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Why Obama Will Fail - Sandmonkey
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 07/11/2008 05:05 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Obama is the second coming of Carter, there is no doubt about it.

No argument with that assessment.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/11/2008 9:39 Comments || Top||

#2  There aren't many genuinely original voices on the net, but Sandmonkey is one of them.
Posted by: phil_b || 07/11/2008 10:09 Comments || Top||

#3  It's the old Chinese curse. Be careful what you wish for. You may get it.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/11/2008 10:18 Comments || Top||

#4  http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/07/obama-is-new.html

According to the the url above, he's ALSO the second coming of Dubya, Kerry, Gore, Bill Clinton, George HW Bush, Dukakis, Mondale, Reagan, Ford, Nixon, McGovern, Humphrey, Johnson, Goldwater, Kennedy, Eisenhower, Stevenson, Truman and Dewey.
Posted by: Aris || 07/11/2008 10:24 Comments || Top||

#5  Um.. wow. Everything I have been thinking and saying to people put in one location and a lot better said.
Posted by: DarthVader || 07/11/2008 10:59 Comments || Top||

#6  I still think Obama is the first coming of the Antichrist.
Posted by: AzCat || 07/11/2008 12:20 Comments || Top||

#7  Great read. Wish I could write like that.

I do think McCain has a chance. McCain is a Blue Dog, no doubt about it. That approach to life is very familiar to me, I'll give you my heart but if you mess with me or my friends you better watch out. And I think he has a chance to win - and not because I'm a Chiefs/Royals fan (though the conditioning helps) but because bo is turning out to be a very unlikable person. To top it off, this community organizer can't take it to the next level and organize the democrat party dnc - no clue or care about his change of venue and how the logistics of such an event work. And he is planning a pandering at NASCAR? What is he going to say - glad you all are having fun but under my policies I'm going to have to shut this down. It will be like President Bush throwing out the first pitch but in reverse and much louder. Running ads in Missouri talking about his Kansas values, why not just go the whole 9 and Atlanta to talk about yankee values. He wants to remobilize the entire USA armed forces post haste through the p-gulf with iran openly threatening to shut the straits? What better target than troop transports loaded with tanks, men, equipment, etc? Gonna clog up the docks in Kuwait then when do the oil tankers get to traverse? A dipshit move. Hey Hitler, be a nice chap and just hold off while we evacuate Dunkirk. We'll give you Egypt...

Even his diehard supporters that I know are not even interested in talking about him though they had plenty to say during the primaries. Maybe the 60's gen already feel vendicated as it is and can now vote for a president who carries the democrat values they grew up with.

And what about McCain's happy ending story? Born into a life most people don't have and served anyways only to survive being shot down (after the Forrestal) and a long stay in Hanoi (I've seen the maison, it did not look comfortable), serve honorably in the Federal Capacity half as long as bo has been alive and has his own idea how to do things, which is why he is so much better than bo when off the script. McCain is the real 'next coming of JFK' with his background, service, and dedication except his is more mature and savvy with greater experience and grasp of history. And if he is elected and nothing happens in the next 4 years then I say great - washington is doing too much already. Maybe the change we are looking for is big government not getting so much bigger (at least as fast).

If people are wanting bo as president so that we may, may, get the next Reagan - well get rubbing on that monkey's paw because as we should be aware once government gets control of something it never reverts back nicely (I know repeal of prohibition but that wasn't exactly nice was it?). My generation is shouldering the harvest of Carter as we speak.

The best case is to put true republicans (I know the current batch of republicans are the new democrats) into congress but it is important to also recognize the role the next POTUS will have in the courts which is where the current agenda makers are battling it out - it is easier and more absolute to get a ruling through the courts than pass a law. I may or may not like whom McCain appoints but I am only sure about a few things with bo and that he will be a machine tool and nominate who he is told to nominate because he is weak and those appointees will be confirmed, especially if the democrats are elected a true majority. And Congress will because they have already demonstrated they don't give a rat's ass about approval ratings and will vote the machine no matter how many e-mails and letters they get. They are doing that already. Gonna have the entire running of the country handled by 7 judges and a figurehead, I would call politburo but bo is not a communist he is a national socialist (don't you just want to love your country more than anything? don't you just want to love me? Here, I'll give you money and make you proud of your country again..sound familiar but a big hug instead of a high five).

I think there is a lot to like by mature democrats in regards to McCain they just won't talk about it; maybe they are too embarassed. McCain is a good politician and will recognize that he needs the GOP's support to get elected especially for the second term and will have to honor that political trade if the republicans keep him honost during that term.

I'm just calling it how I see it, vote your minds and that is the point. How many opportunities do people get to choose their own boss? There is a lot of work to do - but that is life there is always work to do because it is in our culture. I'm not talking about the Tom Cruise pop-bullshit but the real culture of the United States of America. Hard working, big hearts, innovative, artistic - the prodigal son in the history of nations and peoples - and gracious. As bo pointed at that even those lucky few who are able to travel to France (I assume that is what he was referring to, though a good portion of the world speaks French) and have to ask a question in English we are polite enough to say 'thank you' in the local language.

Coffee is out, and so am I.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 07/11/2008 12:46 Comments || Top||

#8  A 'cult of personality' is created when the media casts a leader in a heroic or godlike image, combined with unquestioning praise and flattery for that person. And that is clearly the case here - our media is no better then the tightly controlled Stalinist media in many places, when it comes to Barak Hussein Obama.

Millions of people rally behind this one man. From a string of faintings to the ovation over blowing his nose, there seems to be an unhealthy obsession with this personality. And the clincher, what really puts emphasis on the "personality" part, is the fact that he is popular BECAUSE of his personality.

His words have no substance. His "solutions" are nothing revolutionary. He and Hillary Clinton are cut from the same cloth, both politicians that pander. Visit his website for the details behind his words and they aren;t there - or they change from week to week depending on who has been thrown under the bus or which "pivot" (flip-flop) he is making.

His followers are consistently speechless when asked to name any one significant accomplishment of his.

Obama's charm and charisma are what propel him forward in the field. With a smile and an emtpy Maoist mantra of the words "change," "hope," and "yes we can," Obama hides the fact that he lacks political experience and has few answers and no new solutions. And his numerous devotees take it hook, line, and sinker.


A hallmark of dictatorships throughout history, cults of personality have been used to dupe the public (primarily the youth) into believing they're part of a movement, where they are fed empty slogans which they parrot without question.

See it in motion:



I don't agree with the bit of off-the-edge conspiratorial anti-capitilism towards the end, but the video does pack a punch - one that would hit the Obamessiah's worshipers hardest if they could be bothered to open their eyes and ears to what is truly happening.
Posted by: OldSpook || 07/11/2008 13:12 Comments || Top||

#9  Be sure to take note of the Nazi/Stalin/Mao style of making Obama look like Che Guevera.

The fact that they immediately jump to such obfuscating cultic propaganda techniques is alarming, in that they NEED it to cover up the empty suit national-socialist that their candidate is, and they also need to conceal their intended power grab behind such smokescreens.
Posted by: OldSpook || 07/11/2008 13:23 Comments || Top||

#10  Media celebrity is a fleeting thing, even when the media embarrass themselves in their unrelenting desperation to maintain it. Obama's charisma will fade by November and he really, really has nothing else to offset his many negatives.

My prediction: Obama will be the Democrat Party's biggest loser since Jefferson Davis.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy || 07/11/2008 14:07 Comments || Top||

#11  The downside to being a messiah is that, like standing at the North Pole, every direction is down. He is toast, and will become darker starting the day after the election. A messiah can do no wrong, but risk becoming a common man. Assuming that has already started, AC may be correct, and McCain will inherit his earth. I have already started dressing in black to mourn the loss of the Forrestal America.
Posted by: wxjames || 07/11/2008 14:15 Comments || Top||

#12  Adolph Hitler also promised hope and change. Anyone remember how all that turned out?
Posted by: Scooter McGruder || 07/11/2008 19:39 Comments || Top||

#13  Europe learned to speak better english?
Posted by: Frank G || 07/11/2008 20:32 Comments || Top||


Gramm: We need more leadership, less whining
  • McCain adviser Phil Gramm says he was criticizing nation's leaders
  • Gramm told Washington Times, "We have sort of become a nation of whiners"
  • Obama: "America already has one Dr. Phil"
  • McCain: "I don't agree with Sen. Gramm"
  • Posted by: Fred || 07/11/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  Yes. Leadership. Thanks, senator.
    Posted by: tu3031 || 07/11/2008 17:03 Comments || Top||


    Kucinich Brings Bush Impeachment Resolution to House Floor Again
    WASHINGTON -- Ohio Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich said Thursday he's pleased that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is going to consider his impeachment resolution against President Bush.
    ...as was everyone in Munchkinland.
    The speaker said earlier in the day that the House Judiciary Committee would do some work on the resolution. Previously, the judiciary panel has all but ignored Kucinich's impeachment exploits to unseat the president.
    Good policy when dealing with Dennis.
    Kucinich was offering his second impeachment resolution, which unlike last month's with its more than 30 articles, has just a single article of impeachment. Kucinich said he boiled it down to focus on the main issues he has with the president's decision to go to war in Iraq.
    Ya screwed up bigtime, Dennis. Ya violated Moonbat Ethics 101. Ya left out Dark Lord Cheney. Think of the havoc he could rain down in the last few months. You and your hot wife will be freezing to death in some internment camp in Wyoming over the Winter Solstice holiday season.
    It centers on the U.S. not finding any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and Kucinich's suggestion that Iraq was not involved with Al Qaeda and played no role in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
    Guess he didn't hear about that 550 tons of Yellowcake they shipped outta there last month? But maybe he did and thought it was actually cake...
    Kucinich will move to refer the resolution to the Judiciary Committee next week. The House will vote on that on either Monday or Tuesday.
    Oh, hello, Dennis. Trying to drive our approval ratings into negative numbers? Could we get a booster seat or a couple of phone books for Representative Kucinich please...
    Former Republican Ohio state Rep. Jim Trakus, Kucinich's opponent in November, questioned how much Kucinich's three efforts to impeach Bush and Vice President Cheney is costing taxpayers. In a statement, Trakus described Kucinich's exercises as "juvenile, political games" and an "impeachment circus."
    Money is no object in the pursuit of Dennis's version of the Truth, you Facist Nazi bastard! Especially when it's not his...
    Trakus has sent a formal request to the House to ask for an accounting of how much it costs Kucinich's staff, the clerk's office and others to prepare Kucinich's articles of impeachment.
    Better watch it, bub. Dennis'll have some of his UFO buddies hover on down and Death Ray your house.
    Posted by: tu3031 || 07/11/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  Actually --- selling those targeting pods to Pakiwakiland SHOULD BE IMPEACHABLE.
    Posted by: 3dc || 07/11/2008 0:18 Comments || Top||

    #2  I wonder how long BEFORE the invasion Dennis realized that there were no WMDs?
    It is obvious that Saddam had them before - he used them on the Kurds. He never accounted for their presence or destruction, as required by the ceasefire agreement of Gulf War I, and several UN resolutions. The resolutions did not say that the UN inspectors had to seek out the WMDs. Saddam was supposed to show them to the inspectors, or prove their destruction. He did neither.
    If Dennis knew that there were no WMDs, and could prove it, why didn't he come forward before the invasion? Other than a terminal case of BDS.
    Posted by: Rambler in California || 07/11/2008 1:37 Comments || Top||

    #3  3dc
    Check.
    Posted by: swksvolFF || 07/11/2008 9:01 Comments || Top||

    #4  Between the moonbats actively working to undermine our freedoms and the monkeys at the DoD giving away our technology to defend those freedoms, I would be surprised if we didn't have CWII in the next 15 years.
    Posted by: DarthVader || 07/11/2008 9:38 Comments || Top||

    #5  One must wonder if congress will ever make the connection between their poor standing with the American public and non-productive stunts like this?
    Posted by: Besoeker || 07/11/2008 9:50 Comments || Top||

    #6  One must wonder if congress will ever make the connection between their poor standing with the American public and non-productive stunts like this?

    Sssshhhhh! Keep it secret . . . at least until the second week of November.
    Posted by: Mike || 07/11/2008 9:58 Comments || Top||

    #7  DV, God willing. The tree of liberty is long overdue for some refreshing.
    Posted by: Alistaire Snavith3832 AKA Broadhead6 || 07/11/2008 12:20 Comments || Top||

    #8  Kucinich haz spirochaetes in hiz pea brain box.
    Posted by: RD || 07/11/2008 13:23 Comments || Top||

    #9  I WANT them to go for the impeachment.

    Its the ONE thing that would create a GOP landslide.
    Posted by: OldSpook || 07/11/2008 13:25 Comments || Top||

    #10  And I thought that C-SPAN was showing old footage the other day when I came across ol' Dennis calling for impeachment....
    Posted by: Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields || 07/11/2008 13:53 Comments || Top||

    #11  If this asshat died of Selenium poisoning, that still wouldn't be painful enough to satisfy me.
    Posted by: bigjim-ky || 07/11/2008 14:56 Comments || Top||

    #12  bigjim-ky ... Kucinich's wife - not quite selenium.

    Posted by: 3dc || 07/11/2008 17:11 Comments || Top||



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