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Stumble This "...That is why you must join us and leave those who have brought you nothing but war, inflation, and discord...Let us make a new beginning today..."
And so the emissary of "change" -- "a new beginning" -- declared.
But, do you know who that emissary was?
Barack Obama? His wife about husband, Barack Obama? Hillary or Bill Clinton about Obama (or themselves)?
Could be, could very well have been said by any or all of those individuals in the last few days from the Democratic National Convention.
However, that statement that I've quoted was made in April 1925 by National Socialist, Julius Streicher, propaganda meister among meisters for the German National Socialist Party ("Nazis"), Julius Streicher, known in history since passed as "The Beast of Franconia."
Tomorrow, the world will be beset by the intrusive broadcasts of Barack Obama as he pronounces himself from the Mile High Stadium in Denver, CO, before "Roman columns" dressed in "the Obama insignia" -- that giant "zero" with a red-striped foreground (the propaganda-point of that insignia is that it is unique to "a" man and the party politic and affixes itself to all-that-is-said-to-be-national, just as with previous configurations fulfilling the same purpose in other lands) (a "new seal" for a "new country" -- hardly a happenstance message or afterthought statement by the Obama/Left politic of today, because the insignia is INSISTED upon the eye, it represents, for lack of a better word for it, "force" of sorts, as in, "a force to be followed" -- it represents, by how it is applied, by the use of the mark, an overtaking or replacement of the existing country with an individual personality supplanting country and the red-stripey centermost addition is the "pathway" or force to be followed [I add, whether one wants to or not, like going down a drain, and thus, the trouble implied by the statement made]).
The giant columns, the stadium, the "special insignia" (bars/lines), the Messianic posturing and goals of singular, saving-grace "one" with the leader, these were each and all used at Nuremburg many decades ago, and used in the very same methods, for the very same purpose - a few terms changed but the politics remain the very same, reoccuring as I write this, from the horrible past to the horrible present.
The results of that horrible past were, to put it mildly, despicable. Falling victim to the same hypnotic effects for the same reasons -- with a few changes of terms but formulated upon the same political goals, deploying the same atmospheric imagery -- is lunacy.
"...Still standing in Nuremberg are the two sites where most rallies took place, the Luitpold Arena and the Zeppelin Field. Both were constructed on a grandiose scale.The Zeppelin Field, built between 1934 and 1937, was modeled after the Pergamon Altar, a magnificent second century BC structure in what is now Turkey.
Rows of columns stood at each side of the limestone tribune from which Hitler delivered his orations. Dominating the scene was a huge gold-plated swastika. Thirty-six light towers flanked the field.
Hitler had more than 100 anti-aircraft spotlights installed around the flanks of the field, all pointing straight up. One of the most famous images of the rallies was created when Hitler switched on all the spotlights simultaneously, creating what some called "a cathedral of ice."
The swastika was blown up by American troops in 1945; the columns were destroyed in 1967.
What remains today are the stands on either side of the tribune, the tribune itself, and the light towers and stands on the sides of the field, which is now used for special events..."
Others have written:
CORONATION IN THE TEMPLE OF OBAMA
THE GREAT TEMPLE OF THE OBAMA NATION, THE "BARACKOPOLIS"...
HOTAIR blog-roundup, of sorts:
OBAMA'S TEMPLE FOR THE CULT OF PERSONALITY...
Unanimous response from us among the Right: McCain lept forward by bounds in the visit with Rick Warren at his Saddleback Church this past weekend. And, Obama -- who I certainly don't support politically but who I'd anticipated would do reasonably well or at least, well enough -- fell flat in his visit with Warren in the same venue, preceding McCain's visit.
Obama appeared downright unfriendly -- to the audience present and to the audience via the televised event. He was tense, his body language dismissive, turning away from the audience, facing Warren throughout the entire visit, nearly negating any impression of "availability" to the public: stiff, rigid in body while his speech was meandering and wandering on most responses to Warren's specific questions. But most offensive to me was Obama's continued redirection (or, perhaps, interpretation) of Warren's questions about a myriad of issues to a focus about himself, about "Barack." Listening to him go on about himself as he did to what extent he did, while providing a number of conflicted or obfuscated responses on issues, was not only uncomfortable to watch and hear, but also offensive.
McCain made a great impression, to the contrary of that made by Obama. He upped the enthusiasm immensely among the Right, he refreshed the hesitations about his candidacy for the Presidency to rally those hesitations to confidence, and interacted favorably with all present, Warren, the audience, us the viewers of the broadcast.
What I saw and heard from and about Obama was a somewhat unfocused, impatient but reasonably nice guy named Barack Obama whose mind is busy and occupied but whose character appears evasive and because of that, manipulative.
What I saw and heard from and about John McCain was a man ready to handle the conflicts and pressures of the United States Presidency with focus and wisdom, succinct and available, and most of all, protective of our nation.
I now feel far more confident in voting for McCain this Fall and let's hope he continues to surprise us with increased delights, as he displayed this past weekend from Saddleback Church.
Wizbang's Jay Tea has written a good post about the event -- the real question emerging after Saturday's Saddleback event is that Obama and campaign immediately began the blame-game about McCain and everyone else when it became clear that Obama did badly (the comments on Jay's post are a good read, too):
THE REAL QUESTION AFTER SADDLEBACK
National Review's Kathryn Jean Lopez discusses Obama's woeful denigration of Supreme Court Justice, Clarence Thomas - perhaps, "inexplicable" is more appropriate a description:
DOUBTING THOMAS
The biggest offense of the night, however, was Obama's deceitful response about his position on abortion (and about partial-birth abortiion, specificall), his ensuing denigrations about Republicans allegedly "lying about" him and his position (while his legislative history reveals Obama to be lying, not Republicans), and Obama's later admission when confronted about his own deceit, that he was, in fact, not being "truthful."
Obama has had the weekend - two days since - to revise his opinions, while, horribly, no child who loses their opportunity to live the life they would otherwise live has such an opportunity when they are instead mortally victimized by acts made possible by legislation that Obama has both supported and enabled.
From MIchelle Malkin (with links):
LIES, DAMN ABORTION LIES, AND OBAMA'S SMEAR OF PRO-LIFERS, and,
IS OBAMA...PULLING ABORTION STATS OUT OF HIS WAZOO?
All told, I now feel much more confident in my intended vote this Fall for John McCain. And I hope that McCain selects Mitt Romney for the Vice Presidential position.
"DNC Chair Howard Dean Calls GOP the 'White' Party"
And speaking of "isms," isn't that a high dose of "sexism" and "mysoginism" in Dean's remarks, too? Yeeearrrggghhh. I wonder if Dr. Dean's written prescription orders are as "misspoken" as are his ongoing speaches.
