Video: Obama launches the permanent campaign
posted at 4:53 pm on January 17, 2009 by Allahpundit
You didn’t think he was going to disband the cult just because he’s president now, did you? Behold the launch of Hopenchange 2.0: Turning his grassroots organization from an operation to get him elected into an operation to pressure members of Congress to adopt his agenda. And by “members of Congress,” I don’t mean Republicans.
Organizers and even Republicans say the scope of this permanent campaign structure is unprecedented for a president. People familiar with the plan say Obama’s team would use the network in part to pressure lawmakers — particularly wavering Democrats — to help him pass complex legislation on the economy, healthcare and energy…
Though the plan still is emerging, one source with knowledge of the internal discussion said the organization could have an annual budget of $75 million in privately raised funds. Another said it would deploy hundreds of paid staff members — possibly one for every congressional district in certain politically important states and even more in larger battlegrounds such as Florida, Ohio, Colorado, Virginia and North Carolina…
Concerns about Obama’s ambitions are coming from state party leaders as well as from Capitol Hill.
“The party needs to be rooted not just around one individual, but it needs to have a grass-roots base that can survive the times and even endure past whoever may be in office,” said Jerry Meek, chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party. “Obama brings a lot to the table, but, on the other hand, state parties exist for more than serving the objectives of the president and are in the business to elect county commissioners, school board members and members of the legislature.”
What fascinates me is his faith that his supporters, almost all of whom are Democrats, can be counted on to side with him on policy against … other Democrats. There’s no reason in principle to believe that’s true — Obamites logically should prefer his position on economic recovery to McCain’s, but to Chris Dodd’s or Barney Frank’s? — but it’s perfectly sensible if you view Obamamania as a cult of personality with The One as the object in whom all trust is reposed. (See also.) He does a superb job of cultivating it too, from using the paparazzi to enhance his status as an icon to dumping one dopey Lincoln allusion after another on a media that’s itching to make the comparison. In theory it’s a bad idea to have a party “rooted around” one individual — but The One isn’t just any individual, or so we should believe. If Lincoln told you to dial up some Blue Dog Democrat and ask him to vote for another bailout, you’d do it, wouldn’t you? Well, there you go.
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The media we had was talk radio. The left convinced the public that Hannity and Rush had cooties, or something, and dismissed what they had to say. Enough people would NEVER listen that the full effectiveness of talk radio is not enough to spread our message. We need well-coordinated, multimedia communications.
stonemeister on January 17, 2009 at 6:23 PM
“artist on January 17, 2009 at 6:21 PM”
BWAHAHAHAHAHA! U think the lll owns RADIO?!
Buckaroo on January 17, 2009 at 6:23 PM
“U think the lll owns RADIO?!”
Huh?
artist on January 17, 2009 at 6:24 PM
Hey, thanks for the enlightenment. I now recall a few websites sweating day and night to make it happen. They even tried to unite the violently splintered factions in the ‘conservative’ party. Thanks again. I submit to thee.
Entelechy on January 17, 2009 at 6:25 PM
“Enough people would NEVER listen that the full effectiveness of talk radio is not enough to spread our message”
That was pretty much my point.
TR and the internet are not enough.
Not even close.
artist on January 17, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Ahh yes, the same thing Hugo Chavez did. And why do you think all the boot-lick Democrats were visiting with Hugo these last years? And why do you think Hugo’s Communism and free pies for all, is now on the rocks and sinking?
If you haven’t already, watch the video on the frontline site “The Hugo Chavez Show” — It’s well worth your time to become acquainted with what is going on with Obama and his America 2.0 crappola.
tarpon on January 17, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Pravda means “the truth”. When the entire media establishment, domestic and international, is in an inseparable dog-like coitus with the One, all other outlets are miniscule.
Because our media is otherwise engaged, until the hyper-erection occurs, we’re doomed. “We” means the country. Just enjoy yer apathy.
Entelechy on January 17, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Ask your friends a few questions to see if they EVER have heard of any of this. You think people are arguing about whether Obama is a cult of personality? They have never heard them term.
And so it goes. I once thought it was good that he was elected, because then people would find out he is just another crummy politician like any other. I think I was wrong. Creepy.
PattyJ on January 17, 2009 at 6:28 PM
“I now recall a few websites sweating day and night to make it happen. They even tried to unite the violently splintered factions in the ‘conservative’ party.”
I never disputed that.
My point is we’ve lost the media battle and it wasn’t close.
A plurality of Nov voters thought the R’s controlled Congress.
That was achieved by media design.
artist on January 17, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Ya’ll forget about Bill Clinton’s Americorp?
On the wiki. . .
From Heritage.org
[Emphasis added..]
Skandia Recluse on January 17, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Two culpirts here:
1. The media for not doing their job.
2. The idiots who rely on them
Conclusion – we, free people that we still are, deserve our government, including the One.
Entelechy on January 17, 2009 at 6:33 PM
“Entelechy on January 17, 2009 at 6:33 PM”
double amen!
Buckaroo on January 17, 2009 at 6:37 PM
But do those of us who voted, donated, etc in opposition to this also deserve what we got?
mikeyboss on January 17, 2009 at 6:39 PM
Yeah, but when have we ever won the media battle? The media have been Democrat mouthpieces all my life, anyway.
Things aren’t hopeless. Get a grip, people.
ddrintn on January 17, 2009 at 6:41 PM
The problem was less the message than the messanger. Run a candidate that actually believes in his party’s message next time, instead of a watered down version of the opposition, and you might actually persuade some people.
Run a candidate who doesn’t sound like he’s endorsing his opponent every time he mentions him and you might persuade a few more people.
The people who feverently supported McCain got the administration they deserved; the rest of us, who were told we didn’t matter, and to shut up and vote McCain, got dragged along for the ride. Note to you moderates that made this debacle, next time just have the GOP concede the election instead of wasting our time and money running one of your pathetic RINO nutless monkeys.
austinnelly on January 17, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Dearest mikeyboss, I find this lamentation from my side incredible. So long as we’ve put up with the likes we still have on our side, who’re just a bit stronger version of the the others, and do no more to stand up, while enjoying the lavish privilages, we do deserve them. The parties today are not that much different. Our beloved lady can still be saved, but not with the two partied, in their shape of today.
Entelechy on January 17, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Makes you wonder if he’s prone to celeb style breakdown, then a stint in rehab followed by the strongest material in his life as he reflects upon where things went wrong.
amazingmets on January 17, 2009 at 6:47 PM
I have to agree with you, though at times things look overwhelmingly bad for our side.
I remind myself that it was not a landslide election and the Rep voters got their information from somewhere other than MSM.
Millions sat it out. Millions showed up and voted Rep. Millions voted against Bush and NOT necessarily for Obama. And millions are going to feel the squeeze and come out of their dream. Millions are guns owners and vets and have families. Millions believe in God not government.
It’s not just the media either. It’s university, and k-12 education that propagates the leftist crap.
we are at a precipice, we’re not over the cliff yet.
katy on January 17, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Here’s a Lincoln allusion for you. He was the leader of the north in the first Civil War.
Corsair on January 17, 2009 at 6:58 PM
I’ll tell you what might truly begin a revolution would be someone like Palin coming out and forming a new party. Radical call??? yup. Plausible? Maybe so if the timing is right.
The Conservative Party.
It simply must be. There is no saving the republican party.
katy on January 17, 2009 at 7:00 PM
The GOP came back after the 1964 election and Watergate. The crooks appear to have been cleaned out. There are young, talented GOP governors out there, as well as conservative congressmen. People like Mitch and Fred for advice.
The Lefties, the Harry & Nancy gang and Obama are all going to be pulling the Dems different ways. We’re close to the edge, but there’s other directions to take. I hope the RNC chair choice gets things moving. Imagine the fun of a GOP candidate taking Obama’s old senate seat in 2010 from Tombstone Burris.
Wethal on January 17, 2009 at 7:01 PM
austinnelly, it might surprise you that we agree, and have all along. I have always read and appreciated your comments, content, etc. I told you the other night that I was for Romney or Fred. I believe you were a Fred person, but I don’t recall for sure. By the time California voted in the primaries it didn’t mantter, plus my vote in CA counts as much as AP’s does in NY.
You may persist in calling me a RINO. If you google I have not been in either party. None deserve my registration. I was an independent who voted with the conservatives. The former “independents”, now only ‘independents’ have disappointed me greatly. I’m now without a party and fully apathetic. None deserve my vote, as they aren’t that much different.
Please explain how you’d have envisioned things to go in 2007/2008. We probably agreed 100%. As usual, you have my full respect,
Entelechy on January 17, 2009 at 7:03 PM
I was writing my last post as you were putting the words in my head brother..
katy on January 17, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Wait till obama suspends habeaus corpus.
We need a co-ordinated effort to counter the media. If, every time the pulled a partisan stunt, they received a half million phone calls and a half million emails, and 50 protestors outside their studios, then maybe things would turn a little.
However, the decent people are too busy working and raising their families. Getting them active is a herculean task in itself.
I also find it disturbing that the obamaites are ALREADY trying to repeal the presidential term limits. Gee we can have our own Saddam, Kim Il Jung or Moamaar Khadafy.. Yep, Messiah for life..
bullseye on January 17, 2009 at 7:05 PM
“trying to repeal the presidential term limits”
link or stfu …
Buckaroo on January 17, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Yeah and don’t forget they also have the donor list from his election website. Those are said to be the grassroots contacts for action committees. And he also will have a list of donor to the largest and most expensive inauguration in history.
Speaking of RNC Chair selections, an observation … Michael Steele has really picked up his email communication on the GOPAC and yesterday I got a fund raising phone call from Ken Blackwell. I’d say Blackwell is really going at it strong. They said the vote was at the end of the month.
Texas Gal on January 17, 2009 at 7:07 PM
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/01/13/hope-and-change-move-to-repeal-presidential-term-limits-started/
katy on January 17, 2009 at 7:13 PM
austinnelly, two examples on how a few of us recall having sparred with the avid pro-McCain Rightwingsparkle:
Entelechy on January 17, 2009 at 7:15 PM
” I see that this is an ongoing effort by Serrano. He introduced the same bill in 2003, when Bill Clinton would have been the obvious beneficiary.”
ok, but one crank the house is not anywhere close to getting me concerned …
Buckaroo on January 17, 2009 at 7:15 PM
one crank IN the house …
/sigh
Buckaroo on January 17, 2009 at 7:16 PM
There will be no disagreeing with the Great Leader. If you do have a disagreement, then he sends his goon squad in to get you.
kcarpenter on January 17, 2009 at 7:20 PM
– Assertion
– Bandwagon
– Card stacking
– Glittering Generalities
– Lesser of Two Evils
– Name Calling
– Pinpointing the Enemy
– Plain Folks
– Simplification (Stereotyping
– Testimonials
– Transfer
…………. well, at least we know what we’re up against.
Seven Percent Solution on January 17, 2009 at 7:27 PM
8 months at most before he’s hovering in the 40% approval rating.
SouthernGent on January 17, 2009 at 7:33 PM
Why is the Republican party oppose to Propaganda? Two can play at this game.
katy on January 17, 2009 at 7:36 PM
I thought sports would be safe from this intruder on our country. Oh, no such thing. Watching the UCLA-USC basketball game, there he was touting some serviceusa.org. Pretty soon we will all have to have loudspeakers that cannot be turned off like the North Koreans had/have, so our own Dear Leader can tell us what to think. This man is so dangerous it is beyond words. Words fail me to describe how much I despise him. Oh, yeah, he was even mentioned on the golf channel.
rlwo2008 on January 17, 2009 at 7:36 PM
Sorry………….
Propaganda Techniques
Seven Percent Solution on January 17, 2009 at 7:37 PM
again you try in vain to re-write history as you’d like to see it written.
The reason McCain was the republican candidate is because more republicans voted for him. Less voted for Romney, or anyone else. If more republicans voted for a better and more stronger conservative, then the general election might have turned out better.
And McCain did not campaign for Obama. He just didn’t agree with the crazy town hall lady who made the claim that Obama was a muslim. Or agree with other comments, some that were racist. He didn’t want to be associated with them, but he did not want Obama to win, he wanted as many Americans to vote for him.
.
Entelechy on January 17, 2009 at 7:03 PM <- why you give this person who has clearly expressed this and many more moonbat beliefs and has consistently gotten it wrong on so many important political issues here, and given the benefit of the doubt, is beyond me.
wise_man on January 17, 2009 at 7:40 PM
Now you know why the government is mandating HDTV and converter boxes in all homes in 2009.
One Sunday evening you’re sitting with the family watching a episode of “24″ and suddenly… Obama’s face comes on screen and tells you he knows what your watching and you better lock the doors!
oooooow…..
katy on January 17, 2009 at 7:43 PM
Pretty much the same reason that Republicans can be guilty of scandal, but not Democrats; also the same reason I can criticize Obama without dragging his wife and kids into it, or even attacking him personally. See the difference?
ddrintn on January 17, 2009 at 7:45 PM
The nutroots would choose Kucinich over Obama.
That’s actually kinda funny and sad…at the same time.
terryannonline on January 17, 2009 at 7:48 PM
I do see. What I am refering to is using a constant barrage of information to educate the masses.
katy on January 17, 2009 at 7:50 PM
katy on January 17, 2009 at 7:43 PM
They’re actually going to do it.
SkyNet.
Find Sarah Connor and stay with her, she will know what to do.
Bishop on January 17, 2009 at 7:50 PM
“Bishop on January 17, 2009 at 7:50 PM”
spoiler alert — she dies
stick with her son instead …
:-)
Buckaroo on January 17, 2009 at 7:55 PM
Buckaroo on January 17, 2009 at 7:55 PM
I haven’t seen the movies yet, which means now I will have to find and punish you.
Bishop on January 17, 2009 at 7:58 PM
I don’t think the Republican party opposes propaganda……… look at what happened in the primaries and McCain won the nomination. I think they used it, not very well, but they used it.
……………… but, as a Conservative, I tend to believe that if you have to use propaganda, you’re hiding something, most often the truth.
Let me give you an example…………….. on an earlier post here at HotAir, there was a link showing the many Pro-Hamas anti-Israeli demonstrations going on across the United States.
…….. even though they were separated by thousands of miles, all of the protesters were chanting the same slogans and carrying similar signs.
Interesting how people so far from each other were shouting the same hateful slogans, all directly from the propaganda play book………
Now we have a “permanent campaign” by the Democrats with no end in sight funded by private, and I am sure soon to be, public money………
……… the propaganda is already in our schools, in our movies, on our TV shows, with late night comedians, in our newspapers where “opinion” is now “news”, it dominates the “pop culture”, changes demographics, wins elections, writes laws, and in the end, effects your life.
The only problem is that when you shine the light of TRUTH on what is being done, or the results of failed social engineering policies……….
……….. you are destroyed. There is no fair and open debate. All the techniques of propaganda are used against you not, to educate and win the debate, but to win at all costs to regain power.
That is the problem I have with propaganda……….. it covers up the lies behind the message controlling the masses.
……………. just look at the 24/7 news love fest coverage of Obama’s little train trip today, and that was only on FOX news.
Good God, I want to puke…….. and now, it will never end.
Seven Percent Solution on January 17, 2009 at 7:59 PM
D’OH!!!!
/in my defense — i wuz referring to a tiny portion of no. 3 which is the weakest of the lot anyway.
SEE 1 AND 2 POSTHASTE! GREAT FLICKS!
Buckaroo on January 17, 2009 at 8:01 PM
Buckaroo on January 17, 2009 at 8:01 PM
Just kidding.
But you were preparing to enter the witness protection program anyway, weren’t you?
I’m quite the human prey tracker when I’m not stuffing my face with pizza, beer and buttered noodles. I would have found you within the next ten or twenty years.
Bishop on January 17, 2009 at 8:08 PM
austinnelly,
2008 was just a bad year for Republicans. It’s not about the candidate. Republicans favorite modern president Ronald Reagan probably wouldn’t have been able to win in 2008. Just not our year, point blank.
terryannonline on January 17, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Agreed. It’s sickening to death. But I always go back to the man at the McCain rally that stoop up and shouted that he was mad… really mad!! and there are so many Americans who are not and will not be hoodwinked as this Obamania moves forth. At some point, it will take its toll and crush us or crush him and the left. America is and has always been different from the likes of Europe and other countries that submitted. We tolerate to a point. The north and south could fight again. It’s not that far fetched.
katy on January 17, 2009 at 8:13 PM
I’d side with the South!
Mojave Mark on January 17, 2009 at 8:17 PM
I mostly agree with what you said. However, I don’t always see propaganda as bad. During the WWII the United States government used propaganda so people would fully support the war effort.
terryannonline on January 17, 2009 at 8:20 PM
No question!
katy on January 17, 2009 at 8:21 PM
katy on January 17, 2009 at 8:13 PM
As painful as it is to say when I remember the 1st Minnesota Regiment at Gettysburg, I would be traveling south if such a thing ever did happen, as remote as it might be.
I foresee individual states resisting on various levels, perhaps amending their tax laws to make it lucrative for heavily-taxed businesses to relocate there.
Bishop on January 17, 2009 at 8:22 PM
This is not funny. This is dangerous. Don’t fall back on the hip, posing cynicism of the age. Leave that to the MSM clowns. Storm clouds lie ahead for our beautiful country.
Mason on January 17, 2009 at 8:23 PM
You are the first one I’ve seen here, or anywhere in media for that matter,to note that. And as noticing that weren’t enough, you add:
Wish I could disagree with you, but it seems we see things about the same.
petefrt on January 17, 2009 at 8:26 PM
They failed to grasp the power of using government money to organize like the dems.
ACCORN did its job.– FireBlogger on January 17, 2009 at 5:09 PM
petefrt on January 17, 2009 at 8:28 PM
What? How do you think McCainiac got picked as the nominee – he and Huckster teamed up to tell you how evil Mitt the Mormon was to steal the nomination!
Rush uses it everyday to tell you how poor people deserve their lot in life ’cause they’re weak-minded.
Hannity uses it every day calling himself a “great American” (great at what – blowharding???).
I could go on and on.
We’re doomed. From the moment the IRS was created by Col House via Wilson. FDR almost finished us off, but then The Big One came along and created a true American Middle Class. LBJ tied the noose around our neck with the Great Society.
Obamalama will finish us off.
Liberty is Dead.
klickink.wordpress.com on January 17, 2009 at 8:34 PM
You are such an optimistic person.
terryannonline on January 17, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Tha’s only half the story…
klickink.wordpress.com on January 17, 2009 at 8:41 PM
Forget the Obama Pepsi, we need an Obama Kool-Aid.
Socratease on January 17, 2009 at 8:42 PM
More on that, in excruciating detail, here.
Include me out of that theory. Indeed, the very act of saying that we deserve what we get is defeatist (and, dare I say, contrary to the concept of personal responsibility). It implies that taking action as a member of the opposition is a futile endeavor, and ultimately encourages inaction.
I know, I can’t stand it! I’m trying to watch Tadd Fujikawa and even there one can’t escape from The One.
The best respite I found today was “Amazing Grace” on HBO, the story of William Wilberforce.
Buy Danish on January 17, 2009 at 8:43 PM
I fear it is a lot more than a bad year.
I don’t see what happened in 08 as a failure of conservatives, or even the republican party, but as a failure of the electorate and a reflection of the where our culture has arrived. As others have pointed out, we have become an American Idol culture and are very easily fooled through propaganda and media manipulation. That is the only way Obama and all the clowns in congress could be elected. There is no turning back for a long time, people have been dumbed down to a very high degree.
Welcome to the third world.
neuquenguy on January 17, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Ask Allahpundit where he gets his, ’cause he’s obviously drinking it!
klickink.wordpress.com on January 17, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Barry thinks he’s GOD! Way beyond his head! Chip on the shoulder is more like boulder! The thug almost dares anyone to come after him.(from way back before primaries to now)
christene on January 17, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Why you think they call him The One!?!
klickink.wordpress.com on January 17, 2009 at 8:54 PM
That may be the best way to begin to fight this battle. State by state. I’m going to watch ‘The Patriot’ this weekend. Need some ammo for the mind.
katy on January 17, 2009 at 8:55 PM
LOLOL
christene on January 17, 2009 at 8:55 PM
I totally agree. Reflecting on the past 8 years I think it was odd how fast everything went back to “normal” after 9/11. I think we’ve become a complacent as a culture.
terryannonline on January 17, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Obama scares the living crap out of me. Stupid people swoon. People MUST hold the media accountable for this. When this all unfolds, NBC especially, ABC (which also means ESPN and Disney), and certainly CBS should be shunned and forced out of business. Frankly, I’m not that happy with Fox anymore (they kiss you know what’s to get interviews – especially Hannity). But, Fox is the best we can hope for right now. The mainstream media will never admit their mistakes, just say they were misled. Enough is enough with the media. Speak with your pocketbooks – that’s all they understand. Our local NBC news even sucks now because they only read what’s fed to them. This is serious because there are alot of stupid people out there listening.
suzyk on January 17, 2009 at 9:01 PM
They don’t care if they are going under financially. That didn’t make the NY Times stop their unrelenting Obama propaganda, or the LA Times(I think) from releasing that damning Obama video. Besides, how long before they get their own bailout from Obama?
neuquenguy on January 17, 2009 at 9:09 PM
Many valid points and opinions here…”7%”…The end is not that near or…
I keep thinking about what Biden said of the first 6 months…. And with Kissinger openly calling for the “o” to usher in the New World Order after a total economic collapse , or use it to…. Hey … maybe you’re right…we’re doomed….
jerrytbg on January 17, 2009 at 9:10 PM
I’ll soon take all my troubles over to Obama Rue
You know The One with the never ending Hope and Change shtick
He’s goin’ get a pad down on Pennsylvania avenue
He’ll be passin’ out little bottles of Obama Potion Number Nine
I’ll tell him that I’m having trouble with my mortgage payments
It’s gotten even worse in these last few weeks
He’ll kissed me on the cheek and he’ll made a magic sign
He’ll say “What you need is Obama Potion Number Nine”
He’ll turn around and gave me a wink
He’ll say “I’m gonna have my Michelle make it up right here in the White House sink”
It’ll smell like Chicago, it’ll look like socialist ink
I’ll hold my nose, I’ll close my eyes, I’ll take a drink
I won’t know if it is day or night
I’ll start grabbin’ everyone else’s money that is in sight
But when there’s nothin’ left to grab
It’ll break my little bottle of Obama Potion Number Nine
MB4 on January 17, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Actually, if we are talking about the same polling I was more fascinated by the results of the “stupid things Biden and Obama said” section.
Essentially, Obama voters were given a number of dumb things the dynamic dumbos said and asked who they thought made the statement. Generally the answer was “Palin”. Those interviewed were generally shocked to find that it was their hero or his sidekick, not the Gov of Alaska. Which just goes to show how well the media did its job.
18-1 on January 17, 2009 at 9:15 PM
These Lincoln comparisons are really getting nauseating . . .
Lincoln was tall, scrawny, and, let’s face it, ugly. Those are where the comparisons end. Somebody needs to remind Obama how Lincoln came to his end. He might want to cool it.
Special K on January 17, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Rumor has it he’s a New Yorker
He’s a reckless lawyer
I hear he carries several whips
He’s a sultan of Wall Street with women at his fingertips
They say he’s nearly seven feet tall
And yet quite graceful……all in all
I’m told he waddles when he walks
And often twitches when he talks
Is he a dolt? No, he’s very deep!
Oh, Hotair’s losing sleep!
Who is Allahpundit?
Is he a hero or a turncoat skunk, a fighting Patton or an Obama kool-aid imbibing drunk?
Who is Allahpundit?
I’m sure he’s flatulent and crass
Here, here, the man’s a horse’s ass
No, no, he’s neighborly and kind
But quite eclectically inclined
Whatever guise he may employ,
He’s Hotair’s pride and joy
This plucky nonpareil
This lucky, bloody swell
Who is Allahpundit, do tell?
PercyB on January 17, 2009 at 9:23 PM
Also, with the “o” saying that the Constitution is flawed….
ah thank you very much I like it just the way it is…
Let’s just simply abide by it…
This grass roots Machine he’s perpetuating could very well be the mechanism by which they try to push the additional two states to call for a Con Con… That is so scary on so many different levels….
jerrytbg on January 17, 2009 at 9:23 PM
Actually, I somewhat disagree. 2008 was an indication conservatives have failed. Not so much in the campaign and the final results, but that we were even in the situation where a joke like Obama would be a legitimate contender.
The Left has successfully enacted their Gramascian strategy and either destroyed or co-opted almost every cultural and political institution.
To use your terminology, and it is a nice turn of phrase, this American Idolization of America isn’t an accident that the Left is taking advantage of, it is where the Left has been pushing us for many years now.
18-1 on January 17, 2009 at 9:26 PM
Whoa.
Just. Whoa.
Democrats just lost their party, and they don’t even know it yet.
Damn.
Wanderlust on January 17, 2009 at 9:27 PM
Let’s all hope that the friends and family of ours that voted for this illusionist suddenly realize that they’ve been had. If it happens by the mid-term… we might be fine. Otherwise, crap for years.
RalphyBoy on January 17, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Another theme that I have harped on is that Obama is now running for 2012 and will not disband his campaign. For mnay of you comments like this were forthcoming:
1)”I’m tired of 2008. Talk to me in 2 years.”
2) “It’s too early in the process.”
3) “Let’s focus on 2010 first.”
4) “I’m not thinking about politics right now.”
You folks who think this way–wake up, get a life, Obama is about to take America away from you!
technopeasant on January 17, 2009 at 10:14 PM
techno,
ain’t that the truth…It’s scary that the Machine behind this guy has all along been thinking generational…and has decided to strike at this moment in history…
jerrytbg on January 17, 2009 at 10:24 PM
While we are on the lincoln thing.. Lincoln was a REPUBLICAN. Many people seem to forget that the democrats wanted to keep the slavery system and it was the republicans who worked to end it (yes, there were a lot of other factors at work as well).
Robert Smalls as a slave in Charleston who, as the pilot of a Confederate Warship, stole the ship, went to another wharf to pick up the slaves’ families, sailed under the guns of the confederate forts and surrendered the ship to the union. He went on to be the first black captain of a union warship and later served in congress. He was a staunch republican saying
Wiki on smalls
Two questions
1. How did the democrats manage to win the black population over?
2. Do they teach anything about Robert Smalls during Black History month?? I never heard anything about him until about a week ago.
bullseye on January 17, 2009 at 10:34 PM
“Every country has the government it deserves.”
~ ~Joseph De Maistre
“A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.”
~ ~Napoleon Bonaparte
“Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.”
~ ~Thomas Jefferson
“The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.”
~ ~Thomas Jefferson
“A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.”
~ ~Thomas Jefferson
“Liberty is to the collective body what health is to every individual body. Without health, no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society.”
~ ~Thomas Jefferson
“I know of no safe repository of the ultimate power of society but the people. And if we think them not enlightened enough, the remedy is not to take power from them, but to inform them by education.”
~ ~Thomas Jefferson
“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all.”
~ ~Thomas Jefferson
“When the government fears the people, that is LIBERTY. When people fear the government, that is TYRANNY.”
~ ~Author Unknown
“We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.”
~ ~Thomas Jefferson
“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
~ ~Benjamin Franklin
“The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.”
~ ~Edmund Burke
“Who’s more foolish: the fool, or the fool who follows him?”
~ ~Obi Wan Kenobi
Entelechy on January 17, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Unfortunately, propaganda is a necessary evil, but propaganda doesn’t have to lie to be effective. It just needs to communicate a idea that relates to its audience. For instance, imagine a billboard that said:
“Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death
Support The Second Amendment”
But all that said, there is something else going on today. It is being used beyond the scope of marketing. The propaganda on the Left is being used like a baseball bat.
There is nothing worse when trying to discuss ideas than being shouted down with propaganda. That type of behavior gives me the chills. It reminds me of all those young Chinese waving their little red books.
There appears to be a sentiment on the Left that feels that using the power of the government to beat the Right over the head with little red books is perfectly acceptable. After all, the people on the right are “bad” people.
Saltysam on January 17, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Understatement of the night.
Saltysam on January 17, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Yes, one of the problems with the increasing utopianism of the left is that is provides a powerful incentive to allow any means. After all, if all that is necessary to create heaven on earth is to silence a handful of “bad” people, then who wouldn’t do so?
I hope the coming failure of Obama to usher in the Millennium will return most of the left to sanity, but with the media pushing Obama’s messiah status even more then he is, that might prove difficult.
18-1 on January 17, 2009 at 11:04 PM
Propaganda can be as simple as a mantra. The left used “no blood for oil” or “Bush lied people died”. The ideas became ingrained in the American psyche.
The right can do the same with powerful yet truthful mantras.
Why this is not happening is beyond belief.
katy on January 17, 2009 at 11:08 PM
katy on January 17, 2009 at 11:08 PM
I think the problem has more to do with the right being silenced by the GOP than anything else.
Conservatives need to be louder than ever now.
Louder than ever.
Saltysam on January 17, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Yes! I think we have taken the label of silent majority too literally.
Time to get loud and proud!
katy on January 17, 2009 at 11:21 PM
Watch the series “Hitler’s Bodyguards” on Discovery’s Military Channel for insight into how a minor political figure grew in power and influence through a cult of personality. He created a para-military “security” force for his party that eventually rivaled in manpower the national military forces.
Hitler decided that following a revolutionary tact would just get him killed so he took over and grew the Nazi party with fanatics in order to work from within the existing political system. Rivals and opponents were dealt with summarily; disloyalty was punished severely. Eventually his shadow government became the ruling government controlling all aspects of life in Germany.
Any of this soundng familiar?
in_awe on January 17, 2009 at 11:31 PM
1) Civil Rights Act 1964 moved blacks in the South to the Democrats
2) No, they don’t. It would threaten the myth.
Texas Gal on January 17, 2009 at 11:31 PM
Once the community organizer, always the community organizer.
Mallard T. Drake on January 17, 2009 at 11:32 PM
Sooo, how quick are people gonna join the OY?
Iblis on January 17, 2009 at 11:42 PM
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/comment/Gerald-Warner-New-president-same.4887764.jp
This will make you feel better! The world gets this guy and the left????…. well, they will eventually.
katy on January 17, 2009 at 11:50 PM
Dear Democrats: integrity is telling the truth, even when you know the media would eagerly cover up your lies. You have none.
drunyan8315 on January 17, 2009 at 11:53 PM
Oslime-a is the anti-Christ. I have never seen such an arrogant person in my life! He lies right to our faces knowing full well we have youtube video’s of him making exact opposite statements.
You Oslime-a supporters are at best simple idiots and at worse traitors to America for voting for that slimbag.
csdeven on January 17, 2009 at 11:54 PM
We need movie & television producers, screenplay writers, musicians, songwriters, documentary makers, artists of all genres, professors, teachers, school boards, sports heros, sports writers, scientists, engineers, lawyers, small business owners, county supervisors, mayors, state legislatures, city halls, the list is almost endless.
The above list, though, has been overrun with leftist…to put the problem in perspective.
Saltysam on January 17, 2009 at 11:55 PM
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