Posted on 08/15/2011 8:53:19 AM PDT by neverdem
Let me hasten to make it clear before the Secret Service kicks the door in: we're not speaking of the three-dimensional, physical Obama, but the image of Obama created by the DNC, the media, and assorted political mercenaries to sell him and his agenda to an unsuspecting nation. We need to rid ourselves of Obama as an influence, as an example, as a lens through which to view the world, as a figure to look up to, admire, or emulate in any sense.
Simply put, there must be no "Obama legacy." Obama the man is avidly digging himself deeper into his own personal hole and will soon vanish into the depths of the earth. It is Obama the legend that must be buried.
Every liberal president fails. The more "successful" he is, in the sense of actually putting his policies in place, the more clearly he reveals the emptiness of that bastard combination of socialism, Marxism, fascism, and Progressivism that goes under the name "liberalism." Franklin Roosevelt triggered a second dip in the Great Depression in 1937, delivering America to the same wretchedness in which he found it upon...
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Of course, a little reworking is required in order to make the narrative fit the circumstances. FDR was lucky enough to have WWII, which made it appear that his policies had in fact worked. For a half century and more the myth that Roosevelt's policies ended the Depression and saved the country were taken as a given on all levels, and still prevails among the offhandedly educated. Only in recent years has the story of the false recovery generated by deficit spending followed by the collapse of 1937 and the ensuing double-dip been excavated. (Does this sound familiar?) The war saved FDR, and also saved the myth of American liberalism...
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How very very true.
that is my fear, of course. But i have to stop and think that the devil we know may potentially be EVIL enough that in a close election, his base isn't going to come out, and our side [except for the unappeasables] will come out in droves, even if it's for a flawed but inspirational candidate.
Obama is a legend only in his own mind...more like a tragic comedy.
hasten all you want. They've sure got everybody scared, haven't they, lest we say something "incorrect."
As you state, the US has decayed morally and changed demographically. While we consider ourselves smarter than ever before because we know how to turn on an X-box and surf the web for adult material, IMHO common sense and the level of education in the US has been declining ever since the late 60s. America today is very similar to Europe and much of the so-called differences are more semantics than anything tangible in real life. The difference between the US with her 41% government share of the economy vs Germany with her 48% government share is what the argument has become. America today is a light version of some Euro style semi-free economy.
Seriously, take the statements of our founding fathers on religion, guns and property ownership and tell that to most people today without telling them “who” said that and they will call the cops on you because you're a radical, possibly a racist, definitely an evil close minded person in their eye's.
Even if you told them who said it, they would just dismiss them as a bunch of "dead, white guys."
Pleasant dreams, all. Thanks neverdem.
Well, since you put it that way, it sounds like a pretty damn good plan!
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