Decoding Obamaspeak :: A McCain Democrat’s Journal

“Yes, we can” . . . “We are the change we seek” . . . “We are the people we’ve been waiting for” . . . are some of the more familiar Obamaspeak phrases. But what, if anything, do these words mean? Actually, they are borrowed from other persons and movements, including Mohandas Gandhi, Cesar Chavez, and - - really??? - - New Age mystic apocrypha.

“Yes, we can” - - This one isn’t too difficult, actually, for someone who was around during the ’60s and ’70s and knew about Cesar Chavez and the farm workers’ movement. In 1972, during a 25 day fast in Arizona, Chavez and United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta adopted the slogan “Si, se puede!”, meaning “Yes, It can be done!” The slogan is usually translated into English as “Yes, we can!” In 2006, “Yes, we can!” became a rallying cry for protests of U. S. immigration policy.

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