Posted on 06/10/2008 12:03:10 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback
When conservatives point out the sort of things I'm going to point out in this post, they are accused of "using fear" and other such crimes against warmness and fuzziness. There are two problems with that. First, these things are scary and there is almost no chance that mainstream media sources will ever ask any hard questions about them or even give them a passing mention. Second, the Presidential campaign is the most important job interview in the world. Imagine that a guy gets his English Lit degree and then expects to interview for Chief of Surgery at a major metropolitan hospital. (Yes, I know he wouldn't actually get an interview, but just go with me). If the interviewers point out that he's not qualified for the job, are they doing so out of fear, or using fear, or are they simply being responsible and sensible?
So, here are a few items that serve to remind us that Senator Obama is not qualified for the job he seeks, and the followers who see him in messianic terms are not anywhere near the most troubling of those under his banner, those he seems to be tolerating as graciously as he tolerated Jeremiah "God D*** America" Wright. If I find it scary that he may soon be the leader of the Free World, it's for the same reason that I'd be scared if my doctor had a B.A. in English Lit for his medical training, and had come to the surgical suite after having breakfast with a bunch of organ smugglers.
Anti-Semitism we can believe in--Little Green Footballs found this first, but I have to give the folks at Modern Conservative the nod for more extensive coverage and a beauty of a headline. A group of anti-Semites has been blogging at Obama's official site since April.
But LGF does get the credit on this one, which shows Obama's promise to "Take immediate steps to confront the humanitarian disaster in Iraq and hold accountable any perpetrators of war crimes." (Emphasis mine.) I agree with LGF that he probably isn't talking about Al Qaida. Think for a moment of the governments you've heard of that jail members of the previous regime for the "crime" of executing legal policies and you'll find they can all be described with one word, a word that begins with "T" and ends with "otalitarian."
Mark Hemingway at NRO documents the Obama campaign's effort to smear Joe Lieberman as some sort of...well, some sort of smear campaign operative. He also documents Newsweek's willing help with the effort to smear Lieberman.
Lastly, we reach the scariest part, the "Chief of Surgery with an English B.A." portion of our tour. Before reading this money quote from the Al-Fin blog you may want to read this definition of the term "neoteny."
In November, voters in the US will have the opportunity to elect a US President who has done essentially nothing. Never flew a jet fighter or served in any type of military or national guard unit. Never operated a successful business or served in an important administrative position. Barely served half a US Senate term. Never faced re-election as US Senator. No record of achievement, legislation, or accomplishment. The very picture of a quite special psychological neotenate, sliding his way toward an important position at a time in history where challenges to western civilisation are growing critical.
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I usually enjoy your blogs, but no go here. Little Green Footballs is about the most retarded blog on the web. Nobody from the Bush administration is going to be tried for freaking war crimes, people. I’ll literally bet $1,000,000 on this.
But seriously, who do you think Obama is talking about when he makes that pledge?
I think the point here is that the Obama campaign is driven by the leftwing nutcases and is not remotely mainstream. The media is painting him as some sort of mythical bipartisan savior, but he is no such thing. This war crimes post is just one of hundreds of items that need to be brought to the attention of Joe Public.
When I talk to people in my sales work, Obama does have this brand of bringing people together. This must be proven wrong, and sooner than later.
Nice! You put it much better than I did.
I don’t know. I wouldn’t put it past him.
Good article Mr. Silverback. I especially like the neoteny reference. What Obama needs is to be seen more. I think he’ll show himself, maybe at one of the many debates he is supposed to do with McCain. I can hope.
Yeah, I sure wish that was mine! It captures the phenomenon perfectly.
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