The Coming Obama Thugocracy

townhall.com ^ | October 11, 2008 | Michael Barone

[Darkwolf377]

Obama fans jammed WGN's phone lines and sent in hundreds of protest emails. The message was clear to anyone who would follow Rosenberg's example. We will make trouble for you if you let anyone make the case against The One. Other Obama supporters have threatened critics with criminal prosecution.

Why am I thinking of Koestler's DARKNESS AT NOON? :(

[Darkwolf377]

When McCain prattles on with that Good Ol Boy crap about how Obama's a good guy, people SHOULD boo.

How is silencing speech a good thing, Senator McCain?

Oh, wait, I'm talking to Sen. McCain-Feingold.

UGH!

[Prole]

[blackbart.223]

"When McCain prattles on with that Good Ol Boy crap about how Obama's a good guy, people SHOULD boo.

McCain is selling the farm without asking for the price. This good guy bullshit on his part is wearing very thin.

[Darkwolf377]

Cramer believes that "if the population of Eastern Europe were as well armed as the average American, the Nazis would have lost much of their military capacity attempting to implement the Holocaust."

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1791/did-hitler-ban-gun-ownership

[kinghorse]

Don’t include SNL. They are surprisingly even handed for being out of NYC. Lorne Michaels is a decent guy.

[Darkwolf377]

Today I figured out one of the many differences between McCain and his "idol" Ronald Reagan.

Reagan would walk into a room full of people who hate him (liberals, Chrissy Matthews-Olberman sorts) and smile, not because he thought they liked him, but because HE DIDN'T CARE that they didn't like him.

McCain would walk into that same room and smile because he BELIEVED they really liked him.

If Reagan were to give that same response that McCain did about Obama, he'd say off-handedly "My opponent is a good man" but you'd know he didn't mean it, and he'd smile while people laughed--THEN he'd go in for the kill.

People talk about Reagan's seemingly benign, grandfatherly personality, but they forget he was stubborn when it came to the really important things (Russia, taxes).

McCain only does the first part (the nice guy stuff), and somehow thinks that makes him Reaganesque.

[blackbart.223]

I carry a Para Ordnance P-12.

[Brian S. Fitzgerald]

Someday, FR will save the world from a Dictator.

[blackbart.223]

I don’t know where to go with this. Reagan always had balls. It is for sure and for certain McCain did at one point. When did McCain drop them?

[Darkwolf377]

When did McCain drop them?

The Keating Five thing. He couldn't stand the idea that his rep had been besmirched, so he did what many stupid Republicans have done--do what he thinks will make Democrats like him.

Chris Matthews adored McCain for a long time, and McCain ate it up.

Too many Republicans love being "liked" by the libs and the media. If I were a Senator, whenever one of those fools came near me I'd sick my dogs on them.

[TNCMAXQ]

Unusual for Barone to write such a partisan type article. Usually he sticks to facts and figures.

We know McCain is wrong about our not having to fear an obama presidency. Is he blind to reality too, like so many Americans are? This is an issue he should be hammering. That Missouri incident was the worst. Sadly though I wonder, even if he brought this up face to face at the debate, would it get much traction? I really think most Americans refuse to believe our freedoms could be curtailed in this way. A lot would think it is just scare mongering, and the “news” media would confirm their feelings.

[blackbart.223]

"Too many Republicans love being "liked" by the libs and the media."

For some reason they do. But it is a Faustian deal. For myself I say what I think and don't give a crap what anyone else thinks. If McCain would take that track it would suit his purpose better.

[Darkwolf377]

You're right, I fear he just doesn't have the smoothness needed to bring this up in debate without it being seen as a "negative attack" (what is a "positive attack"? like a hate crime?).

But obama is such a dolt, I think if McCain brings this stuff up in context, Obama will just start babbling. He didn't WIN these debates, he just let McCain look scary. Obama gets flustered pretty easily. I think peppering him with these realities is all McCain can do.

I really like Barone. He seems to me to be intelligent and honest.

[Crim]

S&W .357 4” stainless

[blackbart.223]

"I really think most Americans refuse to believe our freedoms could be curtailed in this way."

Many don't know freedom is being lost. They are brainwashed and don't have enough sense to see it. Uncle Sam (Uncle Obama) will take care of me. Freedom comes in with a roar. Slavery comes in with a whimper.

[blackbart.223]

"S&W .357 4” stainless."

Cool.I have a mint condition model 19 Smith and Wesson. If the shit hits the fan you can't go wrong with a revolver. Sometimes I'm old school about these things. However I trust The Para. John Browning knew what he was doing with the 1911 A1.

[DoughtyOne]

With Obama's political outlook, it seems to me that if he is elected we won't be the only ones who will suffer.  It's as if civilization as we know it
could be affected negatively.  The guy will be leading the premier nation on the planet, and still very content to be connected to people like
Rezko, Ayers, Odinga... this can't bode well.  Morality takes a holiday.  I came up with a little political cartoon of sorts to address the issue.  Enjoy.

Here's the DoughtOne "original animation"* on the Ascent of Human Civilization.

It's a 1.6 megabyte animation, so I didn't want to post it on the forum out of concern for dial-ups or those who don't have a fast connection.

* The artwork was found on the internet and morphed as a component of this presentation.

[Political Junkie Too]

Unusual for Barone to write such a partisan type article. Usually he sticks to facts and figures.

I read this earlier and had the same thought.

-PJ