First it was Rev. Wright…then Bill Ayers….with all the accompanying non-biased, and Pulitzer-Prize-caliber reporting. Then came the "Hillary Clinton was cheated," narrative suggesting (wrongly) that she had more primary votes than Barak Obama. All this was followed by "Obama's only a celebrity like Paris." Then came the "how can Obama overcome his problem with white voters?" question.
Sarah Palin's entry brought with it the "palling around with terrorists", "Obama is a Marxist", "real Americans in real America", and "Obama is not sufficiently patriotic." All accusations that had to be deeply plumbed for there wingnut wisdom.
Immediately following Obama's election, it became full metal jacket Blago. Obama is from Illinois, (via Kenya) Emmanuel is from Illinois, Blagojevich was governor of Illinois….ipso facto, weeks and weeks were spent "informing" us about an Illinois governor who did what every American elected official does….traded on his influence.
In January came Rush's "hope he fails" comedy routine….and a Serious search to unpack the deep profundity in that statement. The stimulus "discussion" gave opportunity for corporate-whore media to entertain (on a 2-1 basis over Democrats) the thoughts and demagoguing of Republicans and conservatives on the Sunday morning "news" programs. Despite having his electoral ass kicked, and despite the fact that McCain now plays an insignificant role in a 40 GOP'er Senate, John McCain recorded his 14th appearance on the Sunday morning "news" shows recently.
Ordering that Guantanomo would be closed brought with it such an unhinged response from dishonest neo-conservatives and their obedient knee-jerk children that the thought of dangerous criminals being held on "American soil" became the most imminent national threat. Terrorists in American prisons?….How can we ever be safe?
And then it really started to get crazy. March brought with it the TeaParty Blitz….and the long awaited return of Dick Cheney to national corporate-whore media…..this time with mini-me-Dick, daughter Liz, out spreading the "torture love" doctrine of Father Dick. Neither holds public office, Father Dick is hated by most Americans….but there they were, "news" program after "news" program, telling us to be very, very afraid if America stops torturing. You see, the Dicks are Serious.
Don't forget the marvelously patriotic and sensible "birther" movement still championed by over half of Republicans and the recently released CNN xenophobe, Lou Dobbs….and naturally, all of the AM radio talkers and FOX.
The summer of 2009 may just be referred to in the history books as the "Summer of Incoherence"….as BeckerHeads, TeaBaggers, and Townhall Buster-Uppers, some carrying loaded weapons, saturated the "news" with their sour grapes of discontent with a black Democratic president intent on destroying America and replacing it with (take your pick)….socialism, communism Maoism, Stalinism, or Nazism……all conveniently interchangeable at a moment's notice. Desperate cries of, "I want my country back", echoed repeatedly through the TeaBags.
ACORN became, overnight, one of America's most dangerous domestic enemies. Amateur wingnut videographers, working with FOX, stung those primarily-black-employee-run Acorn offices in a daring and patriotic commando raid to save us all…..I guess from signing up more black voters. "Breaking News" ensued.
"Killing grandma", "death panels", (another 1/2 term Governor Palin gem), "death books for veterans", "Obama will take away your Medicare",…filled the late summer and early fall, with yet more incoherent TeaParties and 9-12'er events, led by America's brilliant new Paul Revere, Glenn Beck…and of course, FOX. No one is sure how many Baggers turned out on Beckerhead day. Somewhere between 60,000…..and 2 million. No way to know.
Now we're being flooded with "Obama and the Democrats are sneaking in tax-payer abortions", "Obama is 'dithering' on Afghanistan", and the recent election (which added a new Democrat to the House) is a "sign that Americans are rejecting Obama's leadership," "Obama and the Democrats (after 10 months) are in deep trouble."
This past week has brought with it the "Ft. Hood massacre is the first terrorist attack in the U.S. since 9-11," proving, I'm sure, that without the Dick's torture, we are all doomed. Calls for renewing "investigations" into American Muslims and Muslim groups are rampant.
Obama left today on an Asian-countries tour….and dollars to donuts….I bet we'll get to hear all about how Obama had to get out of D.C. to avoid all the "controversies" he's created. Just more "dithering."
Now….it could just be me….but it sure as hell seems like corporate-whore media has joined with conservative and GOP wingnuts in "creating reality" for the last year and a half. An anti-Obama-and-the-Democrats narrative template has been placed overtop of ALL events since the beginning of last year.
Or maybe not. Like I said….it could just be me.
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The incoherence is in your writing, a complete and deliberate misrepresentation of the facts. So much so that it defies the imagination that you are not in an asylum somewhere.
For example, why is Gitmo still open, Barry the Liar, said it would be closed?
Where is the openness and transparency in Government, same place as your facts, non-existent.
Maybe I am…..blog posting from an asylum, that is.
P.S. Gitmo isn't closed because quivering conservative bunnies are, you know,….scared.
It's you, Reverand.
There's no way Ft. Hood was the first terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11 because a muslim radical attacked a U.S. Army recruiting station last spring, killing one soldier.
If we count the abortion doctor killer, which I think is probably an accurate assessment, that's three in the last six months. One every two months is bound to give Obama another record for presidential futility and/or corruption.
Don't forget the women crying on tv " I want my country back " as if Obama hijacked it . But these same people slept through a war with Iraq – they didnt mind the fact we were told they had WMDs but they didn't really – they slept through the Bush administration which opted out of the Geneva Conventions and used torture. They said nothing about the soldiers coming back in body bags they defend the war anyone who oposed was unpatriotic. They were not upset by the largest trade deficit, biggest national debt, fastest wage reductions, highest gas prices and a declining dollar. Until that is Obama took over. Then they were.
Look some Americans do not mind a black man playing sports and getting all banged up – They dont mind a black man as a sports commentator or even as a musician but a black man who is well dressed and smarter than they are is a threat it means the blacks can be just as good or better than them. They want their country back – What really means is they want the white man in charge and how the heck did this black person who maybe is from kenya get to run this country and move ahead of all us whites. ..Most likely these same people would be reacting the same way if a woman was in the white house – like Hillary . But they don't even realize what it is that upsets them so much – like a dog who goes into a new environment and isnt comfortable – something bothers them but they cant put their finger quite on it. But in their head they are thinking lets see the N*GG*RS birth certificate !
Love the post…it's a sad time in our nation right now. Some Republicans (not all) are so hell bent on Obama failing, they are actually CHEERING for him to fail. I repeat – some of these Republicans want America to fail – all so Obama isn't a "success" in the end.
Obama failing is America succeeding, Steve. You've got it upside down because you've been co-opt by The Machine.
Quid…..I thought I could depend on you to hit that beachball I teed up. Funny.
larry…Three? Helles Belles man….every homicide since January 20th has been a terrorist event and Obama is responsible for every freaking one of them. Duh.
Andrea….."But they don't even realize what it is that upsets them so much – like a dog who goes into a new environment and isnt comfortable – something bothers them but they cant put their finger quite on it. But in their head they are thinking lets see the N*GG*RS birth certificate !"
Good explanation of the incoherence part of the Bagger Movement. No central theme of protest….just a generic "something isn't quite right" complaint. Racism isn't as mainstream as it was pre-1965….so, "wanting him to fail", is a subtle inference, I think, meaning 'we don't particularly like the Negro.'
larry….Let's say Obama fails in Afghanistan and thousands more U.S. soldiers are slaughtered in the failure…..would that be America succeeding?
And seriously…when you talk of The Machine….what is it you are refering to, exactly?
If you are not conscious of it you are most likely completely co-opt by it, Reverend. So the easiest explanation for someone like you would be: "The Machine is what I think of as Reality."
Blog of Mass Delusion:
Yep Bush wanted to close Gitmo, and bringing terrorists into NYC is not dangerous, where do you get these ideas? You can not seriously believe that the act of transporting these "heroes" of islam back and forth across NYC will not attract freedom fighters to attempt to rescue them, or worse use their trial as a focal point, endangering the innocent citizens of NYC.
Andrea, read the book "The Connection" if you dare to learn the truth about Iraq and the war. But you wont, it would ruin your tired old rants.
Plus, your contention, that Barry the Liars problems are the color of his skin, wrong again, It is his lies, and lack of character that are reason he is disliked and it the policies and corruption of his "friends" and advisers, that lead the people that believe in american freedom, to wish he fails. This man campaigned on two words, (and continues to campaign instead of lead) HOPE and CHANGE, but no one in the media would report on what those words mean. But what they mean is that Barry the liar, wishes to FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE AMERICA, since America is a free mostly capitalist nation, to fundamentally change it, leads one to only one conclusion, that Barry the Liar, and his associates (by their own words) want to end the freedom capitalism brings to the individual, and substitute the tyranny of bigger more invasive government, necessary to centrally control and economy and redistribute wealth (to the ruling elite, just like the corrupt soviet system accomplished, and away from the free working class)
Medicare, Medicaid, interstate highways, post office, national defense, Social Security, national parks, police, firefighters, farm subsidies, food stamps, HeadStart……..shall I go on?
If all those items I listed are "mostly capitalistic"….then what in the hell would a socialist economy look like?
When you start with a bogus premise….much mischief ensues.
Police and Firefighters, dont like em, get you town to fire them, your premise that they are socialistic is asinine.
As for the others, they prove my point, liberal progressives have screwed with free market capitalism for 70 yrs those programs are the socialist foothold that is wrecking this nation and bankrupting its future. The progressive, protectionist policies of the 1930 led to the Great Depression, not the stock market crash of 1929, one year later, the stock market had recovered, but could or government and keep its hands off, nope, in the words of Rahm, dont let a good crisis go to waste, instead, our nation set of on a course that took years of misery and the loss of millions of lives to recover from, a course that the rest of the world, refused to take and avoid the economic wreck our nation became (the type of wreck, I see, in this nations future if we continue with this course)
How do you see us recovering, do you believe that government is the solution to the problems facing its citizens?
Yes, Rev, it's definitely you.
Bill Ayers is a domestic terrorist. Rev. Wright is a racist conspiracy theorist nutjob. Chicago politics is corrupt to the core. ACORN has broken a number of laws. Hillary DID get more primary votes than Obama. The Tea Party protests are against our out-of-control government spending and control. Bringing terrorists to New York for trial will create an unnecessary media circus, when all those terrorists were already scheduled to be tried by military commissions.
And so forth.
If they have thorazene at your asylum, it might help to calm you down.