"Change" - It's Not Just For Breakfast Anymore
Ghana's opposition leader, John Atta Mills, became Ghana's new President-Elect a few hours ago. His National Democratic Congress Party narrowly defeated rival, Nana Akufo-Add's New Patriotic Party, to wrest control of the government.
And guess what his platform was?
Get ready to hear that phrase a lot around the world. Except in Cuba, and North Korea.
And guess what his platform was?
Get ready to hear that phrase a lot around the world. Except in Cuba, and North Korea.
Labels: Craps-n-Giggles, US Presidential Election, World Affairs
posted by vbspurs at
1/04/2009 01:00:00 am
3 Comments:
Seems everything old is new again....didn't Hitler run on that platform as well?
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Jim, at Sun Jan 04, 01:25:00 am GMT-5
Yes, Jim, though that's close to Godwin. ;)
All successful politicians run on a change platform -- Bush 43 won on being a "change" from the licentious embarrassment that Clinton was.
Only the infantile have to have it spelt out for them, though.
Cheers,
Victoria
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vbspurs, at Sun Jan 04, 04:26:00 pm GMT-5
I commented at Althouse during the election:
My own personal philosophy regarding change is that any worthwhile change is always uphill and requires sustained effort. It axiomatic in chemistry than any uphill change from A to B has a tipping point (transition state) that resembles the outcome B. In other words, we don’t decide to lose weight, join a gym and credibly say we’ve changed (psychologically perhaps, but not physically). Real, actual change of the sort we desire doesn’t happen until well along the path from A to B. My biggest problem with Obama is that he won’t tell us what B is. He beseeches us to change , almost for its own sake.
word verification: "chike"
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chickenlittle, at Sun Jan 04, 07:17:00 pm GMT-5
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