Why Obama Will Lose Congress
A great video to kick off the final few months of Obama’s power… with the first half of his term a complete disaster, videos like will go a long way towards the Dems losing congress.
Hopefully, November means the end to the US shift to socialism… let’s hope he hasn’t done permanent damage to the USA and the world.
Time Magazine likened the theme to violence and Fawkes, and was forced to recant:
UPDATE: I notice quite a bit of electronic dust this post has stirred up on the interwebbing. A couple points: First, as I suggest in the post, the tale of Fawkes has been so thoroughly appropriated by so many that it is just not right to associate the latest appropriators with the intent of the original criminal in 1605. The RGA is not calling for a violent uprising here. It is tapping into well-established online anti-government memes. (Remember 1984.) The Wachowski brothers, who were themselves referencing a comic book adaptation of the Fawkes story, were not calling for violence when they made their movie. Ron Paul supporters were not calling for violence when they decided to raise $4 million in 2007. To suggest that this is what the RGA is doing now is, it seems to me, overly simplistic and inflammatory. Second, there has been some speculation in the comments that the RGA fed me the Fawkes reference. They did not. But the connection is not exactly a stretch for anyone who has closely followed Republican politics online (and yes, here I am counting Paul as a Republican). Aside from the Remember November refrain, the classical music, the near-apocalyptic crises messages, the suggestions of totalitarian intent, the imagery of Castro and marching soldiers, the sound of a ticking clock all points to a well established online narrative, where Fawkes thrives as a sort of folk hero for all ideologies. These sorts of videos are made to go viral. They are intended to be edgy, provocative. They are meant to tap into running passions, online story lines. This one is very successful at accomplishing its viral mission.
The $787 billion stimulus bill
10%+ unemployment rate that was promised to stay under 8% with the stimulus?
The government takeover of General Motors and Chrysler?
Obama’s global apology tour?
Allowing Iran to become nuclear while Israel is threatened with it’s very existence?
Bill Clinton accusing T.E.A. Party members and other concerned Americans as being equal to Timothy McVeigh?
The gangster-styled politics and back-room deals used by Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and Rahm Emmanuel to cram Obamacare down the throats of America?
The racist accusations used by Democrats and the Obama administration whenever they are questioned about their policies?
The Democrats and the Obama administration use of “Rules for Radicals” as a handbook to demonize groups such as the T.E.A. Party?
And best of all – Obama’s public responds, taunts and tantrums of any criticism.
Nixon would blush at what the Obama administration is doing.
April 25th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
If Obama loses Congress, it will be because groupthink has prevented him from figuring out what all the fuss is about.