{"id":167,"date":"2010-03-31T20:16:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T20:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davetraynor.com\/wp2\/2010\/03\/31\/yes-we-can-update\/"},"modified":"2016-10-29T05:49:09","modified_gmt":"2016-10-29T05:49:09","slug":"yes-we-can-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davetraynor.com\/wp2\/2010\/03\/31\/yes-we-can-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes We Can – the update"},"content":{"rendered":"

The debate over the health care package in the US was hard to watch. As it devolved into a hate and blame match, it seemed pretty obvious that the lofty hopes and aspirations of Barack Obama’s ascent to the presidency had crashed and burned.<\/p>\n

But when the bill finally passed, by the narrowest of margins, I couldn’t help but hope that maybe Obama’s promise of social change hadn’t been entirely wiped out. Perhaps there was a spark left that might be fanned back into life.<\/p>\n

This morning, I came across this re-mix<\/a> of wil.i.am’s original Yes We Can video. (link to the original<\/a>) It’s a brilliant piece of work and vividly contrasts Obama’s original message of hope with the Republican’s single-minded argument of anger and denial. Maybe we can.<\/p>\n

You can watch it below, or click here<\/a> to see it on YouTube.<\/p>\n

And one more thing. You might want to skip the comments on the video if you’d rather not get dragged into the muck.<\/p>\n

– via Rob Cottingham<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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