Obama Supporters, What If It’s All True?

Now that the Ashley Todd story has been disproved, Obama supporters seem to be celebrating anew, curiously rationalizing not only that, since this story about a mythical Obama supporter is false, all stories about Obama must be similarly false, and that if any blame is to be assigned, it’s to John McCain.  On some planet, in some universe far, far away, that might make sense, but where I sit, it’s pretty ridiculous, so I’ll leave that alone.

Instead, I’ll ask the question that has intrigued me for a long time, but doesn’t seem to bother people who follow Barack Obama at all.  What if all, or any, of the allegations that have been made against the Senator turn out to be true?  It’s possible, none of them have actually been factually proven to be wrong, rather, the available facts have been spun to Obama’s advantage.  This, in itself, is curious.

It seems that nowadays “rumor” and “conspiracy theory” are negative characterizations about anything potentially affecting Barack Obama.  Yet, the truth is, all conspiracy theories are based on rumor until they’re proven.  Watergate was a rumor, Monica Lewinski was a rumor, John Edwards’ affair was a rumor.  Once the facts were revealed, a conspiracy to cover-up the truth became obvious.  That’s where the word “cover-up” came from.

But, all rumors about Barack Obama are “evil lies” designed to derail the noble aspirations of a near-saintly, yet, simultaneously, traditionally oppressed, black man.  What the fuck?  We know for a fact that he is a liar.  Every step of the Rev. Wright way, Obama lied.  He never told any more truth than he needed to to get away with his lie, in fact, he even gave a forty-five minute national speech designed to make every American citizen complicit in his lies; but those devoted to him still see no problem.  And that wasn’t the end of his lying.  It wasn’t until Rev. Wright told one unforgivably inconvenient truth about him that Obama stopped lying and admitted that Rev. Wright didn’t mean that much to him, after all.  Because you see, the biggest lie, and the one Rev. Wright objected to, was that Jeremiah Wright was ever really important to Obama.

“He’s a politician.”

That was Jeremiah Wright’s sin; telling the world that Obama was not “more than a politician” to him.  Did Wright ever refer to Obama as a “devout Christian” or a “cherished member” of his “flock”?  Why did he make such a big deal about classifying him by his job description and not by his status in Wright’s church?  On March 27, 2008, Huffington Post did post a March 11, 2007, letter from Wright to the New York Times claiming that he had indeed said those things about Obama in an interview,  but the NYT writer chose not to use those quotes.  You would think that by that time, Wright’s support of Obama would be so well established, HuffPo wouldn’t need to post a year-old letter to illustrate it.

“Ya better watch him.”

Every black person who has spent any time in a black church has heard a black preacher utter those words as a warning against everything from Mr. High Cholesterol Foods, to Mr. Street-Slick Hustler, to the Devil himself.  “He’s gon’ getcha, if ya don’t wach out.  Watch ‘im.”  That’s what Rev. Wright’s comments to the National Press Club sounded like to me:

Politicians say what they say and do what they do based on electability, based on sound bites, based on polls, Huffington, whoever’s doing the polls.  Preachers say what they say because they’re pastors.  They have a different person to whom they’re accountable.

As I said, whether he gets elected or not, I’m still going to have to be answerable to God November 5th and January 21st.  That’s what I mean.  I do what pastors do.  He does what politicians do.

“Watch ‘im.”

But this isn’t about Jeremiah Wright, or about the persistent “Muslim” rumors, this is about Barack Obama being a liar.  Who cares if he is a Muslim, but why would he lie about it?  There’s no record of his being baptized, since leaving his church in return for Hillary Clinton’s Michigan votes he hasn’t joined another, there’s enough evidence of his being enrolled in Indonesian schools as “Muslim,” he’s the one who said the Muslim call to prayer was “one of the prettiest sounds on Earth,” and his Freudian, “my Muslim faith” slip is enough to give one pause.  Given that he is a liar, why is the media so reluctant to investigate any of this fully?  On Oct. 20, Newsmax reported that their investigation indicates the “smears” Camp O is so dedicated to fighting, are largely based on fact.  Of course, the Obots will dismiss such an article out of hand since it’s Newsmax, and unflattering.  However, if you’re convinced there’s nothing to the “smears” why object to having them fully, instead of superficially, investigated, and thus, exposed as the lies you believe them to be?

What accounts for the media’s reluctance to investigate Obama fairly?  Journalist Michael S. Malone admits to being “ashamed” to even call himself a journalist anymore due to the one-sided, biased coverage of this year’s election:

The traditional media is playing a very, very dangerous game.  With its readers, with the Constitution, and with its own fate.

The sheer bias in the print and television coverage of this election campaign is not just bewildering, but appalling.  And over the last few months I’ve found myself slowly moving from shaking my head at the obvious one-sided reporting, to actually shouting at the screen of my television and my laptop computer.

But worst of all, for the last couple weeks, I’ve begun — for the first time in my adult life — to be embarrassed to admit what I do for a living.  A few days ago, when asked by a new acquaintance what I did for a living, I replied that I was “a writer”, because I couldn’t bring myself to admit to a stranger that I’m a journalist.

Many people will attribute everything to race.  Some will chalk it up to the partisanship of the “liberal media.”  I think the Obama campaign’s successful “Messiah-zation” of the candidate is the more likely reason.

A Light Will Shine Down

A website called Obamamessiah chronicles the many times early in the primaries that Obama used a variation of the “light will shine down” “joke” in his stump speech.  Every time he made the statement, it was reported, sometimes mockingly, sometimes admiringly, but always reinforcing the “Messiah” narrative.  On January 9, 2008, The Washington Post ran this quote:

“I am going to try to be so persuasive, so that those of you who are still wavering…will suddenly come to the conclusion — a light beam will shine through — will light you up — and you will experience an epiphany — I have to vote for Barack!”

“A light will shine”…”epiphany?”  Can anyone argue that this was not deliberately messianic?  “If you believe,” “this is the moment,” “yes we can,” “hope,” deliberately oft-repeated in sermons disguised as speeches, these phrases plant specific seeds in the minds of those receptive to serving as vessels.  They’re even more scary if the candidate really believes them, himself.  At a fundraiser in May, 2007, MensVogue reported this quote:

When Morgan Freeman comes over to greet Obama, the senator begins bowing down both hands in worship. “This guy was president before I was,” says Obama, referring to Freeman’s turn in Deep Impact and, clearly, getting a little ahead of his own bio. Next, a nod to Bruce Almighty: “This guy was God before I was.” (Okay, more than a little ahead.)

Once the “messiah” seed takes root, criticism becomes unacceptable.  “Don’t Swiftboat me,” becomes “Don’t Swiftboat Jesus.”  While some dismiss such observations as over-reactions to what they consider to be obvious jokes, the reality is a little more complex.

“Many a true word spoken in a joke.”

My mother liked to speak in homespun, old school idioms like that.  Though she was very young when I was born, she embraced the traditions passed down from generation-to-generation of African American women known as “mother wit,” kind of a cross between common sense and women’s intuition.  Another favorite saying of hers was, “Child, don’t be no fool.”  When acolytes are commonly described as “KoolAid drinkers,” the messianic, cult-like status of the one being served is no longer in question.  Believers were so convinced of Jim Jones’ godliness, they followed him to a foreign country to their deaths.  No amount of pleading admonitions by fearful loved ones deterred these true believers, true faith trumps common sense.

In the case of Barack Obama, his god-like, rock star (same thing) status has insulated him from scrutiny.  That is the purpose.  Dubious associations, legitimate criticisms, in-your-face flaws and weaknesses are not only forgiven, but defended, due to the flat out refusal of the faithful worshippers to entertain such heresy against their god.  “There are none so blind as those who will not see,” is a particularly apt description of Obama followers; it’s not really Biblical, either.

Therefore, when it comes to Tony Rezko and Obama’s proven lies about their “boneheaded” realtionship, and  William Ayers, and Obama’s obvious lies about their relationship, Obots don’t see.  Videos like this one, might as well not exist:

When it comes to the fact that Obama refuses to show his true birth certificate, even to a judge, preferring to offer the less official Certification of Live Birth, which contains much less information and may be forged, devout Obamabots question the legitimacy of those making the request.  Why?  Why not show the original document, easily obtainable from the State of Hawaii Bureau of Vital Statistics, and be done with it?  If he is indeed the son of Frank Marshall Davis, why not say so.  What difference does it make if Andy Martin is a kook?  And how does attacking a website like African Press International’s claims of a phone call from Michelle Obama alluding to her husband’s adoptive status mitigate against the truth?  Even if it’s a hoax, that doesn’t answer the basic citizenship questions at the heart of all the allegations.

The bottom line is, if Barack Obama is elected November 4, he will not get a record contract, he will become President of the United States.  Any of the allegations against, and questions surrounding, Senator Obama would be enough to get him kicked off American Idol; should our standards for the highest office in the land be less?  This is not a reality show, this is reality.  If any or all of the “smears” turn out to be facts, how will those who blindly vote for him justify their devotion?  Maybe before we cast our votes in “solidarity” to “the brother,” or in “hope” for a “better future,” maybe we should honestly assess who Barack Obama is today, and was yesterday.  Because if any of the “smears” are true, what happens after he is elected will be on your heads.

Don’t blame me, I voted for Hillary.

She Made It Up

The mythical “black assailant” strikes again, it seems.  Ashley Todd, who told police she was attacked by a big black Obama-loving guy who became enraged by a McCain sticker, made the whole thing up.  So says WTAE-TV, The Pittsburgh Channel, on their website:

Pittsburgh police said a 20-year-old woman who originally said she was robbed and assaulted at knifepoint in Bloomfield because of her political views made the story up. Ashley Todd — who has a backward letter “B” scratched into her right cheek — confessed to faking the story and will be charged with filing a false report, Assistant Police Chief Maurita Bryant said at a news conference Friday. Todd, of College Station, Texas, admitted there was no robbery or attacker and said she had prior mental health problems, according to Bryant. It’s not yet clear whether Todd’s face was mutilated by her, or if she had somebody else do it, because a police report states that she told them she can’t remember. Todd said she was driving around in her car, looked in her rear-view mirror, saw a “B,” and the first thing she thought of was Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama, according to a police report obtained by WTAE Channel 4 Action News.

Todd may be nuts, but she’s not the first to blame stuff on  a scary “black man.”  Remember Susan Smith, the woman who killed her kids because she wanted to date, then went looking for “pen pals” in prison?”

The 31-year-old inmate wants to hear from those willing to forgive her for pushing a car containing sleeping children into a lake, placing blame on an imaginary black man and crying for the American public to help search for the victims.

Then there was the guy in Boston, Charles Stuart, who killed his pregnant wife and blamed it on a “black man” and damned near started a riot:

Perhaps the most famous case of a conjured attack story is Charles Stuart, who inflamed racial tensions in Boston, when he killed his pregnant wife, Carol, on Oct. 24, 1989, but blamed it on a black man who jumped into their car as they left a childbirth class at a hospital. Mr. Stuart, 29, who claimed he was seriously wounded from the attack, drove her to a hospital. The infant son, delivered eight weeks premature by Caesarean section and named Christopher, died about two weeks later.

In the intensive manhunt that followed, the police arrested William Bennett, a black man with a criminal record. The arrest, the release of his name in the news media and the resulting hubbub resulted in the commission of a 300-page report.

When Mr. Stuart himself became the lead suspect in the killing, he ultimately committed suicide. His brother, Matthew Stuart, was charged with aiding in the murder but ultimately pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of insurance fraud.

Michelle Malkin, among others, was suspicious of the Ashley Todd story from the start.  I, on the other hand, will always give the victims the benefit of the doubt, even when, as in this case, they clearly don’t deserve it.  That being said, I cannot condone or abide inflaming racial tensions by placing blame on stereotypical characterizations black male savages straight out of Birth of a Nation.  That our society encourages these stereotypes through it’s popular culture, consciously or not, is a huge part of the problem.  And while Barack Obama, his supporters and black people in general have been vindicated in this instance, any entity that condones or exploits racial disharmony for it’s own advantage, black or white, must be held accountable.  Personally, for me, the Obama campaign’s tactics in this regard have always been worrisome, and a big part of the reason I do not support him.  However, in this case, he is owed an apology.

To Senator Obama and his supporters, I apologize.

To Ashley Todd, get help.

Ol’ Lovable Joe

Joe Biden is “likable” like that uncle every family has who only shows up once every couple of years or so, out of the blue, with a bottle of Scotch, so they let him in, and everybody seems to like him well enough, even though nobody really knows him very well, except whichever parent he’s related to, and they don’t talk about him much.  He’s easy to make fun of because he talks too much, really loudly, and he always says something he shouldn’t have because your parents didn’t want the kids to know.

That’s Joe Biden.

Think about that, and watch this ad.

Obama’s “Talk” Embraces Silverman’s “Schlep” Via HuffPo

About a month ago “comedienne,” Sarah Silverman made this You Tube video encouraging young Jewish voters to “schlep” to Florida and annoy their grandparents into voting for Barack Obama.

There’s even a “Great Schlep” webpage paid for by  the “Jewish Council for Education and Research, www.jcer.info, not authorized by any candidate or candidates committee.”

The Great Schlep aims to have Jewish grandchildren visit their grandparents in Florida, educate them about Obama, and therefore swing the crucial Florida vote in his favor. Don’t have grandparents in Florida? Not Jewish? No problem! You can still become a schlepper and make change happen in 2008, simply by talking to your relatives about Obama.

Stereotypical?  Naaaah.  All elderly Jews live in Florida, right?  And everybody else in the state has probably already voted for him, huh?  Besides, as Silverman says, black people and Jews have sooooo much in common, like Cadillacs and the use of the word “yo.”  And, hey, who knows more about guilt?  Both blacks and Jews have been guilt-tripping white people for decades, everybody knows that.  Anyway, they’ve got that neat little disclaimer saying you don’t have to actually be Jewish, you can just…pretend, by being…annoying and guilt inducing?  For a day.  Kinda like Democrat For A Day.

On October 17th, Rep. Jan Schakowsky wrote a “hey, what a great idea!” piece for the Huffington Post, ripping Silverman off, and adapting her idea for all ethnicities of annoying young Obama supporters.  Like it was something new.  Entitled, “Even If You Can’t Schlep, Talk To Your Grandparents About Obama,” this was a combination of Silverman’s “Great Schlep” and Obama’s “The Talk,” another already-in-place mini-campaign with it’s own webpage on BarackObama.com.

Then, on the 22nd, if that wasn’t bad enough, some guy named Christopher Haas decided that the idea needed more reinforcement and started a second “Annoy Your Grandparents Whether You Have To Schlep Or Not, HuffPo Says So” webpage on the Obama site.  Claiming that “you are Barack’s most effective advocate,” Haas quotes Schakowsky:

The one thing most grandparents have in common is that they have the most wonderful grandchildren in the world – so clever, so handsome, so pretty, ever so precious. Even if you are still unsure of your path in life, and even if your parents and friends occasionally wonder about you, your grandma and grandpa love you and have faith in you.

That is your weapon! “Precious” needs to get on the phone and say, “Grandpa, Grandma, I am asking you to vote for Barack Obama. This is really important to me. It’s about my future. It’s about the world I will be living in. It’s about the world I want for my future children. (They will love that one!) Please! Do it for me!”

…The really great part of this strategy is that everything you could possibly say to your grandparents about how important Barack’s election is for you is one hundred percent true.

“That’s your weapon?!”  Isn’t that sweet?  For those of you who don’t think so, either, take heart.  I already wrote a “how to survive a visit from your Obot grandkids” piece a few days ago, to provide you with enough ammunition to deflect their most determined efforts and keep your relationship intact.  Remember, you love them, and you did stupid things at their age, too.  Maybe you could even show them your old fishnet, or window pane stockings, platform shoes, wineskins,  and bong, if you’ve still got ‘em, to prove it.  A picture of their grandfather in Bob Newhart-style flowered pants and a checkered plaid jacket with a big, fat tie might work, too.  Or just show them a clip from Match Game or Soul Train and tell them you used to dress like that.  Even if they don’t make the “stupid” connection, you’ll take their mind off that Obama bullspit.  If all else fails, pull out your high school yearbook; works every time.  It may be painful to re-live those “when I was skinny” moments, but remember, no price is too great to pay for relief from Obamanosis.

If it gets too oppressive, just think about Obama visiting his own grandmother for “perhaps the last time,” according to AP-Yahoo News, and take heart that at least your grandkids’ll probably never pimp you out like that.

Barack Obama left the campaign trail Thursday to visit his ailing grandmother, perhaps for the last time.

Although it’s a crucial period in the presidential race, the Democratic candidate said he is making time for the visit because he doesn’t want to risk his grandmother dying before he has a chance to say goodbye — something that happened when his mother succumbed to cancer.

And even if they do, strangers, who couldn’t possibly know your phone number or e-mail address, will write and call:

At a rally Thursday in Indianapolis, a minister asked the crowd to pray for Dunham as a “source of comfort, healing and courage.” And in an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Obama said his grandmother “has been inundated with phone calls and e-mails and flowers from total strangers.”

See, when it comes to Obama, there’s always “hope.”  And, on the bright side, since you’re not voting for him, you’re probably a bitter old deadend witch, so if the grandkids get too obnoxious, you can always wiggle your nose and “change” ‘em into something.

Granny’s gotta do what Granny’s gotta do.

*Note: My apologies, in advance, to any and all who might be offended by my ethnic chacterizations.  If it is not clear, please be assured I am mocking the insensitivity of those who exploit stereotypes, not the people being so demeaned.