Posted on 05/11/2008 12:29:38 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
You know, one of the funny things about watching the Democrats is their alternation between fear and bravado about whether Republicans will "Swift Boat" their candidate this time around. Orwell once said that "The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies "something not desirable.'" This is roughly the way the Democrats use the term "Swiftboating" to suggest a political attack of thoroughgoing fraudulence and impropriety concocted out of whole cloth. Never mind that each and every one of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth was a combat veteran, including a number of highly decorated veterans; it's casually accepted that they were all liars, knaves and pawns.
But the irony of conducting this discussion in the future tense ignores the fact that, by any reasonable definition, Barack Obama has already been Swift-Boated. A true Swift-Boating proceeds in five predictable stages:
1. The Democrat makes some claim that forms the center of his appeal and convinces his followers on the left that he can reach out to voters in the middle.
Kerry: I served with honor. Thus, you can trust me on national security. Bring it on. That dog won't hunt. Go read Doug Brinkley's book.
Obama: I am a post-racial candidate. I will lead us beyond the age of race-baiting preachers and grievance-mongers. I'm also a religious man who will end the Democrats' secular fixation. Go read The Audacity of Hope.
2. The Democrat's own words are accurately quoted against him, his own actions and associations are turned back on him.
Kerry: The video of his Senate testimony. The Winter Soldier hoaxes he peddled. The Christmas in Cambodia nonsense.
Obama: Rev. Wright, the main who coined "Audacity of Hope," turns out to be just another race-baiting preacher. Obama sneers at other people's faith and has to flee from his own church one step ahead of a bitter gun-toting mob.
3. The Democrat stops answering questions and hopes the media will drop the story.
Kerry: Six weeks where his only interview or press conference was with Jon Stewart.
Obama: Hey, I answered eight questions. Let me eat my waffle. No more debates.
4. The Democrat and his supporters whine and screech about the unfairness of the thing.
Kerry: They questioned my patriotism!
Obama: Racists! Distractions from the Real Issue, which is not my words or my judgment but my...uh....
5. Denial.
Kerry: I'm a strong closer.
Obama: Hey, that was the primaries. Did I mention that John McCain was old?
It would be funny if somebody did a psychological flow-chart of the Democratic Presidential candidates. It would include defense mechanisms, wanting to be liked, and other such things. What is in the psychology of somebody who plagiarizes speeches,who tries to mold himself into a bi-partisan leader and thinks that bipartisanship is more important than being a leader, a passionate arguer of rights or any other “trivial” issues?
Yes, good analysis is right.
As Hugh Hewitt remarked, “Who is she talking to? Albanians? No, Albanians are more hopeful than that!”
Yeah, but when it comes out, you can be positive about one thing. That the messenger is racist.
The libs want to believe Americans are ‘poor’, ‘ignorant’, ‘backwards’, and (for the conservatives) incapable of having any rational opinions of their own.
Especially in the British press. Oh my gosh. They had an article in the Independent recently that said american is in the midst of a depression.
If Americans are poor then what exactly is the rest of the world? Less than poor?
Obama has already “Swiftboated” himself and if he can actually get elected in Nov. with all his LIES about his radical racist background then the country is even further gone than I’d feared.....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013938/posts
How ‘bout the fact that he is so ignorant the he constantly embarrasses himself (if only he knew how to be embarrassed at his idiotic remarks):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013618/posts
Quick, someone hand him a copy of the “Idiot’s Guide to the Democratic Presidents” so that at least he might avoid such staggering mis-statements about his own party’s heroes.....
“HALP US BARAK O’BAMA WE R STUK HERE IN AMERIKA”
It’d be best if something nasty came out around Halloween. He has a long time to recover if something comes out now.
Right on! I share your thoughts that this could be a terrible tragedy for our country if Obama gets elected.
I’m banking on the 527’s (Swift Boaters) to blow his racist behind out of the water. Obama cannot withstand a barrage of stiff questions on his racist political proclivities.
But if he finally does admit that he’s going to propose reparations if elected, and he then gets elected, it’s belly-up time for us all.
Acceptance - Kerry: I'm a strong loser.
The definition of “Swiftboating”: The truth about a candidate made public by forces not controlled by a political party.
Right on! I share your thoughts that this could be a terrible tragedy for our country if Obama gets elected.
But McCain is running a Bob Dole style campaign. He acts like he is afraid he might win.
How can he win if he will not call the liberal, radical, racist, muslim, Hussein O’Bama on his stupidity, and ignorance.
Good analysis and it will get better as more comes out about barack mcgovern.
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What might that be composed of? 40 acres and a Lexus, as was proposed by a chicago politician several years ago.
Michelle Obama is 100% right about this. The problem for her, and the Democrats, is that the "they" who move the bar is the Government, largely controlled by Democrats.
I'm the poor victim of high tax rates. My wife works two jobs, and every time I get a raise, they take more taxes (raise the bar). "They" keep us divided by telling the lazy ones who benefit from my labor that I'm the reason they don't have more, because I'm not paying my fair share.
A gutsy Republican, yeah I know as rare as unicorns, would come out for ending affirmative action and all government by race. Oh, they'd support repealing sexual harassment laws, since they weren't applied to the last Democrat President, why should they be enforced on anyone else. They're exposed as simply liberal politics by other means.
What if though the American people in their lack of wisdom and embrace of popular culture ignore all the “evidence” against Oprah’s Obama as mere “politics” and still decide to vote Obama with the “hope” that he can “lower” fuel prices and bring forth “free” health care?
Liberals have embraced the express “fair share” since the 1930s, and then came the private United Way wanting its “fair share” too. And then there’s God’s “first fruits”. The American people are maxed out and still don’t understand.
You are so right: we might as well have nominated Elizabeth Dole, who could probably win NC against Oprah’s Obama, who proved very strong with the Carolina Tarheel folks.
Exactly, McPain looks like he fears a victory, for liberals will call him “racist” if he wins.
The essence of a Bob Dole strategy is to say nice things about liberals and hope they will be “fair” and vote for you. Won’t work, has it ever? Bob Dole said in 1996 that he did not like to get into “personal matters”, but the GOP primary voters fell for his “experience” line.
I reckon that Hillary thinks there will be more dirt on BHO soon, too. That might be what is keeping her in the race, even though she knows it's a lost cause. Or, could be that she is staying in to keep slinging mud on BHO in hopes he looses in the general election and that opens her up for another run in 2012. In the mean time, she will be the next Senate Majority Leader and her face will be on the tube every Sunday morning until she starts her campaign for 2012......
btt
It's legitimate; it is taken from a larger AP photograph taken when Senator Obama visited Kenya:
You can find it featured in at least these three news stories:
Clinton accused in Obama turban row
Looking through the search feature at Free Republic, I see that at least three stories have been posted on the subject:
Obama's turban: Playing dress-up old hat for [Barf Alert!]Obama encounters turban trouble in presidential race
Photo of Obama in a turban and robe prompts claim of Clinton smear
Thanks for all the info.
To Fresh Wind:
What you said perfectly captures Obama’s perceptions of the American people. He sees the American people as stupid, poor helpless, bitter, xenophobic victims of an evil racist republican administration.
“HALP US BARAK O’BAMA WE R STUK HERE IN AMERIKA”
HALP US BARAK O’BAMA WE R STUK HERE IN AMERIKA”
This would make a good bumper sticker!
I am sure that there is a lot more dirt out there and it will be found.
I would like to know where in Kansas he was for a time. Someone has to know.
“HALP US BARAK O’BAMA WE R STUK HERE IN AMERIKA”
Oh, now that was priceless - thanks for the morning coffee laugh!
“But McCain is running a Bob Dole style campaign. He acts like he is afraid he might win.
How can he win if he will not call the liberal, radical, racist, muslim, Hussein O’Bama on his stupidity, and ignorance.”
Is it possible that they are watching the emotion, anger & hatred tear apart the Dems and they don’t want it to affect us quite yet? Let the Dems stay divided for the time being; there is still plenty of time before November to let ‘em have it. If we come down too hard at this point it will gain sympathy votes for Obama and could also pull back those Dems who are beginning to lean toward McCain; hit ‘em with the facts in mid-October, that’s a horse of a different color (no pun intended, really!).
The photo is legitimate: Barack Hussein Muhammad Obama was visting his tribe in Kenya and dressed in their traditional dress, as I understand it.
The Brit press also had many Britons wondering if every American house owner was in danger of losing their homes. My wife had to tell one of her sisters living in England (Norwich) that we hadn't lost our house and that only about two percent of home owners nationwide were affected by the crisis. My sister-in-law had been led to believe that most Americans were waiting for the axe to fall.
I have heard the British have their own housing problems. In other words there are no houses available (hardly).
I have also heard that what houses there are given to immigrants (immigrants take priority over native british).
Musn’t grumble or you are a racist.
As you can imagine in a country with limited space houses are very expensive. My wife has a niece who bought a small apartment (or flat..which I've seen) that cost over one hundred and twenty thousand pounds equivalent to over two hundred and forty thousand dollars American. The Brits are doing very nicely thank you, and they don't complain. But everything costs about twice what we pay for a similar thing.
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