{"id":3573,"date":"2008-11-01T07:54:41","date_gmt":"2008-11-01T12:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=3573"},"modified":"2008-11-01T08:00:14","modified_gmt":"2008-11-01T13:00:14","slug":"dont-look-behind-the-curtain-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=3573","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Look Behind the Curtain (Please)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Obama’s euphoric groupies need to be reeled in a bit. Apparently their expectations of Obama exceed him.<\/p>\n

Barack Obama\u2019s senior advisers have drawn up plans<\/a> to lower expectations for his presidency if he wins next week\u2019s election, amid concerns that many of his euphoric supporters are harbouring unrealistic hopes of what he can achieve.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now\u00a0<\/em>they tell us. Good thing I haven’t voted yet. Just in time to switch to McCain.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, I wonder what expectations they are referring to?<\/p>\n

Here’s one:\u00a0That he is qualified to be President.<\/p>\n

I actually giggled to myself when I read this. The election isn’t even over. Obama’s supporters are actually whipped to such a froth that his handlers feel the need to prepare lowered expectations for delivery to his sycophant disciples once and if he achieves the office of the President.<\/p>\n

Let me see if I (or you in the comments) can be of assistance…<\/p>\n

Hope<\/strong> will now become Mild Despair<\/strong><\/p>\n

Change<\/strong> will now become Slightly Less of The Same<\/strong><\/p>\n

We Are The People We Have Been Waiting For <\/strong>will now become Please Hold The Line; Calls Will Be Handled In The Order They Were Received<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tax cuts to 95% of Americans<\/strong> will become New Online Access to the Unemployment Benefits Application Process<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spread the Wealth <\/strong>will become Oops. Sorry About Your Job.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Affordable Health Care For Everyone<\/strong> will become Is There A Doctor In The House?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Okay, you give it a try…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Obama’s euphoric groupies need to be reeled in a bit. Apparently their expectations of Obama exceed him. Barack Obama\u2019s senior advisers have drawn up plans to lower expectations for his presidency if he wins next week\u2019s election, amid concerns that many of his euphoric supporters are harbouring unrealistic hopes of what he can achieve. Now\u00a0they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":228,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campaign-08"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/228"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3573\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}