Posted on 05/14/2008 3:31:36 AM PDT by chessplayer
Eeek.
Methinks the Right need be wary of underestimating this cult of personality. Those who would deify an empty suit will not take kindly* to criticism thereof.
(* - “not take kindly” = “silence with extreme prejudice”)
Thank you for that article. The more I read about him the scarier he gets. However, I think all Americans should make it their duty to inform themselves about this threat.
That’s besides the “maximum leader”-style artwork poster on his web site.
http://store.barackobama.com/Artists_for_Obama_s/1018.htm
Not counting the Globe?
Peggy Shapiro over at the American Thinker nails it: "I knew that I had seen this before, and then it came to me that this image appropriates the graphic style of totalitarian Soviet propaganda. It recalls the ideal[i]zed portraits and personality cult of the 'Beloved Leader' such as Stalin and Lenin..."
Either way, here's the URL:
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/04/obamas_posters_message_in_the.html
The graphics alone should scare the ratbleep out of anyone who remembers the bad old days.
Soviet style.
I first saw the totalitarian-propaganda angle in posters from one artist; that’s his style, I can appreciate where he’s coming from artistically, and shrugged it off.
Thing is, I’m seeing such imagery from an increasing number of sources.
There’s more to this guy’s path to power than we’re aware of ... he’s not where he is by happy accident, he’s got some smart handlers be hind him. Take him lightly at our peril, for he is exhibiting real, successful, totalitarian tendencies (starting with the rise to power).
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