Name the Opponent to Defeat Him: "Barack Cade"

IsraPundit ^ | 3/1/09 | Bill Levinson

[Winged Hussar]

The Power of Words: Use Language to Define the Conflict demonstrates the overwhelming effectiveness of Naming a thing or an adversary, provided that one can make the Name stick. A Google search on "Barack Cade" previously resulted in references to barricades, but a comparison to Jack Cade in King Henry VI is now the top result. The new Name we have given the Messiah sticks because (1) Barack Cade is phonetically similar to Jack Cade and (2) more importantly, Barack Obama's fiscal agenda is similar to Jack Cade's promises: promises so outrageous and unbelievable that the low-class groundlings who attended Shakespeare's plays laughed their heads off at the scenes in question. Hamlet's advice to the Player King even takes the liberty of mocking this element of Shakespeare's own audiences:

O, it offends me to the soul to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings, who for the most part are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise.

Even said groundlings could, however, comprehend the totally unrealistic nature of Jack Cade's promises, or Shakespeare would not have written them into Henry VI as comic relief. This is apparently more than can be said for half of America's voters, who really believe that their Messiah will create five million "green" jobs, transform our economy from a carbon energy base to one that relies on solar energy (doubtlessly with smiling suns and happy flowers), walk on water, turn water into wine, and so on. Jack Cade, in fact, promised to turn urine into wine, but the difference between his supporters and Obama's is that nobody took Cade seriously.

[Winged Hussar]

Here is Jack Cade's platform for reference:

JACK CADE: Be brave, then; for your captain is brave, and vows reformation. There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny: the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops and I will make it felony to drink small beer: all the realm shall be in common; and in Cheapside shall my palfrey go to grass: and when I am king, as king I will be,–

ALL

God save your majesty!

JACK CADE

I thank you, good people: there shall be no money; all shall eat and drink on my score; and I will apparel them all in one livery, that they may agree like brothers and worship me their lord. …JACK CADE Now is Mortimer lord of this city. And here, sitting upon London-stone, I charge and command that, of the city’s cost, the pissing-conduit run nothing but claret wine this first year of our reign.

[rawcatslyentist]

>"half of America's voters, who really believe that their Messiah will create five million "green" jobs, "

Socialism has a very solid history of needing MILLIONS of SHOVEL READY JOBS!

Don't doubt pres__ent without ID Hussein when he declares this.