Forward!

Obama Campaign 2012 (definitely NOT an endorsement!)

I know it has been a LONG while since I last posted, and I will explain in a future post. But today I just couldn't let this pass. I don't engage in politics much, but that is rapidly changing (I guess Obama did change one person, just not how he wanted!). The Washington Times had some interesting information about the new Obama campaign slogan, here. 

This is the new Obama campaign commercial:

In 2008 the slogan was Hope & Change, "change" has certainly taken place (not for the better though). Now that the "change" is in place we need to move "Forward", right? Do you know what the word "Forward" has been used for since as early as 1844? This is what wikipedia has to say about it:

The name Forward carries a special meaning in socialist political terminology. It has been frequently used as a name for socialist, communist and other leftwing newspapers and publications. For example, Vpered (Russian language for 'Forward') was the name of the publication that Lenin started after having resigned from the Iskra editorial board in 1905 after a clash with Georgi Plekhanov and the Mensheviks.^[1]

^{Now, there are a couple of possibilities here.}

^{First, the POTUS' campaign people didn't research this term before using it. This is quite possible since his speech writers had him say that Pres. Rutherford B. Hayes was afraid of change in the form of the telephone. Truth is, President Hayes was the president who had the first telephone installed in the White House.}

^{Second, this campaign slogan is a reflection of the views of the POTUS and those around him. Again very possible since there have been several socialistic leaning policies passed under this administration.}

^{And third, a combination of both.}

^{That is what I think has happened. What do you think about this new campaign slogan and it's past uses?}

UPDATE: Since I posted this yesterday, the wikipedia stub has been nominated for deletion. Check it out before it is gone!