tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460939.post7398335416968396722..comments2023-09-01T04:26:03.619-05:00Comments on The So-Called "Austin Mayor" Blog: Beachwood RebuttalSo-Called Austin Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10352094428842715059noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460939.post-92142859103109836882007-06-16T00:58:00.000-05:002007-06-16T00:58:00.000-05:00Oh, I dunno, I think Rhodes' read on Obama is a li...Oh, I dunno, I think Rhodes' read on Obama is a little facile. Maybe it's just a little too meta- for my tastes.<BR/><BR/>Have you noticed how Rhodes has started fetishizing guys like Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich? As if the fact that they <I>can't</I> win makes them somehow more authentic. Does Rhodes even care about, you know, actually getting good policy enacted?<BR/><BR/>Some of his specific charges here are vague, others are false. (Some are even true! Obama's endorsement of Todd Stroger was a sad day.) But he's just running down his laundry list, not making substantive points. For example, there are all sorts of good reasons to vote for a border fence, and I doubt Rhodes <I>really</I> advocates fully opening the border. The truth is he has no real interest in the issue itself; he just wants ammo for his preconceived Obama-is-a-hypocrite storyline. <BR/><BR/>"Wanting everyone to get along is not a platform." Well fine, but weighing divergent viewpoints certainly <I>is</I> a leadership style. After Bush's divisive, ideological presidency, it is probably the style best suited to the uphill battle of rebuilding America's image internationally.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11595113265845094240noreply@blogger.com