Obama and the Politics of (You'd Better) Hope (I Don't Kick Your Ass...)

An event in the hallowed chambers of the Senate made the rounds of the internets last week. Seems good old BarryHussein cornered noted human paraquat Joe(mentum) Lieberman in the Senate and proceeded to drink his milkshake. Right in front of him.

Furthermore, during a Senate vote Wednesday, Obama dragged Lieberman by the hand to a far corner of the Senate chamber and engaged in what appeared to reporters in the gallery as an intense, three-minute conversation.

While it was unclear what the two were discussing, the body language suggested that Obama was trying to convince Lieberman of something and his stance appeared slightly intimidating.

Using forceful, but not angry, hand gestures, Obama literally backed up Lieberman against the wall, leaned in very close at times, and appeared to be trying to dominate the conversation, as the two talked over each other in a few instances.

Smilin' BarryHussein... intimidating? Noted internet madman and fabulist Warren Ellis, between posting horrifying snippets of the true nature of the universe, took time to comment:

Kelly Sue and I just said “LBJ-style!’ at exactly the same time. Kelly Sue, however, has breeding, and didn’t follow it up with “Obama should have shanked the prick and left him to bleed out.” No, that was me.

"LBJ-style"? Saints preserve us. Surely this arugala-munching, non-bowling, big-eared naif can't be... oh my stars and garters... a tough guy?

This is in keeping with Dark Steer Theorem #4432... "The politics of hope is a sham."

The "Politics of Hope" (Patent Pending) is the shiny, smiling face Obama and company have put over what is really a hardscrapple political operation. You look back on his political career and you'll see some arm twisting and pretty cynical political operations. He elbowed his way into his first Democratic nomination in Chicago, clearing the field via technicalities. And check this choice quote:

"To my mind, we were just abiding by the rules that had been set up..."

Sound familiar? Yep, that's pretty much smilin' BarryHussein's canned response to the Florida/Michigan fiasco: This is not 'Nam... there are rules.

So BHO [Dark Steer Aside, here: Wouldn't it be fun if the Obama campaign did some iPod style marketing time'a'time? Standard platform positions ending with "It's not a politician. It's BHO"] goes on to the next round robin and he's smiling all the way. Arm-twisted his way onto the national stage, got the Clintons into a submission hold. The Clintons were complaining the whole way that the Obama campaign was underhanded, race-baiting, Rovian even. But Smilin' BarryHussein comes out of it with but the slightest bits of dirt on the shoulder.

So what if he is this mudflinging, underhanded, shiv-happy politicoschemer? That means the Dems have got a vicious streetfighter in sheep's clothing. A brawler with a happy face. Isn't that exactly what the Dems need?