Thursday, December 18, 2008

TSG 'change' mug shots, Obama, and Change

I was talking to a friend of mine, who is black, about the Obama shirts that so many people are wearing. We were both annoyed by how many people were jumping on the bandwagon.

Although he voted for Obama, he had reservations about the people who were going over the edge in their support without knowing who they were voting for.


His biggest complaint had to do with guys in his neighborhood who were selling drugs while wearing Obama t-shirts. As he rightly pointed out, they clearly missed the message.

The Smoking Gun has a montage of mug shots from 2008 on their web page. Most recently, they selected their favorite ones with the icon of change on them:
I think that there are a lot of people out there who are just wearing the t-shirts to "look cool," and have no real intention of changing the way politics are done.

This week, Obama said that he can't release his internal report declaring that his staffers had no 'improper contact' with Blago.
I'm curious if, despite his insistence, a member of his staff will join the mug shot list, above.

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