The great wonder of contemporary American politics is how Barack Hussein Obama got elected to the Office of President in the first place. It is a curiosity, to say the least.
After four years of getting to know the mysterious stranger in the White House, Americans are wondering why they voted for Obama. Voter remorse has never been higher and we are still troubled by serious questions that refuse to go away:
- Is Barack Obama a natural born citizen? Is he even eligible to be president?
- Why can’t we see his college transcripts or get to the bottom of his multiple social security numbers? Why is he so secretive about his past?
- Is Obama trying to transform America into a socialist state?
- Why are his programs and policies so destructive?
- What is Obama really up to?
Nobody outside of Obama’s inner circle knows the answers to these questions. Obama’s life experiences and beliefs are strange and unfamiliar to ordinary Americans. Any inquiry into his past becomes a journey into a land of unicorns and Alinsky, leftist indoctrination and black liberation theology, radicalism and the politics of race.
Obama’s mysterious origins and history might be amusing if their implications were not so serious. But we Americans do not dwell exclusively on the serious. We have in our national DNA an eagerness to look on the humorous side of things, and to laugh out loud at ourselves—and especially at our politicians. Like no other nation on earth, we mercilessly lampoon, spoof, tease, expose, lambaste, roast and ridicule our political leaders. Most of them richly deserve what they get.
We’ve had great fun with Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Clinton and Bushes I and II. And now it’s Obama’s rightful turn. American society is infinitely improved when we carefully scrutinize our elected officials and measure them against our standards for justice and reason. And especially when we examine them through the bold lens of satire.
No president before Barack Hussein Obama has created such a satire-rich political environment for himself. In addition to his blundering policies, he has populated his administration with a rogue’s gallery of radical characters and clowns.
Under Obama, American government has become a circus—a surreal Kafkaesque wonderland of farce and fable. We are the bewildered guests at the Mad Hatter’s tea party. Up is down and down is up. No one takes our government seriously any more.
It is true that Obama inherited a terrible mess from his predecessors. But Obama was voted in to fix these problems and restore the ship of state instead of running it headlong into the iceberg of reality.
The administration’s inexperience, bungling, cover-ups, corruption, incompetence, blind ideology, destructiveness and unintended comic relief are of truly historic dimension.
The Obama administration is a target-rich environment for critical commentary, but it is also a minefield for those who dare to tread within striking distance. Critics of the regime are automatically slandered as racist and savaged in the digital courtrooms of the mainstream media.
Freedom of speech carries a steep price in today’s politically correct America. But even these grave offenses can be made to boomerang under the magnifying lens of satire. I would like to thank Obama’s Marxist mentor, Saul Alinsky, for providing the political framework for this book, and especially for Rules for Radicals Tactics Rule No. 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also, it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage.”
The most biting satire wields the sting of truth at its core. George Orwell, author of the famed dystopia, Nineteen Eighty-Four, with its culture of doublespeak and Big Brother, said, “During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.”
This book is a revolutionary act. We live in a time when those who love the United States of America must fight to preserve her sacred truths and founding principles. The Tree of Liberty requires refreshment once again.
The Patriots of Lost in Zombieland have heard the call, and we will charge into the breech, armed with cynicism and satire, to battle the dark forces of progressive politics. Our powder is dry, our flasks are full, and our humor is primed and ready.
John Thompson Hatter. Lost in Zombieland (Kindle Locations 117-129).
I was actually trying to solicit events a little more up close and personal. But I’ll take continent wide delusion as well.