Yale for Change leaves its mark
Jacob Koch ’10 first met Barack Obama six years ago. The then-Illinois state senator delivered a speech at an anti-war rally he attended in Chicago. At that moment, Koch was inspired to work for the man who would become America’s 44th president.
“After that I started to volunteer,” Koch said. “I used to stand out in front of stations and pass out info. Ever since then, I’ve always been the Obama guy.”
When Koch came to Yale as a freshman, he became active in Yale for Obama — which was founded in the spring of 2007 — eventually becoming the group’s campus coordinator. Back...
I have this image of the head lemming recounting how he helped lead many other lemmings off the cliff.
If Obama hadn't won CT, he may have lost the nomination. CT was the only Northeastern state he won initially, but that proved that he had a strong campaign everywhere in the country. I'm surprised nobody has written a story on the importance of CT to Obama's eventual nomination.
this article must be a joke.
Now that the yale for obama ppl have gotten the public attention they craved can we stop talking about them? At least until they are awarded cabinet level positions by Obama in return for their important work.
Seriously, this is enough. I just don't get it. Why is everyone so interested in just a person and not policies. It is a sad state of affairs when people are just organizing for a person and openly admit that they are not concerned with the rest of the country.
In reality, the president is not that critical. If anyone actually questioned the hype, they'd notice that the power is with the senators and representatives at the state and national level, not with the figure head of a president. While, yes, he is a guidign priciple, he is only as powerful as those who decide the bills and resolutions. And honestly, Barack Obama? I don't get why there were mobs of peope lining Old Campus; he is just another politician, albeit slightly less experienced and much more flashy.
Is that what you want in a leader? My answer is no; I would rather have ideas and from all I can tell through extensive research of his policies, he just wants "change," whatever that amorphous thing is. How about a solid, point by point plan for the world? Only infrequently did I ever here him mention plans with specifics; instead it was all rhetoric about healthcare or the economy or "change," but without any real substance or hard details. Perhaps this is the median voter theorem at work, or is it just that he knows throwing around key words does all that is necessary due to an uneducated voting populace who will jump on the train to ....? We're in college; let oursleves ve educated, nto a mob following the masses.
Only in an insular world of college can people ignore the facts and get so caught up in the moment. Open your eye. Tomorrow will be the same as today, January 21st will be the same as November 3rd, nothing has really changed except we have gone from one leader who has made some mistakes to one that has a whole future of mistakes ahead. So college kids, take a look around, smell the air and realize that nothing is entirely new, change, while cool sounding now, might not be what you want when you are 45 and are now paying for everything, and that a radical moment in politics is only a change in faces and popularity, not in reality.
Obama is a rockstar. He got you excited. Good for you. I am proud that you are excited about politics. However, I feel that it is for the wrong reasons. Get excited about the issues, read the policy, think about the other side, mentally debate it and then see where you stand. It's not so black and white now, is it?
Take Obama's policies, but change him to a 65-year old senator who is white, from a upper-middle class family in a state like, let's say to be fair, Illinois. Still excited or sound like Connecticut's own Chris Dodd? Do you even know who Chris Dodd is? Seriously, if you aren't excited, it just goes to show that you are excited about Obama for the wrong reason.
Everyone says that he is a momentous change for America because he is part Afro-American, part-Kenyan, a man who rose up from the ground. Let me just say: this is racism at work. I contend that by making the statement that this is so momentous because an Afro-American has finally been elected, you are further entrenching the racial divisions in America. A racism free America is one where we don't realize we just eelected a black man, not one where that is central.
Just some thoughts to consider about the sad state of affairs here on campus. I am sure that these comments, which have been deliberated over for months yet hastily composed, will be criticized. Good. You're thinking. Keep on doing it.
Just, to quote Public Enemy, "Don't believe the hype..."
ENOUGH ALREADY.