8 Squirmy, Wormy, Outright Socialists Linked to Obama

David Horowitz's NewsReal Blog ^ | December 10, 2010 | Diane Schrader

[HorowitzianConservative]

The cult classic film “Blue Velvet” focused on the seedy goings-on under the surface of American suburbia. To illustrate this, a disturbing opening scene depicted an All-American house with flowers growing next to the ubiquitous picket fence… and then the camera dropped down under the flowers, into the grass, then below the grass, to show the swarming insects and worms under the surface.

This creepy scene brings to mind a whole network of seedy insects and worms that the mainstream media successfully ignored during the 2008 presidential campaign. The Fourth Estate had a crucial job to do, which was vetting the candidates, and in the case of Obama, they utterly failed. So it fell to author Stanley Kurtz to peel back the sod, so to speak, and reveal the dark side underneath. And that’s what he does in his bombshell new book Radical-in-Chief: Barack Obama and the Untold Story of American Socialism (Click here to order at Amazon). Attention, Katie Couric, Brian Williams, New York Times, et al – this is called “investigative reporting.” You may want to familiarize yourself with the concept.

Kurtz has proven, for those who still might question it, that our Prez is indeed a socialist, by almost any possible definition. But perhaps even more importantly, he has exposed the “community organizer” agenda that dare not go by its own name (socialism), as well as the role played by the religious Left and professional race-baiters.

[HorowitzianConservative]

Information from the most important political book in years.

[Steely Tom]

The "press" wants to become part of the ruling class, just like everyone does.

Over time, the ruling class co-opts the more compliant and opportunistic elements of "the press," plying these elements with creature comforts and psychic rewards like "prestige" and "gravitas." Eventually, those elements of "the press" that are willing to sell out get absorbed into the ruling class, and become part of it.

As that happens, the co-opted parts of "the press" are no longer accomplishing what "the press" is supposed to do, under the theory of our Constitutional government, the separation of powers doctrine, etc. They're now part of the real government, the elites in the ruling class. This class exists in every society, in every culture; ours is no exception.

As this "absorption" process operates, new generations of jounalists have to be allowed to emerge, to challenge the elites. The co-opted elements of "the press" will, of course, fight this tooth and nail. They must, not least because although they have become one with the rulers, their usefulness to the ruling class continues only as long as they act as propagandists, as avatars for real journalism. Once they can no longer fool the people into thinking their freedoms are being protected by "the press," their power, perqs, and prestige are in jeopardy.

Thus, "the press" must constantly be renewed.

The tree of freedom must first be watered by the tears of journalists.

If this doesn't happen, the blood of tyrants comes next.

(c) Steely Tom, 2010.