Rules Are (Sometimes) Rules

Apparently Obama has amended his official endorsement of the "Rules are rules" cliche. It has now been officially amended to read "Rules are rules, as long as they are in my favor. Otherwise, they are racist oppression of the common man."

On the issue of the disenfranchisement of 26 million people in Florida and Michigan (including millions of blacks), Obama says that "Rules are rules". This does indeed pass Obama's rule test, since it is a rule that helps Obama enormously.

In reality, it is not actually a "rule" at all. It is rather a transparent conspiracy of anti-Hillary DNC'ers who decided to deprive her of 2 of her most important states. However, Obama still believes strongly that his "Rules are rules" statement is true in this case, since it passes the test of benefitting Obama.

However, when it comes to the rule that Superdelegates are allowed to vote as they choose, which is indeed a long-standing rule, Obama doesn't really believe this is a very justifiable rule. So in this case, "Rules are not rules". That is because these rules are not in Obama's favor.

So let us always remember that "Rules are rules", but ONLY when they benefit Obama. When they do not benefit Obama, they are instruments of racist oppression, by that demonic racist Hillary Clinton.

Draft 1: 4/3/08