Obama classic - with update
Nothing has changed.
Not long ago many of us - including me - were committed to watching Countdown. It was the only "news" show that seemed willing to take on Bush and the deceits surrounding Iraq. For years CNN and Fox had repeated the standard Admin. pablum. Then a few books started trickling out indicating that the Iraq war was based in lies. Lies that W and Cheney knew about and perpetuated. Before Katrina, (B.K.) Countdown was usually the only American outlet that routinely counterpointed the Bush narrative.
I remember being happy and somewhat stunned when Olbermann called out W as a liar. He railed against the suspension of Habeus Corpus. Torture and the debasing of American values were rightfully grave concerns on the Left.
Then a funny thing happened on the way to the Obama coronation. The Left got drunk and opted to leave their principles by the side of the road. Olbermann became a rabid high priest of the Obamanation. Though infuriating, at least they could argue that Obama seemed like an agent of change - provided they did not dig too deep. On the surface they had a case.
They made excuses about FISA - which had been - only a months before - a central issue to the Left. They dressed up Obama's reversal on public financing as an exercise in "democracy." So stunningly cocky it tased every thinking person into silence.
Then Obama won. Since he's shoved the Left aside on nearly every issue. The economic team is D.L.C. Wall Street holdovers. The foreign policy team is loaded with hawks. Iraq will "take time". Not exactly what Obama ran on. And of course, gay people need to "get over it."
With Obama's duplicitous, self serving statement on Sunday about Gitmo, (If you have not yet, please read Greenwald's piece at Salon.) the hypocrisy on the Left must now be near a breaking point. Between now and the 20th they will ignore this latest body blow. Their egos and the media propaganda machine will not allow anything else. But eventually many will come to and realize the emperor may be naked, but he's been handed the keys to the kingdom, the army, and the airwaves.
oops.
Obama will continue the suspension of Habeous Corpus. (I doubt Olbermann is ready to admit his recent idiocy and foam at the camera again.) Obama is moving toward allowing "evidence" obtained under torture to be used.
This type of stance reversal is quickly becoming "Obama Classic". That is: any issue in which a principled stance demands to be taken eventually gets lathered over by a direct appeal from the "mystical Obama persona" - in hopes that his minions will ratchet up their willing suspension of disbelief another notch. So far it has worked. This is a product of having opposition to the prize. There is no more opposition. I suspect that Obama's dullard personality will wear thin soon. His charms are nominal unless he has a warm up band and 50,000 nitwits in attendance. The delusional left can't hold out forever. They'll try, but will be unable. I expect a wag the dog event within 6 months to keep the Obama party going.
The other "Obama Classic" technique is simpler: chuck people overboard. Even by recent Nixon-Bush standards the Obama body count is breathtaking and he's not in office yet. Wright, Rezko, Blag, Richardson, Dean, Palmer, Edwards, Jesse Jackson Jr., Gays, his grandmother, Jim Johnson, Pflegher, Ayres, his church, Muslim women...
Think whatever you like about Gitmo. My beef here is the hypocrisy on the Left. My belief remains that the "left" willing participated in its own destruction by refusing to question Obama in 2008. Here's my guess: 2 years of "reaching across the aisle" followed by big GOP gains in 2010.
Finally: Yes, Virginia, I do believe in conspiracies. Some at any rate. Every day in every way it appears more and more like the entire Obama phenomenon was planned, executed and forced upon us. From the media adoration, to the caucus packing, to the date setting for the nomination, to...well...add your own...but somehow no one knew a thing about the recession until Hillary was disposed of...then in October the economic Hades boiled over...draw your own conclusions.
Obama is an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill. It is indeed change we can believe in if we choose to. We just have to ignore reality in the process.
Update: Indyyogini posted a comment that referred to ABC stating that BHO will sign a order that Gitmo is to be closed. Of course, we'll see. I suspect that the "order" is the point - and actually closing Gitmo will never quite occur.
It also confirms another suspicion I have: Obama knows this is a lethal topic and is attempting to shorten the news cycle on it. He knows he was treading on thin ice yesterday This is the kind of issue that goes to the core of his base's delusions. Obama must now backtrack on yesterday's backtrack and move on to another topic.
If Gitmo IS closed in short order I'll post a complimentary retraction of this post. Until then PEBO has earned our suspicion.
Not long ago many of us - including me - were committed to watching Countdown. It was the only "news" show that seemed willing to take on Bush and the deceits surrounding Iraq. For years CNN and Fox had repeated the standard Admin. pablum. Then a few books started trickling out indicating that the Iraq war was based in lies. Lies that W and Cheney knew about and perpetuated. Before Katrina, (B.K.) Countdown was usually the only American outlet that routinely counterpointed the Bush narrative.
I remember being happy and somewhat stunned when Olbermann called out W as a liar. He railed against the suspension of Habeus Corpus. Torture and the debasing of American values were rightfully grave concerns on the Left.
Then a funny thing happened on the way to the Obama coronation. The Left got drunk and opted to leave their principles by the side of the road. Olbermann became a rabid high priest of the Obamanation. Though infuriating, at least they could argue that Obama seemed like an agent of change - provided they did not dig too deep. On the surface they had a case.
They made excuses about FISA - which had been - only a months before - a central issue to the Left. They dressed up Obama's reversal on public financing as an exercise in "democracy." So stunningly cocky it tased every thinking person into silence.
Then Obama won. Since he's shoved the Left aside on nearly every issue. The economic team is D.L.C. Wall Street holdovers. The foreign policy team is loaded with hawks. Iraq will "take time". Not exactly what Obama ran on. And of course, gay people need to "get over it."
With Obama's duplicitous, self serving statement on Sunday about Gitmo, (If you have not yet, please read Greenwald's piece at Salon.) the hypocrisy on the Left must now be near a breaking point. Between now and the 20th they will ignore this latest body blow. Their egos and the media propaganda machine will not allow anything else. But eventually many will come to and realize the emperor may be naked, but he's been handed the keys to the kingdom, the army, and the airwaves.
oops.
Obama will continue the suspension of Habeous Corpus. (I doubt Olbermann is ready to admit his recent idiocy and foam at the camera again.) Obama is moving toward allowing "evidence" obtained under torture to be used.
This type of stance reversal is quickly becoming "Obama Classic". That is: any issue in which a principled stance demands to be taken eventually gets lathered over by a direct appeal from the "mystical Obama persona" - in hopes that his minions will ratchet up their willing suspension of disbelief another notch. So far it has worked. This is a product of having opposition to the prize. There is no more opposition. I suspect that Obama's dullard personality will wear thin soon. His charms are nominal unless he has a warm up band and 50,000 nitwits in attendance. The delusional left can't hold out forever. They'll try, but will be unable. I expect a wag the dog event within 6 months to keep the Obama party going.
The other "Obama Classic" technique is simpler: chuck people overboard. Even by recent Nixon-Bush standards the Obama body count is breathtaking and he's not in office yet. Wright, Rezko, Blag, Richardson, Dean, Palmer, Edwards, Jesse Jackson Jr., Gays, his grandmother, Jim Johnson, Pflegher, Ayres, his church, Muslim women...
Think whatever you like about Gitmo. My beef here is the hypocrisy on the Left. My belief remains that the "left" willing participated in its own destruction by refusing to question Obama in 2008. Here's my guess: 2 years of "reaching across the aisle" followed by big GOP gains in 2010.
Finally: Yes, Virginia, I do believe in conspiracies. Some at any rate. Every day in every way it appears more and more like the entire Obama phenomenon was planned, executed and forced upon us. From the media adoration, to the caucus packing, to the date setting for the nomination, to...well...add your own...but somehow no one knew a thing about the recession until Hillary was disposed of...then in October the economic Hades boiled over...draw your own conclusions.
Obama is an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill. It is indeed change we can believe in if we choose to. We just have to ignore reality in the process.
Update: Indyyogini posted a comment that referred to ABC stating that BHO will sign a order that Gitmo is to be closed. Of course, we'll see. I suspect that the "order" is the point - and actually closing Gitmo will never quite occur.
It also confirms another suspicion I have: Obama knows this is a lethal topic and is attempting to shorten the news cycle on it. He knows he was treading on thin ice yesterday This is the kind of issue that goes to the core of his base's delusions. Obama must now backtrack on yesterday's backtrack and move on to another topic.
If Gitmo IS closed in short order I'll post a complimentary retraction of this post. Until then PEBO has earned our suspicion.
Labels: Barack Obama, changey hopey, gitmo, Keith Olbermann
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Monday, January 12, 2009
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