Posted by
Dan Abbett on Thursday, June 26, 2008 11:00:35 AM
Witnessing the frightening spectacle of what was once considered an objective media herding the masses with relative ease, gives cause for considerable alarm. To use a sports analogy, there is every reason to believe that the people are about to promote a rookie to head coach. Should it in fact become the case, the people have just granted the media the power to tell them how to think. Said differently, it appears that the people have lost the ability to think for themselves.
When you consider that a first term senator with absolutely no experience at the executive level, no experience in business or industry, no record of accomplishment in driving any significant project in any capacity stands at the threshold of becoming the next President of the United States, something, as they say, would seem amiss. Considering it in those terms, with the addition that this illusion, manifesting itself as a political deity, successfully defeated the hardball Clinton political machine, that tingly feeling should be from the hair standing up on the back of your neck.
What we do know about the omnipotent one who would be our leader, is that before he got the leading role in the George Soros production of “The Man Who Would be President,” Sen. Obama’s role models were of less than sterling character. Obama’s sponsors into the world of politics were one Tony Rezko, a political activist and fund raiser, now a convicted felon found guilty of corruption and William Ayers, a former and as yet unrepentant, domestic terrorist.
A person’s religious choice is a good indicator of their personal perceptions and a window into their view of society. Factoring in Obama’s association for two decades with religious figure Jeremiah Wright, who by his own words believes that America be condemned to Hades, indicates caution. Then, there is Father Michael Phlegar, another long time Obama associate, who gives high praise to Louis Farrakhan, a devout Muslim and extreme anti-Semite.
At issue is the character and values of those with whom Obama has associated and their influence on his character and values, his thinking, judgment, and their effect on the quality of the decisions he would make. Taken together, his total lack of experience coupled with misfit mentors should automatically disqualify him for the office of president.
Space does not allow for an in depth discussion of Obama on energy but suffice it to say that every proposal, to include those with an excellent margin for success, are rejected out of hand by his eminence. As a substitute, he offers another stimulus package and a plan, literally, to tax the rich to give to the poor. Robin Hood was a mythical character and so too evidently, is Barack Obama.
By decree, all will have “universal health care.” The USB port on your computer is universal; it dictates that all who access it must adhere to one standard with no deviation. A standard over which you have no input, say or control. Now if that doesn’t give you a warm fuzzy!
Who then or maybe more appropriate what, is a Barack Obama? The odds of this man securing the nomination of his party, given his limited experience, his questionable personal associations and obvious floundering for a coherent thought when off script, defy calculation. His ability to completely contradict himself or say something absolutely insulting to a wide range of voters and then simply dismiss it by saying, “what I said isn’t what I meant,” is breathtaking.
The people of the United States are poised to elect a question mark: A figment of the medias imagination, an idea sparked by the Democratic Party to put a straw man in front of the electorate disguised as the second coming of FDR. Should they succeed in putting this placeholder in the White House, it will ultimately come to be known as, “the shining pity on the hill.”