Keep Despair Alive

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[smoothsailing]

Keep Despair Alive

Matt Labash, Obamamaniac.

by Matt Labash

03/03/2008, Volume 013, Issue 24

Some people think cults are creepy. But as a child in the seventies, I rather enjoyed them. Whether Jonestowners, the Children of God, or the Symbionese Liberation Army, I always waited for the inevitable plot twist, when whatever had attracted the crazy cultists to each other in the first place--the organic vegetables, the neo-Maoist teaching, the group sex--would devolve into the inevitable Kool-Aid suicide/abduction/bank heist debacle. I came to consider these welcome entertainments. Back then, we didn't have cable.

Many are now charging that there is a new creepy cult leader on the loose, Barack Obama. On the strength of what? Well, a lot actually. Perhaps it's that he refers to his supporters--Obamabots, Baracktards, Obamaphiliacs, whatever we're supposed to call them--as "believers." Perhaps it's that other creepy cult leaders, like Oprah Winfrey, have taken up their crosses and followed him.

His legions of moonie-eyed idolaters do have a knack for embarrassing themselves, and the rest of us. They wait in line for hours to pack agriplexes in the Midwest, acting like squealing tweens whose parents have dropped them off at a Hannah Montana concert. They clap when he blows his nose. They shoot celebrity-studded music videos, whose lyrics are direct lifts from Obama speeches. They sing his gauzy nostrums--Yes we can!--as though the words carried the weight of scripture, when they really sound less like a coherent political philosophy than something Jenny Craig affinity-groupers would chant before the weekly weigh-in.

Obama inspires people to say embarrassing things, such as actress Halle Berry's statement, "I'll do whatever he says to do. I'll collect paper cups off the ground to make his pathway clear." He causes video vixens, like Obama Girl, to writhe around in Obama panties, cooing lyrics like You're into border security / Let's break this border between you and me. Sometimes, the sex isn't even subtext, as when MSNBC's Chris Matthews said after hearing an Obama speech, "My, I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean I don't have that too often."

Obama's name has now achieved such ubiquity, it has caused the online magazine Slate to start its own Encyclopedia Baracktannica, minting new Barackisms like "Barackturne" ("a sleepy, elegant song consisting of Barack Obama's voice accompanied by strings") and "Baracklea" ("a spiral-shaped cavity in the internal ear that registers only Barack Obama's voice"). Personally, I'm now suffering from Obamaversion (avoiding people who endlessly make cutesy plays off Obama's name).

As if the Barackcess (think excess) hadn't gone far enough, now comes "Barackula"--a 10-minute vampire musical in which a young Harvard Law School-attending Obama routs the undead, pulling off snappy dance numbers while singing lines like will be fine I'll be back to normal / keep runnin' cause those suckers won't make me immortal. I believe the vampires are supposed to represent the special interests, politics as usual, and the Clintons. I'm no Pauline Kael, but I get symbolism.

While the inevitable Baracklash (think backlash) is now in full effect, even among fickle media supporters, I'd like to be among the first to fuel the backlash against the backlash. I'm no Baracktard, though I do like the guy. He has excellent posture, a Colgate smile, and in his trim black suits always looks like he's off to some place cooler than a political rally, like to sit in with Cannonball Adderley.

I don't carry Chris Matthews-like reservoirs of affection. If Obama and I were at the drive-in, I'd probably stop him short of second base, letting him snap my bra through my poodle sweater before I pushed him away so as not to ruin our friendship. But I wouldn't make him pay for my popcorn. We'd go Dutch. I'm a tease, not a monster.

I've always regarded Obama as a bit slight for the hype, a garnish in search of an entrée, a moment in search of momentousness. But attacking him for the slavish support his charisma inspires seems a bit unfair. It would be like faulting Hillary Clinton for her best qualities--like her rapier wit, slender ankles, and personal warmth.

Plus, I do support Obama on the issue. Not issues, mind you. I'm against almost everything he stands for, including hope and change (I'm for despair and preserving the status quo). But he's for standing over the rotting carcass of Hillary's political ambitions, and so am I! Some might call it venal small-mindedness. But Obama and I call it "post-partisanship." For Hillary is the one we've been waiting for. To go away.

MATT LABASH

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[lookout88]

obama is the thief in the night. much worse then her. no one sees it yet.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Barackcess (think excess)

I was thinkin' abscess, actually.

[mtbopfuyn]

obama is the thief in the night. much worse then her. no one sees it yet.

I concur.

[beejaa]

I agree with you. I think he’ll be harder to beat than Hillary because his support is cult-like. He says that he’ll unite the nation, but he is ranked as the most liberal Senator. A uniter does not veer off to one end of the political spectrum.

[MNJohnnie]

But he's for standing over the rotting carcass of Hillary's political ambitions

If the price is 4 years of President Barry Obama that is a price worth paying to see Clinton Inc dead and buried.

Wasn’t Obama who was selling US Missile Technology to the Chinese in exchange for campaign contributions.

Wasn’t Obama who sent 19 US Army Rangers, good men all, to their deaths because he was more worried about his approval rating then giving them the tools to complete the mission he sent them on.

Wasn’t Obama who pushed thru the Congress the largest tax increase in US History.

Wasn't Obama who ignored a growing Islamic fundamentalist threat because he lacked the moral, and political, courage to break with the strident hysterically pacifist faction of his political base.

Clinton Inc is far far far more dangerous then Obama. Radical agendas tend to fair poorly in DC. Long time DC politicians hate to stick their necks out. Plus President Obama is going to have to face the two most politically vindictive Senators, McCain and Clinton, after beating them in elections. Neither Clinton nor McCain is going to forgive and forget. Ask GW Bush about that if you doubt me.

Then there are those 69 Democrats in red states districts. Since they have not rolled over to vote for the Pelosie-Reid radical agenda, doubtful Obama would get them to cut their own political throats for him.

On the other hand, the Clinton have demonstrated the ability to move bad legislation thur the Congress via political intimidation and vote buying.

Clinton Inc must be so politically destroyed, so humiliated that it can never be a force in national politics again. A naive, radical leftist like Obama is far less dangerous to the longer term security of the USA then the amoral politically corrupt Clintons

[GOPJ]

I always waited for the inevitable plot twist, when whatever had attracted the crazy cultists to each other in the first place--the organic vegetables, the neo-Maoist teaching, the group sex--would devolve into the inevitable Kool-Aid suicide/abduction/bank heist debacle. I came to consider these welcome entertainments.

LOL

[Rocko]

obama is the thief in the night. much worse then her. no one sees it yet.

Oh, I see it all right. That's why I'm not enjoying the Fall of the House of Clinton the way I'd hoped to.

[lookout88]

Oh, I see it all right. That’s why I’m not enjoying the Fall of the House of Clinton the way I’d hoped to.

yeah I know. osama took that pleasure away from us.

[RightWhale]

The garbage title returns. If it were known this is about Obama etc nobody would click on the thread.

[VOA]

“Keep Despair Alive”

Well, it’s kind of a sidebar to this thread...but there’s more than
enough despair to make the world go round.
Along with a few good laughs.

http://www.despair.com/

[smoothsailing]

I agree with you. Knock the Clintons out now and get that over with once and for all.

[PROCON]

B. Hussein Obama’s cult does remind me of the Jim Jones kool-aid drinking death cult. But I think Obama’s kool-aid may be even more deadly!

[smoothsailing]

The Mods frown on alternate titles.

[RightWhale]

It is allowed to add something in ( ) that give a clue.

[jazusamo]

Clinton Inc must be so politically destroyed,

Absolutely! Another eight years of Clinton Inc is the worst possible thing that could happen to our country. They're nothing but lowlife criminals.

[smoothsailing]

Of Course it is, I've done it often.

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

But he's for standing over the rotting carcass of Hillary's political ambitions, and so am I!

Methinks Mr. Labash too clever by half.

Obama is starting to make Hillary look like a member of the John Birch Society:

Barack Obama
Lots of info on Obama's family tree, and his childhood as a Muslim
http://www.freedomsenemies.com/_more/obama.htm

Obama's Nation of Islam Staffers
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2008/01/obamas_nation_o.html

Obama and Islam
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.aspx?GUID=656B62BA-7A61-4DF8-BDF7-B3937EFDECB4

Confirmed: Barack Obama Practiced Islam
http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Printable.aspx?GUID=1F297C14-C64D-41B1-AEBB-E0325C823CD8

Obama's spiritual advisor gives Farrakhan his "lifetime achievement" award
http://isteve.blogspot.com/2008/01/trumpet-gala-2007.html

Obama’s Communist Mentor
During his teenaged years in Hawaii, Obama's mentor was the Marxist poet, Frank Marshall Davis.
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/obamas-communist-mentor/

Obama once visited '60s radicals
Obama went to the Weather Underground terrorists, William Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, to plan his entry into Illinois politics.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8630.html

Obama's Bill Ayers problem
Obama and the Weather Underground terrorist, William Ayers, served on the board of the Wood Fund, where they voted to give $1 million to Allison Davis, an associate of Tony Rezko
http://marathonpundit.blogspot.com/2008/02/obamas-bill-ayers-problem.html

Obama's Alinsky Jujitsu
Obama's history in the far-left fringes of Chicago politics
http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/01/obamas_alinsky_jujitsu.html

Obama: Most Liberal Senator In 2007
http://nj.nationaljournal.com/voteratings/

Obama Workers' Che Guevara Poster Was No Fluke
http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2008/02/obama_workers_c.html

Kenyan Christians could be subjected to Sharia law
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/kenyan.christians.could.be.subjected.to.sharia.law/15638.htm

The Kenyan crisis and Obama
http://fallbackbelmont.blogspot.com/2008/01/kenyan-crisis-and-obama.html

Odinga says Obama is his cousin
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7176683.stm

Kenya, Islam and Obama Hussein
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/01/obama-islam-and.html

Michelle Obama - We have to fix our souls - our souls are broken [AUDIO & TRANSCRIPT]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1972093/posts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEdMH8VHwGE
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2056263/6487318
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3335264438614927798
http://boss.streamos.com/download/townhall/audio/mp3/9e3a08aa-ad84-46cf-8492-6aff289bca42.mp3

Michelle Obama's Victocratic Thesis
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=29025
http://www.lucianne.com/threads2.asp?artnum=387184
http://isteve.blogspot.com/2008/02/michelle-obamas-thesis-unblockaded.html
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8642.html

[smoothsailing]

Looks like we'll have alot of ammo for the General Election!

[smoothsailing]

This was just posted,KIDD. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1975499/posts More Ammo!