Hope and Change - 2008 vs 2012

Conservative Outcry ^ | 5/12/12



Let's reminiscence - A video compilation regarding why people voted for Obama in 2008.
In summary, he was elected either because he's black or because people were drawn to the "Hope & Change" he promised.

What's different now? Basically nothing. At the end of the day, the 2012 election will come down to he's black or "Hope & Change" again.


Those who voted merely on the basis of skin color will continue to support Obama. The problem for Obama is this group makes up a very small portion of the electorate, much smaller that even he and his advisors believe. The African American vote as a whole can no longer be taken for granted by the Democrats. African Americans have the same concerns as the rest of the nation, and can see with their own eyes that the "Hope and Change" promised in 2008 did not arrive. They also see through this administration's attempts to re-ignite racial flames from earlier times. Usually through emissaries like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson who apparently still live in the 1960's. In short, African Americans are starting to see that the mere fact the Democrats take them for granted, makes them the racist party, not the Republicans.
While Sharpton and Jackson still have a following (the "small portion" mentioned above), their beliefs have become increasingly irrelevant to today's times. Blacks and whites (and Latinos and Asians, etc) live together now, and have done so for some time. They shop together, they go to school together, they work together, they even go to church together. And because they interact so frequently, they even engage in...wait for it...Interracial Relationships! Sometimes they even marry and have children! Maybe, before it's too late, Obama and his crew will realize it was never about skin color.
It was always the expectations of "Hope and Change" that put him in office. It was the same reason for the majority of African Americans, the Latinos, and the Asians, as it was for the millions upon millions of whites that voted for him in 2008. Yes, millions upon millions! Caucasians make up the majority of the American population, and without their vote, Obama would not be in office today.
While this fact is undeniable, President Obama and his buddies still attempt to cash in on the color of his skin. Either through his buddies Al and Jesse, who continue to spout their racial rhetoric, or Eric Holder and his shop and their practice of selective justice. Why President Obama would overtly try to offend the group that arguably put him in office is beyond me, and will likely be questioned for some time.
"Hope and Change" put him in office in 2008, and it's the reason that voters across all blocks will turn against him in 2012. "Hope and Change" never arrived.
Many will argue that it's the economy that will drive this election, and to that I say they're partially right. But the economy was always part of "Hope and Change", was it not?
For now, President Obama has locked up the votes of that "small portion" mentioned above, and the LGBT Community in light of his recent evolution. But that's not enough to swing the election.
He'll continue to look to favorable polling data from questionable sources for that feeling of invincibility, but I suspect it will not be until after the election that he realizes the continued "class-warfare" and 'racial rhetoric' bandied about by he and his supporters did nothing more than push away those still looking for the "Hope & Change" as promised.