AOL News is reporting about the Che Flag in Obama Office

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#2 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:19 pm

What is interesting about this, though, is the superficial comparison it draws. Whatever your feelings about him, Che Guevara has become the "Nike Swoop" of revolutionary change, the "Classic Coke" of fighting the power. Without embracing Che, Obama might actually benefit from the juxtaposition, as he positions himself as the challenge to Hillary Clinton's status quo. Couldn't you just see these t-shirts?
Its kinda hard to distinguish those revolutionaries, after all there isn't much difference between old George Washington and Che or Mao then is there?



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The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.

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#3 Post by Appa23 » Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:36 pm

Ah yes, the Nike "Swoop". :lol:

Almost as famous as McDonald's Metallic Arches.

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#4 Post by silvercamaro » Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:57 pm

Appa23 wrote:Ah yes, the Nike "Swoop". :lol:

Almost as famous as McDonald's Metallic Arches.
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Re: AOL News is reporting about the Che Flag in Obama Office

#5 Post by etaoin22 » Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:04 pm

Manna from heaven for the VRWC.

OK, that's one idea.

I have to pace myself that BB posts are most effective when they contain one idea.

Dammit, that's two ideas,now. At least.

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