http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/theruckus/archive/2008/06/28/crooks-and-liars-pick-a-meme-any-meme.aspxAs a rule, Republicans appreciate the value in defining the Democratic presidential nominee, and the GOP is usually pretty good at it. In 2000, Al Gore, they said, was an “exaggerator.” In 2004, John Kerry, they said was a “flip-flopper.” Four years later,enCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Debug Build: 2.18)http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/theruckus/archive/2008/06/28/crooks-and-liars-pick-a-meme-any-meme.aspx#478322Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:23:46 GMT544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:478322JustAJoe<p>You don't get elected as a dog catcher in Chicago without the vetting of the Daley Political Machine. By definition, representing the Daley machine, he is an outsider in present day Washington, the machine having lost most of it's influence.</p> <p>But considering it is ran by a second generation Daley, &quot;Change&quot; is not what it is about with Obama. Old style patronage and race-based government programs, as preached in his church and exemplified by the disfunctional and race based leadership of the Chicago school system what his &quot;Vision&quot; is about.</p> <p>There has got to be a meme here somewhere.</p> Blog: The Ruckus