tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post790526043568114092..comments2024-01-17T02:39:06.048-05:00Comments on rude truth: the cyborg candidateJJThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920416765778868736noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-10707456597219439502008-04-05T22:20:00.000-05:002008-04-05T22:20:00.000-05:00good question...part of what makes me hopeful is t...good question...part of what makes me hopeful is that Obama also consistently makes the point that he's not asking people to believe in him, as if he singlehandedly is going to deliver on all these promises for change. First person plurals abound. So another aspect of the hybridity here is beyond the personal and conceptual but the interpersonal, the same direct move Haraway makes from cyborg to coalition...that seems to me to depend on Obama only insofar as someone has to point out the possibility.<BR/><BR/>I think it's real but like Casey, I drank the Koolaid awhile back.JTBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05977180734561873789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-38252412935524186152008-04-05T19:01:00.000-05:002008-04-05T19:01:00.000-05:00Well put.Another cyborgism of Obama is the emphasi...Well put.<BR/><BR/>Another cyborgism of Obama is the emphasis that he and Michelle both place on their 'regularness.' He is at once a polished politician as well as a normal guy who just finished paying off school loans, a wide-eyed optimist who hasn't been contaminated by politics.<BR/><BR/>Still, even as a guy who's been supporting Obama for a long time now, I wonder...<BR/><BR/>Is this just the nature of politics? You mentioned that this is a hopeful analysis, and I wonder if Obama's hybridity is just another way to appeal to as many people as possible, different in form but not essence from Bill Clinton's ability to straddle so many fences throughout the 90s.<BR/><BR/>In other words, how long till we know it's the real thing? Does it even matter, or is it just up to us to seize this moment of hybridity and make it worthwhile, whether Obama intends to or not?Justin Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04532881461650705372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-5899156694263507462008-04-03T17:32:00.000-05:002008-04-03T17:32:00.000-05:00My husband and I did try to get in to see Obama wh...My husband and I did try to get in to see Obama when he came to Eugene a few weeks ago. However, the line to see him was amazingly, impressively long. There was no way we'd get in there. <BR/><BR/>However the attempt was no way a waste because I LOVED seeing the spectrum of people represented in this line: all ages, all races (well, as much as can be said for Oregon), etc., etc. Even though there was no way we were going to get into the arena, I was just thrilled to see the wide appeal Obama has nation-wide confirmed in my own backyard.<BR/><BR/>P.S. Hillary's coming to Eugene this Saturday. A friend in the office next to mine has decided she'll get up early and try to see Hillary. We all predict the demographic will be entirely different (we're predicting baby-boomer-aged, white, women-- which is what my friend whose going happens to be). And the arena is smaller than Obama's. His seated 9,000 whereas hers seats 3,000. Should be interesting.R-Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04625504314284631333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-18408795991870822792008-04-03T12:15:00.000-05:002008-04-03T12:15:00.000-05:00This was exciting for me to read, especially becau...This was exciting for me to read, especially because I've recently been introduced to posthumanism in musicology (thanks to Justin Burton). I think you drew some really great correlations between the idea of the cyborg and Obama. Thanks for writing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-41642694473427616902008-04-03T10:33:00.000-05:002008-04-03T10:33:00.000-05:00Fantastic insight. The aspect of Obama and his ca...Fantastic insight. The aspect of Obama and his campaign that you detail here are at the heart of why people will vote for him even in they are ideologically opposed to some of his political positions. Thanks for flushing this out.J-Wildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17682981365579357845noreply@blogger.com