However, to embrace Obama is not the answer. This man's perception of Obama as a thoughtful pragmatist is a frightening spectacle and to me shows how utterly empty Obama is. He is functioning as a mirror, somehow reflecting the desires and thoughts of way more people than I thought possible.
The device used here is the CHANGE mantra and Obama does not need to make these radical claims himself as these groups just ASSIGN values and positions as they all see fit depending on the changes they want. Just imagine what you want, and Obama fits the bill. He is a master of the wink and the nod, and therefore people do not believe him when he says things that are against what they believe. They think he is “just saying those things” to get elected and that once he is safely in office he will fullfill thier secret desires. Even his former church mates, whom he threw under a bus and denounced publically, will all be voting for him and they probably expect that a President Obama will carry out payback for all thier greivances against the USA.
And now I see, to at least some conservatives, he is the new Ronald Reagan. If Obama wins and it is looking more and more like he will, there are either going to be legions of disappointed groups out there or Obama is a supernatural being who can change the perception of reality depending who he is talking to. There are simply no policies that will placate all sides of every issue, and Obama is building up huge expectations. I fear his strategy after the election will be the Third-World strategy (Chavez anyone?)of claiming that "enemies" are stopping him from saving the world and that more power will be needed in the executive branch. The end result may be that all the power that people believe that Bush/Cheney have usurped will be freely given under Obama.
I think a McCain ad called “Mirror Man” could be produced and quote what all these differing groups believe about Obama and just troll their respective websites for what members have assigned for Obama. I think it will be an easy task to find supporters on many sides of almost every major issue. It would not even have to be opposing views; the idea is to expose the technique and its impact on the voters. Then people can ask themselves if they are projecting their own desires onto Obama or if there is actually a substantive rational, basis for thier selection.
right.
and i’m santa claus.
“Georgetown Cocktail Party” alert
Hmmmm. Makes complete sense. At this point in our nation's history we need a traitorous, socialist in the White House....
Is this one of those “lifelong card carrying Republican” callers to Rush who bashes everything conservative?
Liberalism is a mental disease.
Just remember for every back sliding Republican the MSM finds, there are a 100,00 Reagan Democrats...
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Wick Allison Endorses Obama...In Other News, Squirrel Learns to Water Ski [Jonah Goldberg]
From a reader, speaking for a few others:
Wick joins jeffery hart in endorsing obama. why do i get the feeling this will be ignored at the corner today?
Me: Well, you're hearing about it now. As for why folks aren't making a bigger deal of it, the answer is really quite simple. It's not a big deal. And it's not news. Beyond that, I guess it's earth shattering.
For the record, I addressed this Obamacon nonsense here and here.
I'll just add that I think this continued effort to point to a groundswell of conservatives flocking to Obama is hilarious. It's just not true (unless you think Andrew Sullivan is still a conservative). Going by the polls, independents and conservative Democrats support McCain far more than the other way around. The Democrats put up Jim Leach and the mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska as proof of Obama's bipartisan appeal at their convention. Joe Lieberman, the 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee, was a keynoter at the Republican convention.
I have no personal animus — or relationship — with Wick Allison, but his endorsement of Obama really means next to nothing in the grand scheme of things. Indeed, Lynn Forester de Rothschild's endorsement of McCain is a much bigger deal by comparison and even that is not big deal in objective terms.
Socialism Vs. Capitalism. Get the picture?
I’ll bet he also thought Adolf Hitler was perfect for that moment in history too! What a moron. He gave a thousand bucks to his messiah back in July. I guess he has been impressed with “The One” for quite a while. He’s not getting a “click” from me.
The only thing worse than a RINO is a liberal democrat or LIBITARIAN claiming to be a conservative.
Obama has worked hard to pretend he’s some kind of centrist. He’s personally one degree removed from Chavez and seems close to every left wing nut of note in the US.
Apparently not much.
Fact: This self-important deep cover liberal, has ONE vote.
Prediction: He will influence exactly ZERO Republicans to vote for the Race-Marxist.
What an idiot.
Its okay to be pastored by Jeremy Wright.
Its okay to be friends with William Ayres.
Its okay to sit down face to face with a holocaust denying anti-semitic lunatic leader of a racial shia theocracy.
Its okay to rally a political base around common hatred for Palin and Bush and call it Unity.
Its not okay to be a Christian Governor from Alaska.
Its not okay to talk to Fox news.
Its not okay to talk in a dignified way about the President of the United States.
Its not okay to remove a murderous dictator from power.
Its not okay to affirm the success of our soldiers.
Never heard of Wick Allison. Is he a plant?