked about what he would like to have changed in his first term, Barack Obama usually responds that he has not communicated effectively enough with voters. That’s why he has David Axelrod on board his re-election campaign, to ensure that his team offers clear and unequivocal communication about Obama’s chances of winning a second term. I’m not sure Obama wants Axelrod to be this honest (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/09/27/national/a074526D24.DTL), though:
President Obama’s (http://www.sfgate.com/barack-obama/) chief political adviser is calling President Barack Obama’s road to re-election a “Titanic struggle.”
And David Axelrod also concedes that the Democratic president doesn’t have the wind at his back.
That’s actually a great metaphor. In the film, at least, the character of Jack gets aboard the Titanic in a fluke, spends his time engaging in class warfare, and then distracts the lookouts so that the ship runs into an iceberg. Suddenly, the ocean liner starts to sink, and the management doesn’t have enough lifeboats to save everyone.
Actually, Obama himself tried out a new nautical metaphor, complaining that he’s “all dinged up (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/09/obama-im-all-dinged-up/1)” after three years in office while “trying to keep the boat afloat”:
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/09/27/obama-political-adviser-chooses-strangely-apt-metaphor-for-campaign/