Here in the San Francisco area Chairman Obama is so popular you would
think he was a recreational drug. The only things I=92ve seen the
locals get as excited about are THC and LSD, and Obama is even more
popular, so I=92ve decided to describe the phenomenon as =93obama
crack.=94
Everyone hates Bush, but they love Obama because he offers =93hope=94
which seems to mean hoping he=92ll throw more money at whatever special
interest benefits them personally. Obama represents hope that he=92ll
give you free crack so you won=92t have to hustle for your own crack.
To illustrate, I fill a ziplock baggie with birdseed and label it
=93Obama Crack (Free! Menthol!)=94 with a sharpie and go down to the duck
pond and proceed to toss birdseed while yelling =93get yer free obama
crack!=94 and all the ducks come running and quack for more crack while
I quack obama quack. The ducks will follow me as long as I keep
throwing crack at them, quacking sup****t for my leader****p. They=92d
follow me over a cliff, but the metaphor ends there because ducks can
fly.
=3D =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D
=93Like various other words in the B vocabulary, duckspeak was
ambivalent in meaning. Provided that the opinions which were quacked
out were orthodox ones, it implied nothing but praise, and when The
Times referred to one of the orators of the Party as a doubleplusgood
duckspeaker it was paying a warm and valued compliment.=94
-- 1984
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