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Obama's Propagandistic Iconography: the Making of a Messiah
Publius' Forum ^ | 6/22/08 | Warner Todd Huston

Posted on 06/22/2008 2:07:12 PM PDT by Mobile Vulgus

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What an enlightening display of photos, eh?
1 posted on 06/22/2008 2:07:12 PM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
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2 posted on 06/22/2008 2:10:45 PM PDT by Roscoe Karns
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I LOVE the Do Do bird in the seal!!! Hilarious.


3 posted on 06/22/2008 2:13:24 PM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
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the title says a mouthful.

I thought those "che" looking graphics were whipped up by opponents on the net. I had NO IDEA those were really their icons. That's right out of revolutionary art.

The more I learn about this clown, the less trustworthy I see he really is.

bump.

4 posted on 06/22/2008 2:14:57 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (the media vs. the people.)
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To: Roscoe Karns

LOL! Great job!


5 posted on 06/22/2008 2:15:14 PM PDT by livius
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no, i’ll go further. it’s reminiscent of the third reich.


6 posted on 06/22/2008 2:15:30 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (the media vs. the people.)
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To: Mobile Vulgus

Oh yeah, especially with nobama standing in front of the words: Jesus is Lord.


7 posted on 06/22/2008 2:21:15 PM PDT by GulfWar1Vet (Maranatha!)
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Excellent use of the dodo bird! Here's the "official" Obama seal with perhaps more accurate text...
8 posted on 06/22/2008 2:22:30 PM PDT by Gloucester
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9 posted on 06/22/2008 2:23:49 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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It’s on T-shirts as well, with a close resemblance to those of you know who

http://maroonedinmarin.blogspot.com/2008/06/another-obama-che-moment-where-have-we.html


10 posted on 06/22/2008 2:26:24 PM PDT by stratman1969 (This space for rent)
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As a conservative, I believe it would be wise to QUIT referring to Obama as a “messiah”. He needs to be exposed for who and what he is. Our calling him “messiah” only feeds the notion that he is.

We know he is a seedy and cheap product of Democrat socialist packaging. The more we label him as “communist” and a “deceiver”, which is what he is, the more the word gets out.


11 posted on 06/22/2008 2:27:48 PM PDT by dforest (I had almost forgotten that McCain is the nominee. Too bad I was reminded.)
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I can’t believe the photo of Obama on the staircase surrounded by his adoring (and well heeled) supporters didn’t make it into the essay!
(Even with Soros lurking at the bottom of the stairs.)
That one, imo, was the start of the Adoration of the messiah by the media.
I wish I had it in my files, I’d post it. But I’m sure there’s plenty of you who have it.


12 posted on 06/22/2008 2:28:50 PM PDT by ozark hilljilly (I was gruntled before I was disgruntled.)
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To: Mobile Vulgus

Superb post..........if totally nauseating (not your post; the truths it points out).


13 posted on 06/22/2008 2:32:50 PM PDT by RightOnline
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14 posted on 06/22/2008 2:33:18 PM PDT by Girlene
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"...One can't help but wonder why this blatant re-use of the graphic style used by Stalin, Hitler and Mao has raised not the slightest question in the minds of the American media?"

Because they are the enemy within, and have suspended their usual feigning of being even slightly objective, and have decided that Obama being the next President is more important than even maintaining the facade of being an ethical free press, which they haven't been for a long time, but which they've tried to fake as much as possible in the past. Now, they're not even trying to fool anyone anymore, which is the scariest thing of all. It's one thing for a political party to spew unending propaganda, but quite another when a supposedly "free press" does it for a candidate. Why does Obama even need campaign donations and advertising? The MSM has that covered for him for free. He should send all campaign donations back to the donors. He doesn't need their donations with the MSM sychophants creaming their jeans over every word he utters, while blatantly ignoring his every obvious failing.

15 posted on 06/22/2008 2:38:02 PM PDT by smedley64 (Dems go all-in every 4 years with a 7-2 offsuit marxist, hoping to hit the flop big just one time.)
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Obama's ardent followers (including the MSM) are not swayed by logic, reason, or truth, and regardless of his positions, his gaffes, his past, or his associations, he is an idol and they the idolaters. His campaign media-blitz has been designed and engineered to evoke just such mindless hero worship without considering specific positions.


Nothing you can say or do will convince these people otherwise...


Because I am the one they and I have been waiting for...and I am lovin' it.

Those wild-eyed people represent the millions of Americans raised in the government day-care and indoctrination centers we call public schools who did not have, or would not listen to, parents and others who tried to counterweight the propaganda they heard at school...who have been raised on 60 second sound bite time spans and know no better.

You have other tens of millions on the dole who will vote for him regardless of position because he promises to keep pilfering the public largess for them.

Still othes of millions will vote for him simply because he is black, not caring to hear or look at his actual positions.

Other millions will vote for him because they know exactly who he is and what he represents and agree with his anti-American positions.

The first three are all what is termed, useful idiots, a term coined by Lennin for the dupes he got to support him.

Against this it is left to us to educate, arouse, and amass the tens of millions of Americans, of all races and creeds, who understand and hold fast to the foundational principles our constitutional republic rests upon...many of them the bitter, rural Americans clinging to their guns and religion that Obama so arrogantly spoke of.

Finally, understand that this is not the first time in history that rock-star, messianic status has been conferred on a populist, charismatic individual in order to hand them the reigns of power. Although there are many critical differences, still it is important when you consider the danger that this candidate poses to American foreign policy, our economy, our social fabric, and to the war we are fighting against fanatical Islamic Jihad terrorists, to note the following comparison:


A populsitic, charismatic, self-serving individual has a way of mesmerizing foolish people looking for an idol...then and now.

Simply put, Barack Hussein Obama is the apex of the hate-America, domestic enemy in this country. His election as president would be the greatest coup any enemy has ever scored against this country and could easily lead to the worst, horrific disaster in our nation's history.

THE AUDACTIY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA


16 posted on 06/22/2008 2:38:59 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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...and what is it with commie art and their obsession with sunrays? Image and video hosting by TinyPic Image and video hosting by TinyPic Image and video hosting by TinyPic Image and video hosting by TinyPic
17 posted on 06/22/2008 2:44:19 PM PDT by ozark hilljilly (I was gruntled before I was disgruntled.)
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18 posted on 06/22/2008 2:45:08 PM PDT by Girlene
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19 posted on 06/22/2008 2:45:24 PM PDT by Coffee200am
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To: Roscoe Karns
Love it! Reminds me of the Willie Dixon tune made famous by Johnny Rivers...

Now I can hold you close and I can squeeze you tight
And I can make you cry for me both day and night
And I can heal the sick and even raise the dead
And make you little girls talk out of your head
I'm the one, yes, I'm the one
I'm the one, I'm the one,
I'm the one they call the seventh son

20 posted on 06/22/2008 3:00:16 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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