The Missing Link in the Evolution of Barack Obama

American Thinker ^ | December 28, 2010 | Selwyn Duke

[Paladins Prayer]

One of the problems with the idea of "American exceptionalism" is that it exacerbates a kind of complacency common to man. This is the phenomenon whereby people often view themselves as exceptions -- saying, after some tragedy, for instance, something such as "I never thought it could happen to me."

On a national level -- and this especially plagues great nations -- this manifests itself in the notion that "it" could never happen here. Oh, the "it" could be descent into tyranny, domination by a foreign power, or dissolution. Or maybe it could be the election of a leader who is a Manchurian candidate, a traitor within, someone bent on destroying the nation that gave him everything. That..."it"...couldn't happen here. In fact, the idea is so preposterous to many Americans that if such a threat loomed, they would never see it coming. And they would call a person who warned of it a nut.

So I want to present you with a hypothetical.

[Paladins Prayer]

In the second half of the piece this guy makes a great point. It's one I've never read before.

[EagleUSA]

A well-written piece and another testimonial to the stupidity, selfishness, complacency and ignornance of the liberal electorate. Now let me tell you how I feel about what they have done to America.....

[wastedyears]

Excellent article

And yes, sadly, it has happened here. Which is why I’m always the pessimist when people start saying they’re mad as hell and are going to vote out the Democrats.

[La Lydia]

Excellent.

[Tex-Con-Man]

Another American Thinker piece along the same lines...

A Stranger in Our Midst - By Robert Weissberg

[Jim W N]

My response tends to be the same:

Most astonishing of all is this guy being elected POTUS. When Obama emerged as a candidate in 2008, he was known to be left of the known socialists in Congress. What does that tell you? Apparently it told all the young people who voted for him nothing. They thought it was "cool" to vote for him regardless of who he really was or stood for. Most of them had no clue what Obama stood for and Obama was not going to tell them even though his record in Congress spoke for him to anyone paying attention.

[Gene Eric]

>> Article: a Manchurian candidate, a traitor within, someone bent on destroying the nation that gave him everything.

[Art in Idaho]

A communist Manchurian candidate in my lifetime. Never thought it would happen but it did. Now we have to be vigilant and work on a daily basis to inform the electorate of the true Obama and his goals - the last two years should be enough to convince even the brain dead, but onward we must educate to the best of our means and abilities. The future. . .

[SonOfDarkSkies]

A communist Manchurian candidate in my lifetime.

But the list doesn't stop there...he's a muslim, racist, Luciferian, pathological narcissist, homosexual on the down low.

For all know, he's also an alien/human hybrid, but we have to stop the list somewhere.

[cake_crumb]

We saw it coming. Too many Republicans stayed home in 2008. We allowed “It” to happen here.

[Responsibility2nd]

What is nuttier: to claim that this man is a communist or to claim that such an assertion is out-of-bounds?

What is the obvious conclusion?

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Well, according to leftists and liberals, we can only and obviously conclude that Mr. Duke is a racist.

[Responsibility2nd]

Thanks for posting that link. A very good read!

[klb99]

Excellent...and the sad part is that every fact mentioned (other than his post-election appointments) was readily KNOWN
before he was elected. It’s not like we bought a pig in a poke. 69.4 MILLION Americans voted for this empty suit....that’s what I find so infuriating.

[matt1234]

When Obama emerged as a candidate in 2008, he was known to be left of the known socialists in Congress. What does that tell you? Apparently it told all the young people who voted for him nothing.

I warned a 20-something year old co-worker that 0bama was a socialist before the 2008 election. The co-worker did not know what the word "socialist" meant.

[Frank_2001]

I agree with you completely. Fifty years ago, his associations and ideas would have rendered him not only completely unelectable, but also would have put him under FBI scrutiny. The MSM was/is TOTALLY uninterested in uncovering his questionable past, and unfortunately we have hordes of young knuckleheads indoctrinated by Commie teachers. For them, Czechoslovakia has never existed, and Che Guevara is one cool lookin’ dude/s

[M. Espinola]

[juliej]

And a mean mutha from another planet! But seriously, he is really bad news and must be voted out ASAP.

[OneWingedShark]

Some are thinking that “voting out” is not a viable option and are instead stocking up on provisions for disaster and/or war.
History has taught us that those in power do not readily give it up.

[Melian]

“Too many Republicans stayed home in 2008.”

Or voted for the impossible. I blame every single one of them. Their rigidity was Obama’s best weapon.

[Stuart Redman]

Many of them bought into the myth that McCain was a ultra right-winger, and Obama was a moderate. In 2008, I saw people say this with a straight face.