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“And it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.”    

~ Barack Obama

“Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of a spiritless situation. It is the opium of the people. The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is required for their real happiness. The demand to give up the illusion about its condition is the demand to give up a condition which needs illusions.”    

~ Karl Marx

When I saw the symbolism that was being used in the Obama campaign it send a shudder through me. There have been many radical men lifted to prominence using these techniques, and I wondered if we were looking at another one.

Obama claims to be leading a movement of hope and change, but after all these months we still really don’t know what that means. The fawning over him by big media, latte liberals and young students have framed his campaign in terms of messianic inevitibility.

However, Obama “the mortal” has done very little to warrant this blind faith and adoration. Followers seem to be caught up in a cult of personality, enamored with Obama “the symbol”. His mixed DNA, his rather exotic background, and his ability to give a good speech make him “on paper” an ideal person to prop up in the White House to prove to the world that America really is about inclusion of cultural and religious differences. I understand why folks would pin their dreams for a better and more loving world on someone like this.

Sadly, Obama “the mortal” has red flags all around him. He has continually left us scratching our heads as, one by one, his long time associations are revealed to us. Political fundraiser and close associate for fifteen years, Syrian-born Antoin Rezko, is currently on trial in Chicago accused of political fixing and draining Illinois state coffers for his own gain. At the trial it was revealed that some of these funds found their way into the campaign coffers of local politicians, including Barack Obama. Obama was purportedly the recipient of nearly a quarter of a million dollars through contact with Rezko, including ill-gotten gains which were donated to his various senate and presidential campaigns.

Obama trumpets transparency, and yet, as was pointed out today by the Clinton campaign, has not released tax returns for 1997, 1998 and 1999, even though he was a state senator during those years. In addition, Obama either destroyed or did not keep personal schedules of his days in the Illinois senate, a period of time when Sen. Obama was accepting contributions from special interest lobbyists, PACs and even directly from corporations.

“When it comes to transparency, the only thing transparent about Senator Obama is his claim to be transparent.” ~ Clinton Campaign

Obama attempts to paint himself a man of the people, above all the partisan machinations that have played out in every election since the beginning of time. And yet, he uses surrogates to defile and defame, and attempt to humiliate his opponent at every turn. Many of Obama’s critics have received hate mail and death threats, especially those that are African American and believe that Clinton would be a better president.

That Obama might be an elitist is really the least of my fears. I worry that he is actually dangerous.  Intense pressure has been applied to party members to support him. Critics have been  silenced and swayed by the threat of losing their senate and congressional seats. There has an avalanche of vile comments attacking Clinton supporters on websites, including the public outing of their personal information such as addresses, phone numbers, and employers. There have also been coordinated attempts at intimidation, organized chaos, disinformation, and flagrant violation of DNC rules at caucus sites by Obama supporters as well.

Then there was the obviously organized jeering and disruption by SEIU union workers during Clinton speeches this week in Pennsylvania. 

His campaign obsessively calls media outlets demanding the scrubbing of unfavorable news items and headlines and the media inexplicably obliges. Big Media is also seemingly complicit in the spinning and suppression of polls,  along with willful denigration of both Clintons.

All this makes one wonder who the hell this man is, who’s interests he represents, and what change really means.

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