Is Obama a Modern Version of the Teflon Man?
By
Dr. Sherman N. Miller
I wonder if the Senator Hillary Clinton’s campaign was attempting to
exploit teachings of the great Chinese War Philosopher Sun Tzu
documented in the book “The Art of War” against Senator Barack Obama.
“During the early morning spirits are keen, during the day they flag,
and in the evening thoughts turn towards home.
“And therefore those skilled in war avoid the enemy when his spirit is
keen and attack him when it is sluggish and his soldiers homesick. This
is control of the moral factor.”
The problem with employing this thinking is Senator Obama is a
charismatic speaker who knows how to establish an emotional link between
him and the populace. Surely, Senator Obama has read or heard of the
teachings of Sun Tzu for his campaign appears to demonstrate that they
know Senator Clinton well where on the other hand the Clinton people
appear to be wasting time attempting to turn Obama’s verbal
communication strength to his weakness.
Sun Tzu offers some other teachings that that Clinton people might
ponder.
“Therefore I say: ‘Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred
battles you will never be in peril.
“When you are ignorant of the enemy but know yourself, your chances of
winning or losing are equal.”
It is difficult to believe that the Clinton people have studied Senator
Obama because she appears to be reaching for straws to find something
with which to embarrass him in the press. On the other hand, Senator
Obama appears to have studied the media strengths of the late President
Ronald Reagan, so he is morphing slowly into a modern version of the
Teflon Man.