Monday, July 14, 2008

Too Cocky?


So asks Andrew Sullivan in a much-discussed blog post from last Thursday.

To which we answer, "Duh!"

Team Obama has got "too cocky" written all over it.

They have since the very beginning.

Remember, this is the campaign that launched in Chicago (a gazillion months ago) to the U2 song, City of Blinding Light:

The more you see the less you know
The less you find out as you go
I knew much more then than I do now

Neon heart day-glow eyes
A city lit by fireflies
They're advertising in the skies
For people like us

And I miss you when you're not around
I'm getting ready to leave the ground

Oh you look so beautiful tonight
In the city of blinding lights

Don't look before you laugh
Look ugly in a photograph
Flash bulbs purple irises
The camera can't see

I've seen you walk unafraid
I've seen you in the clothes you made
Can you see the beauty inside of me?
What happened to the beauty I had inside of me?

(cut)

And I miss you when you're not around
I'm getting ready to leave the ground

Oh you look so beautiful tonight
In the city of blinding lights

Time...time...time...time...time
Won't leave me as I am
But time won't take the boy out of this man

Oh you look so beautiful tonight
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
In the city of blinding lights

The more you know the less you feel
Some pray for others steal
Blessings are not just for the ones who kneel... luckily
"Oh you look so beautiful tonight"...

"The more you know the less you feel"...

"The more you see the less you know"...

"Can you see the beauty inside of me"...

Team Obama really knew what they were doing when they picked this song.

And we're not snarking.