[robowombat]

An area Mr. Hodges doesn't tread into is the likely use of frequent sexual abuse on ephebe BHO by ‘Uncle Frank’ both because Unk was a vicious pervert and to make a young BHO what is known as a ‘receptor’ for the correct political indoctrination messages. I am convinced BHO got a much longer and more structured version of what was done to Patty Hearst to transform her into ‘Tania’. I have seen the results of this personally with the adult daughter of a personal friend who was previously married to a perverted, crazed, and vicious attorney who crippled his now 40 something daughter in this way. I fear that BHO is in some ways the real Manchurian Candidate.

[alloysteel]

“Manchurian Candidate” was one of my first impresssions of this mysterious stranger when he first burst on the national scene, followed by the belief he was the ultimate “post turtle”.

For sure, he could never have risen so fast or so far without SOMEBODY pulling strings and opening doors for him, as he lacks the ambition to do it on his own. He is a triumph of marketing a basically inferior product, by concealing its flaws and making up exaggerated claims for its (non-existent) virtues, and just plain brute force used ruthlessly to compel the unwilling or unmotivated into compliance, or to silence opposition.

Much like the Chevrolet Volt was presented. No matter how it is held up to be “a vision of the future”, it is still a POS. And like the Volt, a total waste of what could be valuable resources.