By Warner Todd Huston ——Bio and Archives--November 27, 2008
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“But I stand before you tonight because all across America something is stirring. What the nay-sayers don’t understand is that this election has never been about me. It’s been about you.”But, now all of a sudden it is all about him? Well, it certainly looks like he’s changed his tune. It IS about him after all.
In response to criticism that he is departing from his promise to bring change to Washington because several members of his economic team were Beltway insiders, Barack Obama said today that his team would combine experience with fresh thinking and his own vision for change. “Understand where the vision for change comes from, first and foremost,” he told reporters at his third press conference in as many days. “It comes from me. That’s my job, is to provide a vision in terms of where we are going, and to make sure, then, that my team is implementing."Of course, the reason he’s come out to say that it’s really all about him after all is to knock aside any charges that he is starting out as the junior member of the new Clinton era. He wants to assert that he is really in charge, of course. But, this is a complete reversal of the “we are the ones” rhetoric he was mouthing only weeks ago. But, the “no it’s all about me” turn around does fit the arrogance of the non-existent “office of the president elect” conceit he’s indulged in, doesn’t it? So far, though, the arrogance has been wholly unremarked upon by a pliant media. Surprised, anyone?
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Warner Todd Huston’s thoughtful commentary, sometimes irreverent often historically based, is featured on many websites such as Breitbart.com, among many, many others. He has also written for several history magazines, has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows.
He is also the owner and operator of Publius’ Forum.