It’s kinda like Al Gore’s gimmick carbon exchange deal in Chicago. It was a great gimmick and would have made Al into a billionaire several times over, if folks hadn’t stepped up to question it.
Gimmicks are the method of playing American politics in 2013.
Nice take.
George Will on Fox explained it succinctly——its OK for a pol to be clever-—but a pol can’t “appear” to be clever-———b/c voters equate cleverness w/ deviousness.
Obama overstepped the line big time——he exposed himself as the devious con artist that he is——skills honed in Chicago criminal politics.