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"Trivialities"

By Big Tent Democrat

Kevin Drum discusses Andrew Sullivan' reaction to the Obama kids doing an Access Hollywood interview. Personally, I have a hard enough time being a father to my own girls without taking time off to critique how anyone else is raising their own. But I was struck how Sullivan rates this and others issues in terms of importance:

A few things have unsettled me these past couple of weeks about the Obama campaign. It is not the small adjustments to previously-held positions - FISA, the Second Amendment, Iraq. It's a sense that Obama's ample self-regard is lapsing into hubris. The signs of this are pretty trivial on the surface, but they are troubling nonetheless.

That simulated faux-presidential seal was both tacky, silly and presumptive - a small version of "Mission Accomplished" Obama could well do without. The decision to give his acceptance speech in a stadium, rather than the traditional convention hall is also an unnecessary over-reach. . . . Lastly, I was gob-smacked by the Obamas' decision to include their children in a soft-focus TV interview.

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So Obama's "small adjustments" (like utterly flip flopping on FISA Capitulation) on actual issues that actually affect actual people do not concern Sullivan, it is stuff like giving a speech in a stadium instead of an indoor arena. I must admit I did not expect such a clear confession of not caring about issues and instead actually caring about the appearances from Sully. But there you have it. There never seemed to be much rhyme or reason to his Hillary Hate (or Obama support for that matter). This makes it all easier to understand.

By Big Tent Democrat, speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on July 10, 2008 (boomark / email).