Posted on 03/04/2008 7:42:09 AM PST by vietvet67
"If there is an Arab-American family being rounded up without benefit of an attorney, it threatens my civil liberties. It is that fundamental belief, I am my brother's keeper, I am my sister's keeper, it is that fundamental belief that makes this country work." - Senator Barack Obama
In a televised twelve-second campaign spot aired in Texas, Senator Obama gives a stirring speech to a standing ovation. It is the predictable litany of American faults he will miraculously correct: literacy, expensive prescription drugs and insufficient civil liberties. However, he seems particularly concerned for Arab-Americans. "If there is an Arab American family being rounded up without benefit of an attorney, it threatens my civil liberties."
This was an astonishing statement, an infuriating statement and a statement that speaks volumes to Obama's ideology.
Arab-American families being rounded up would not only threaten all our civil liberties, it would raise such a universal outcry, it could not long endure. Even the suggestion it could occur is a profound insult to our nation and our citizenry. It is an image of the gulag, the death camp, the dictatorship, and so inappropriate in any discussion about America, it is beneath our contempt.
Perhaps the Senator is carried away by his remarkable political ascendancy and so emboldened by the lack of critical comment in the press, he believes he can say anything. Perhaps he believes he has so mesmerized us with his oratory that we will not catch the inference of his words. Perhaps he really believes that we are that kind of country, that our people do not cherish civil liberty sufficiently to defend it for all citizens.
This despicable image of innocent families imprisoned and the ethnic cleansing it suggests is a theme the radical left nurtures. It is by design intended to portray an unjust and intolerant people, it was no error, no misstatement. It elicits moral outrage with false assumptions, endlessly repeating those assumptions until believed. It is behind the exaggeration of everything the U.S. does in the war on terror or against Islamic extremism. It is behind the hysteria over the Patriot Act.
As divorced from truth as it is, it is found everywhere in the propaganda of the left, from the Bush-Hitler signs, to the fabrications of American military wrongdoing in the press, to the invented Islamophobia in our populace. It is the motivation behind Michael Moore, Code Pink, MoveOn.Org and George Soros. It is unfortunately the message the media aids and abets.
This moral contrariness gives us American "progressives" embracing dictators and terrorists such as Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, Iran's Ahmedinejhad and Syria's Bashar al Assad. It finds equivalence between defending America and Al Qaeda and Hezbollah terrorism. It believes malevolent evil can actually be stopped with dialogue and compromise. It gravitates to a miserable "better red than dead" nihilism that allows no pride or faith in America. It excuses our enemies and indicts everything American. It is the impenitent legacy of the Carter and Clinton administrations. It is illogical and irrational and a road to failure and catastrophe.
"I am my brother's keeper, I am my sister's keeper, it is that fundamental belief that makes this country work." Yet, he also says that our country does not work, that we need change. Even as he wraps this contradiction in biblical allusion and positive words like "Hope" and "Change We Can Believe In" his underlying belief system surfaces in clues overlooked by his handlers.
The bleak fantasy of Arab-American families interred for being Arabs and, of course, for being Muslim is very plausible to the radicals that help write his speeches. Senator Obama holds a wretched America in his heart, a country he has no pride in nor wishes to preserve. If his vision starts from failure, where will it end? There is no truth in his words, just as there is no substance. One may speak well, but still speak lies. An Obama presidency would be a disaster.
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil. - Cicero
i agree with you. these candidates are all ridiculous.
any suggestions on how to get these dumb and dumbers out of here?
Teletubbies audience” ??????
ROFLMBO
“The more I hear him, the more he sounds like a Martin Luther King wannabe.....”
Interesting point. While viewing some of his concerts, oops - speeches, I thought I noticed a distinct King-like affectation in his voice. This speech pattern was not evident during the debates. Your point leads me to believe that this may have been intentional. I guess it’s just his rendition of Hillary’s! “ahhve come tooo fahr”
This moron says Republicans play on the fears of the American people. His spouting off crap like this is just what he claims we should be ashamed of doing. Pot, meet kettle.
“Obamanism Ping*
YEP! After listening to him for some time now, this method of speech delivery just seems like MLK repetition. Although MLK was great, copycats are usually fake....
Abso-friggin-lutely. I also happen to believe he holds his head at an angle the way JFK once did. I think he’s done his homework well and mastered his lessons well. This is subliminial politics like the drive in theaters that used to flash “Buy Popcorn” messages during the movies.
“Democrats...hate the country”
Their “logic” goes something like this:
Liberals cannot “discriminate” between choices or cultures - all are equal.
When the outcomes of following disparate cultures, choices, or behaviors result in disparate outcomes - some good, some bad,
it must be because of discrimination coming from the successful and oppressing the unsuccessful.
Therefore, they must side with the unsuccessful, thereby always choosing the evil, wrong, and failed over the good and successful.
“In light of the WOT, is “President” Obama promising the terrorists that we will not defend ourselves ???”
In the eyes of the left, the “War” on Terror is a farce to keep conservatives in power. They want to go back to treating terrorism like jaywalking, prosecuting the perps in our courts.
That’s why the big push to “get Ossama” - because once he’s “got”, this whole mess is done, in their minds.
More like Martin Luther Mohammed..
BTW, the whole subliminal advertising thing was a fraud from its beginning.
http://www.snopes.com/business/hidden/popcorn.asp
Give him a day or so to be suffeiciently indignant..
No one is rounding them up to interrogate them about their pro-terrorist sympathies and to deport them.
How did we sink so low that we now have candidates for POTUS who are beyond dangerous to our national security ??????
Obama siad this to curry favour with the Arab-American voter. Note the use of the word “brother”, as in “muslim brother”. Adding “sister” was a cover for this message. They understand that deniability is essential.
Am I the only one who’s been comparing him to Elmer Gantry?
“Lewisville cabdriver sought in slayings of 2 teen daughters”
Just don’t compare him to “Curious George” or the whole race baiting crowd will flare up.
Next thing ya know there will be mosques burning in Michigan ...
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