Posted on 11/30/2011 4:20:18 AM PST by 1010RD
Barack Obama is a dream. In 2008, the dream was hope and change. In 2012, it will be progress, thwarted by evil partisans and selfish greed. As Gertrude Stein said, "there is no there there." He needs enemies to draw attention from his lack of depth, for he is truly a mile wide and an inch deep. He is an illusion -- always appearing to be more than he is, always, more promise than reality. He is, and always has been, the sum projection of what others want him to be. Barack Obama doesn't exist, except in the hearts and minds of minions and sycophants.
Many ignore the truth, disregarding Mr. Obama's abject failure as president. Those of us with our eyes open, though, see right through the man. A transparent presidency is the one promise he kept, for he is the original evaporated man. Though he seemed so substantial at first, with the passage of time, it is obvious how much less there is to him. What we saw in the beginning was simply a projection of our own hopes and dreams. We saw what we wanted to see.
Now, when he looks into our eyes, he sees what he wants to see: his own reflection, the illusion of a great man. He needs this fantasy to define himself. After all, who is he, if not Lincoln, or JFK, or FDR, or Reagan? He has to be someone else; he can't be himself, because there really is no Barack Obama.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
[Barack Obama on Barak Obama]:
I think I’m a better speech writer than my speech writers, I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors. And I’ll tell you right now that I’m ... a better political director than my political director. I’m LeBron, baby. I can play at this level. I got game.
And in describing the sagacity of his nomination for the Presidency:
I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal[.]
Obama believes himself a good man. Yet, with no depth or breadth, he is victim to the ideology he has been steeped in his entire life, a captive of his conviction that he is on the side of what is right and just. The benevolent hand of Barack Obama has wrought more havoc upon the freedom of our nation than any enemy ever could, for while evil can wreak untold damage, it takes the truly self-righteous to destroy a nation.
Edmund Burke said that “all that is necessary for evil to triumph, is that good men to do nothing.” Yet it is also true that the greatest evil has, just as often as not, been perpetrated by good men seeking to do something.
Only a man not really there could spend a trillion dollars on failed stimulus, resulting in the loss of millions of jobs, and claim success for having saved us from depression caused by the depredations of the greedy 1%, who refuse to pay their fair share, defined as some figure in excess of the 40% of all taxes they already pay.
The politics of Barack Obama, sold as hope and change, was never more than bitterness and envy, fomented in the citizenry to disguise his pandering to crony capitalists, political backers, and rabid environmentalists. All concealed from the public by a compliant legacy media. His reelection campaign needs their money. How else can finish the transformation of an unappreciative America?
The nowhere man had no problem handing Libya to al-Qaeda, Egypt to the Muslim Brotherhood, and Iraq to Iran, while doing nothing to prevent Iran from helping Syria kill thousands of its own people. None of that is important. Iran’s quest for a nuclear weapon, a dismal economy, and high unemployment don’t worry Obama; it’s all George Bush’s fault — now off to Hawaii, Bali, and Australia.
Obama is a faux intellectual, using arrogance and attitude to convey authority. Reading fluidly from his teleprompter, he condescends in mellifluous tones to convey intellectual superiority. He loves giving speeches, pausing frequently for applause, for he is nothing when not basking in the adulation of the masses. He is defined only by what is said and written about him. That is why he can’t stand dissent and will go to any lengths to crush it.
There are no policies, just generalizations. The failed Stimulus Act was written by others and used to reward those who did the most to elect Obama. Obamacare legislation, also written by others, is exceedingly unpopular, has cost jobs, and is predicted to hamstring the economy well into the future, while restricting health care and costing trillions of dollars. So what? The winners write history, and as Obama told Republicans, he won.
Idealess, Obama’s latest proposal, the American Jobs Act, is the same as the original stimulus, just half as large. But this one is designed to fail legislatively, so the president can run against a do-nothing Congress.
Obama doesn’t recognize the economic disaster he has created. He believes what he has always been told: that he is a huge success, his only mistake not communicating his greatness to the little people. Because in reality, Americans have become too soft and too lazy to put in the time and effort necessary to understand how lucky we are to have Barack Obama, perhaps the greatest man to have ever lived. If you don’t believe me, just ask him. He’ll tell you.
0bama - the four year nightmare!
Imagine a continuous loop commercial juxtaposing visuals of the economic reality caused by Obama with his two quotes above.
More - Barack Obama may be a dream, but that dream is a nightmare: class warfare sold as transcendent leadership; crony capitalism sold as green energy; forced unionization sold as a means to save the worker; control of health care to ensure his vision of what care we must have, even if that’s less than what we need. Who lives and who dies, who should prosper and who should not — all decided by our betters, all a part of his greatness, his vision, his grand plan.
And Obama’s grand plan is a redefinition of not only America, but of all things. He redefined the very meaning of leadership by leading from behind. Rising unemployment is now jobs “saved or created.” Warfare is an “overseas contingency operation” and the ability to attack and retreat at the same time. Obama has redefined political oratory with the aggressive use of “I,” “me,” and “my.” Terrorism is now “man-caused disasters,” while diplomacy is apologizing and bowing to world leaders for the sins of those lesser men who came before. A trillion dollars has become an affordable sum. Bipartisanship is giving the opposition the opportunity to do as they are told, and dignified debate is the demonization of anyone who disagrees. Fair play is victory by any means. Truth is whatever Obama says it is. Rules are whatever he says they are. Merit is deserving awards for what he might do.
“Progressive” means progressing toward total communism. The Soviets always referred to themselves as “progressives”. It is always about moving the goal line. What they are going for now is way, way beyond what they were 20 years ago.
An empty suit. Big Media should be sued for fraud for not telling the American people the truth in 2008.
Look in my eyes
What do you see?
The cult of personality
I know your anger, I know your dreams
I've been everything you want to be
Oh, I'm the cult of personality
Like Mussolini and Kennedy
I'm the cult of personality
The cult of personality
The cult of personality
Neon lights, a Nobel prize
When a mirror speaks, the reflection lies
You don't have to follow me
Only you can set me free
I sell the things you need to be
I'm the smiling face on your TV
Oh, I'm the cult of personality
I exploit you, still you love me
I tell you, one and one makes three
Oh, I'm the cult of personality
Like Joseph Stalin and Gandhi
I'm the cult of personality
The cult of personality
The cult of personality
Neon lights, a Nobel prize
When a leader speaks, that leader dies
You won't have to follow me
Only you can set you free
You gave me fortune, you gave me fame
You me power in your God's name
I'm every person you need to be
Oh, I'm the cult of personality
I'm the cult of, I'm the cult of
I'm the cult of, I'm the cult of
I'm the cult of, I'm the cult of
I'm the cult of, I'm the cult of personality
{Ask not what your country can do for you
The only thing we have to fear is, fear itself}
“Obama the Dream???????????”
More like, “Obama the Nightmare”
“...Barack Obama doesn’t exist, except in the hearts and minds of minions and sycophants.”
Well, we need some transplants, lobotomies, and gittin’ some ophants to the Veterinarians if that be the case.
IIRC FReepers saw right through this guy all the way through the campaign to the momentous occasion in 2008 when American’s committed stupid.
Great article.
That’s why he’s the perfect liberal candidate. Because liberalism, like Obama, is all just a fantasy. None of it is based in reality. It’s about creating a utopia of government-funded goods and services, where we can all have free health care, and no one will ever own a gun, and there will be no more poverty, nor income equality, and everyone will hold hands and sing Cumbaya and live forever. It CAN never happen in reality, but gosh, it makes us feel good to think about, so the left presses onward despite the abject failure of their ideology.
Just like Obama, the invisible fantasy-man who rode in on a wave of “HOPE” and “CHANGE,” the socialist utopia is all just a mirage.
Solyndra is a perfect example. Despite being warned about it's failure, this administration gave the loan anyways. It's not just about rewarding donors. It was the belief that it would work because, like he told that Democrat senator or congressman, don't remember which, “you got me.”
In his mind, everything he seeks to do will work because “we got him.”
Not only is he less competent and more inept than Carter (still shaking my head wondering how that is even possible), he is far more dangerous to the Republic and our way of life.
Our financial situation is ever more critical thanks to his reckless massive spending and we have nothing to show for it other than the greatly expanded welfare state and greater indebtedness and dependence upon China to pay for it for us. The interest payments on that debt should be grounds for impeachment.
We are ever more dependent upon foreign suppliers for our energy thanks to obama. Check the price of a gallon of gas before obama and then after his coronation.
Our borders are more open than ever before and in response, obama sues states who have taken matters into their own hands to do the job the Constitution requires the feds to do. More reasons to impeach.
Naturally, our unemployment numbers are a return to the Carter days and it's not getting better. Calculating unemployment by the same methods used back in Carter's time, John Williams (Shadowstats.com) shows 23% unemployment and inflation at 13%. obamanomics in action!
He nationalized companies deemed 'Too big to fail' in defiance of established bankruptcy law. Another reason to impeach.
His refusal to clear up issues surrounding his eligibility have brought to light his fraudulent SSN and fake certificate of live birth. All of which could easily be resolved should he choose to do so. Instead, those issues are allowed to fester and the questioners ridiculed. Even more reasons to impeach.
He has increased racial disharmony instead of bringing us together. Any criticism, however valid, is met with charges of Racism! instead of considered thought and discussion.
I just noticed something about listing the reasons obama is worse than Carter...it's like trying to count to infinity! And I need to get back to work so I don't end up unemployed...did I mention the record unemployment?!? See what I mean? The list is endless!!!
I guess this means I'm a racist?
This is a marvelous, well-written article that sums up the case against Obama.
It is imperative that we on the right understand that we will never convince the left and the left leaners that Obama’s policies are bad, but the revelation of his character, or lack thereof, represents a true opportunity to change minds.
Obama is now untrusted by those on both sides of the ideological divide. Blacks are beginning to become a bit embarrassed by him, and again, it’s not his policies, it’s his haughtiness, his aloofness, and his penchant for words when deeds are required that is turning people off.
He will lose because of who he has been revealed to be.
The simple fact is most Obama voters are people who feel life hasn’t been fair for them because some people have more than they do. It doesn’t matter that they themselves have far more than most of the world’s population. The Dem platform is almost one hundred percent based on envy of what others have.
Liberalism is founded on a lie. They’re tyrants masquerading as classical liberals. They’re regressive pretending to be progressive. They’re policies lead to dictatorships, subsistence living and misery.
That’s the lesson of history. But, they’re focused and have understood the human mind better than conservatives have. People want to be taken care of. Israel, despite the miracles of God, begged to return to slavery rather than face the challenge of self rule.
Liberals strike at the heart of a society - children, the soft-minded, those in need. Like Jannes and Jambres they through down their magicks and the people are amazed.
Fraud? The MSM did what it always does - play the tune. Who pays the piper, calls it.
That Americans could be fooled into voting for a Cook County Democrat operative as President tells you just how far we’ve fallen. The fight was between Jeffersonian and Hamiltonian government, but between Lenin and the Founders and Lenin won.
Fraud? The MSM did what it always does - play the tune. Who pays the piper, calls it.
That Americans could be fooled into voting for a Cook County Democrat operative as President tells you just how far we’ve fallen. The fight wasn’t between Jeffersonian and Hamiltonian government, but between Lenin and the Founders and Lenin won.
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