Abu Omar writes in the comments to point out a fascinating piece by Brendan O’Neill in the American Conservative on Obama and the euphoria that surrounds him in some quarters. He begins:
Obama-mania is getting out of hand. Full-grown and well-educated men—from swooning Andrew Sullivan to the entire staff of GQ magazine—are developing “man crushes” on Barack Obama, going weak in the knees for his immaculately pressed suits, oratorical skills, and shameless hope-mongering.
“I’ve never wanted anyone more than I want you,” warbles Obama Girl in a song called “I Got a Crush on Obama,” which has been viewed over 6 million times on YouTube. Celebs are queuing up to fall at his feet. “My heart belongs to Barack,” says Scarlett Johansson. There’s a palpable whiff of semi-religious hysteria at Obama rallies. As Joel Stein wrote in the Los Angeles Times, “Obamaphilia has gotten creepy,” and its “fanatical” adherents are starting to embarrass themselves.
Actually, it’s worse than that: they are deluding themselves. Many Democrats have become so goggle-eyed, so insanely convinced that Obama is the savior of American politics (potentially rescuing both the Democratic Party from political ruin and America herself from the decadence and violence of the Bush era), that they are beginning to suffer political hallucinations. They fantasize that he is pure and righteous, a miracle-worker who, in a pique of rage, will overturn the conventions of neocon-ruled America.
Obama, according to O’Neill, is simply a “wide-eyed, zealous interventionist”.
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Another thing that I notice the liberal media has let Obama get away with is his association with a member of the leftist terrorist group Weather Underground:
http://www.freerepublic.com/fo.....5758/posts
Ron Paul was attacked relentless by the liberal New Republic and other pro-Democrat outlets because some some obscure white supremacist character donated $500 to his campaign, yet Obama gets a free pass for willingly associating with radical, and in some cases violent, leftist figures.
The murderous Columbian Marxist terrorist group FARC is routing for Obama:
http://www.freerepublic.com/fo.....0316/posts
Muslim Matters have naively endorsed Obama despite his murderous Police Teh World agenda.
Well, though a strong critic of Obama, I am following antiwar conservatives Justin Raimondo, Jeffery Hart, and Dan McCarthy in supporting Barack for president. You can count me, albeit hesitantly, among the Obamacons.
The best thing about Obama is that he’s not Hilary and he’s not McCain. There’s really no choice but to support him now that Ron Paul is out of the race.
Say it ain’t so Amir, you are supporting a socialist!
The last American who tried to ‘Make the World Safe for [insert issue here]‘ was Monsieur Woodrow Wilson, and look at how splendidly that turned out.
Here is some relevant biographical information form the political career of Murray Rothbard:
Ugh!
Weather Underground? Please, pedal that rubbish somewhere else! It was a “contact” with one person, and by the way the Weather Underground died in the 1980’s. Many Black Panthers and other 60’s/70’s left radicals mellowed out and became useful community organizers and concerned citizens. Even in the hey-day of the organization most members where not in to physical violence of any sort.
Barack is just another Chicago Pol, part and parcel of the DLC (corporatist) wing of the Democratic party. In Australia he would be a part of the Conservative opposition.
James, you misunderstood the point I was making. That Obama met with a former Weather Underground figure is of little concern to me and I’m sure the interaction was innocent. What I was trying to draw attention to was that Obama is given a free pass for this, while Ron Paul was trashed by the liberal media because of a photograph of him with white racist leader Don Black. I feel it important to note this double standard.
‘Barack is just another Chicago Pol, part and parcel of the DLC (corporatist) wing of the Democratic party’. – James
Hmm, I seem to recall that a whole World War was fought over the issue of Corporatism, but was known by another, less loaded term.
What smear do we usually use when we are confronted with any White Racialist/Separatist/Supremacist? That’s right, Nazi! Now, what obscure, neutral word do we use to describe the marriage of State power and big business? Corporatism.
Interesting how this would just slide in relation to Obama, but Ron Paul would have a chorus of baying riffraff climbing over each in their eagerness to condemn.
Statists!
Its also rather funny that there would be a corporatist wing of a leftist party, but then, its always been more government, by hook or by crook, eh?
Obama is a Corporate Democrat like the rest of them, he panders to AIPAC and his policies are nothing but a “softer” version of Neoconservatism.
I am currently supporting Ralph Nader, who is the only candidate (since we know Ron Paul will not get the nomination) with anything worth listening to.
Another of my favorite paleo-conservative historians and writers, Andrew J. Bacevich has come out in support of Barack Obama.
Also, David Henderson has written a great article showing that the much villainized Rev. Jeremiah Wright (Obama’s pastor) was more or less right on the mark with his comments about American foreign policy.
Barack Hussain Obama’s selling out of his white grandmother as a racist was a bit rough though.
More on the rise of the Obamacons:
http://www.nysun.com/news/nati.....?page_no=1
http://www.slate.com/blogs/blo.....obama.aspx
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