Comments on: A cult is born: they believe in him

By: Mikey NTH

Mikey NTH — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:44:52 +0000

I think the German original had better production quality.

By: Occam's Beard

Occam's Beard — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:34:39 +0000

Creepy is right. Pretty much a chronicle of a thought-free zone.

The question is what’s going to happen if (or as I think, when) he loses? A lot of starry-eyed idealists are going to be crushed, and embittered. Once agian we’ll have the accusations of illegitimacy and “stolen elections.” Ultimately, I suspect that Obama’s loss will trigger another spasm of domestic terrorism similar to the Weather Underground 40 years ago, as some decide to take “direct action” (their term, not mine).

Why will Obama lose? He represents a triumph of form over substance. Sure, he can galvanize Hollywood, adolescents, and other hapless nitwits with this vaporous pronouncements. But, ultimately, he’ll have to say something substantive (in, e.g., a Presidential debate).

Then we can look forward to a few more clangers such as his notion that we should invade Pakistan. A couple of those puppies and he’ll be in McGovern territory in November, God willing.

By: driver

driver — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:42:59 +0000

Mah-Kain, Mah-Kain….Jes we Can! (I am seriously supporting McCain at this point) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCn5SwkxbtQ

By: armchair pessimist

armchair pessimist — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:08:32 +0000

Why are we surprised? We raised these morons. They’ve been told from the cradle that they’re God and their farts are perfume. And I second Kamel.

By: TalkinKamel

TalkinKamel — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:35:35 +0000

Thanks for the very interesting link, North Coast Mike.

We need to hold our noses, and vote for McCain, come November. Sorry, the stakes are quite high here, and, no, this time, we can’t just wait and hope that a bad Obama presidency will galvanize the conservative movement, or that the Republicans will actually fight Obama’s programs, whereas they won’t fight those of a Republican president, etc. (You know all the arguments.)

(If, G-d forbid, Obama is elected, he’s going to have such a halo of goodness and messiah-ship glowing around him, I suspect Republicans are going to be too cowed to oppose him in any way. After all, how can you resist G-d? Hillary they’d fight against—Obama, I don’t think they will.)

So vote for McCain. I’m actually beginning to see orneriness, unpopularity and contentiousness as good things in a political candidate! Look at it this way! Nobody, even those who support McCain, think of him as the second coming; there are no videos of zombie-like McCainites dancing and chanting, “Mah-Kain! Mah-Kain! Mah-Kain!” And his wife is sander than Mrs. Obama, and doesn’t make whining speeches about how much she hates America.

Vote McCain.

By: Vince P

Vince P — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:05:53 +0000

Backlash to reality. The idiotic supporters of Obama think they can escape reality and history by voting for this chump.

They’re make the mistake we did in the 1990s… escaping from history to focus on a false economy.

See how well that ended?

By: Terrye

Terrye — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:54:29 +0000

Backlash to what? I have heard all sorts of leftists claim that Bush is too religious, he is aloof and yet look at Obama…he is a religion. He does not need to answer to anyone.

By: logern

logern — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:14:20 +0000

in other news Well, it might actually be on topic. Obama is the backlash to 8 years of the current administration. You reap what you sow.

By: sergey

sergey — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:27:25 +0000

As Englishmen used to say in British colonies, Obama “went native”, betraying rationalism of Western civilization in seeking dynamism, voluntarism and raw emotion of primitives as substitutes for this heritage. This motive was a powerful impulse behind German national romanticism, Nietsche teaching and many decadent movements in European culture, culminating in Nazi rising to power. I see in Obama cultists the same dynamics. It has its appeal for teenagers and never maturing adults permanently blocked at this stage of personality development.

By: gringo

gringo — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 04:01:42 +0000

O-ba-ma! O-ba-ma! Zeig Heil! Zeig Heil! One country, one party, one fueher!
These obamaniacs are scary. His wife is saying that the federal government and specifically the president of the United States has to produce a “fundamentally different kind of leadership,” one that challenges people to be different, and better to one another. And that, she said to critics who say it is not his time, cannot wait.” This is scary stuff. Who does she think Obama is – Jesus? Is he a god, a prophet, a man of such moral values that he tops all the American people? Seriously, this is moral elitism and snobism unprecedented – or more precisely, this girl is stupidly arrogant and cannot hide it. Every American should be very afraid of anyone who believes in his absolute moral superiority and that he has to be put in the position of awesome power over hundreds of millions of people. If you think Obama will limit himself to lecturing us to become better, you are very mistaken. The man will use government powers – the use or the threat of use of violence against those who are not good enough for him, let alone openly disagree with him. Is liberal fascism coming to America? It may well be so.