Race, Redistribution, and the Bully Pulpit

Posted by dingobat on September 19th, 2008 filed in Election, Obama, Politics, Taxes

Obama is getting plenty of practice from the bully pulpit. He’s not arguing for freedom or democracy, however. Instead, Obama’s campaign threatens heckling cries of “Unpatriotic!” if you don’t give more money to the government and “Racist!” if you vote for John McCain. With swarms of MSM helping Obama spread his word, it’s easy to feel like fodder amongst thousands of ants.

ACORN makes Code Pink look like tea-time

What many voters don’t fully understand because MSM doggedly glosses over is that Obama has basically grown up in an ant farm that acts in relentless concert to propel radical goals. ACORN, an activist group acting under the non-partisan guise of voter registration, has schooled Obama in radical anti-capitalism, re-distributionist philosophy and militant political tactics. See Stern or Malanga to understand how ACORN operates.

ACORN uses intimidation to terrorize its targets. From Kurtz’s article on ACORN*:

“Acorn protesters have disrupted Federal Reserve hearings, but mostly deploy their aggressive tactics locally. Chicago is home to one of its strongest chapters, and Acorn has burst into a closed city council meeting there. Acorn protesters in Baltimore disrupted a bankers’ dinner and sent four busloads of profanity-screaming protesters against the mayor’s home, terrifying his wife and kids. Even a Baltimore city council member who generally supports Acorn said their intimidation tactics had crossed the line.”

Stern notes ACORN’s pride in its bullying tactics, as ACORN leaders

“point out that intimidation works. They proudly reel off the increased memberships that follow in the wake of high-profile disruptions, and clearly imply that the same public officials who object most vociferously to intimidation are the ones most likely to cave as a result.”

Mr. Obama goes to school

Two accomplishments that Obama most often cites from community service days are cleaning up asbestos at an apartment complex and starting a voter registration initiative. It was inevitable that Obama would develop a relationship with ACORN. Between ACORN and the Chicago political modus operandi, Obama’s formative years embraced intimidation tactics and political machination.

A rundown:

  • Madeline Talbot, leader at Chicago ACORN, enlists Obama (between college & law school) to train her staff.
  • ACORN requests Obama as legal representation in “motor voter” case.
  • Obama (post law school) in partnership with ACORN organizes “Project Vote.”
  • Obama enlists ACORN volunteers for State Senate, (failed) Congress, US Senate campaigns.
  • Obama hires Daley-team to run State Senate election, kicks other 4 contenders (including incumbent) off the ballot, and wins by running unopposed (How did Obama’s legal team invalidate thousands of signatures? See article & video for more).
  • Obama directs millions in grants to ACORN.

Presidential race - an ACORN practicum

Despite flowery rhetoric over past months, clearly Obama is succumbing to his own charges against McCain; these days, “more of the same” intimidation, “more of the same” blackmail, “more of the same” political mudslinging the core of Obama’s message. His rearing at ACORN has taught Obama well.

Obama has repeatedly waged phone-jamming campaigns to stop discussions about his relationship with Weatherman terrorist Bill Ayers and ACORN. Most recently, his “Obama Action Wire” has rallied thousands of phone-jammers against writers David Freddoso & Stanley Kurtz’s appearances on WGN radio. These are ACORN tactics at their most typical. Perhaps more interesting is that Obama introduced legislation against phone-jamming tactics a couple years ago. Obama waging political warfare is like drawing up the Geneva Conventions, then flouting them at the first opportunity.

Biden hasn’t managed to get much press amongst the political contenders, but this week his threat to Americans was steeped in ACORN-based philosophy. That Americans should subscribe to mass re-distribution of wealth is patently UNpatriotic. The American Dream is chucked to the wayside as ACORN anti-capitalism and mass welfare abound in the Obama presidential platform. Biden hopes that intimidating Americans with patriotism will fill government coffers to distribute as Obama sees fit.

Now, Obama has his political soldiers and MSM liberals blackmailing voters by crying racism & threatening riots if Obama doesn’t win. A vote for Republicans is a racist vote - and America will be asking for trouble if McCain wins in November.

This obviously begs the question, was it racist of Democrats to deny Jesse Jackson (arguably, a real community organizer) the nomination on multiple occasions? Were liberals racist when they excoriated Clarence Thomas? What about the liberal racism that undermined Michael Steele’s bid for Maryland governor? Please.

It is absolutely dishonest to cry racism when the philosophical & experiential differences between Obama & McCain are so obvious. The total lack of integrity when threatening race riots in an effort to extort Democratic votes certainly gives a more nuanced, sinister interpretation to this “empty suit.”

Obama’s history up to now could be characterized as that of a “Unifier,” as long as we remember that, in his world, there really has been only one agenda. Obama successfully worked his way into Chicago political ranks, not as an agent of change, but as a minion of Mayor Daley. During his time in the US Senate, Obama has maintained a one party mentality (that he cites a widely-accepted, politically insignificant nuclear non-proliferation treaty as reaching across party lines is laughable), rarely straying from the liberal position.

The most powerful son of ACORN has done them proud. Obama is taking his honed bullying & blackmail tactics to the ultimate national stage. ACORN is planting their teams in cities across the US to intimidate voters. Voters better watch out - lipstick on a pig may not be pretty, but lipstick on an “empty suit” is uglier still.

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