Are all right wingers paranoid?
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| Wed, 10-22-2008 - 9:10am |
What do you make of the right-wing paranoia? Is it pervasive enough to take seriously? How do you make sense of conservatives concerns about how to take care of their families if Obama becomes president?
As it becomes more and more clear that Obama is likely to win the conservatives are becoming more desperate. They need avenues to vent and a Conspiracy Theory feels that void.
But the whole idea is so implausible. Yet, somehow they are able to rationalize it by believing the conspiracy is real and anyone who doesn’t see it is blind.
Help me out here, is they any way to diplomatically and realistic address this stuff? Are they any conservatives out there who agree that it’s bunk?
>>By Klaus Rohrich Tuesday, October 21, 2008
In October 1962 the film The Manchurian Candidate was released to rave reviews. Directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Frank Sinatra and Lawrence Harvey, the film was about a nefarious plot that involved brainwashing, an assassin with a post-hypnotic trigger and a conspiracy to deliver the US presidency into the hands of foreign enemies whose plan it was to destroy the country from within. Eventually cracks began to appear in the plot and in the end the evildoers met their just rewards.
Fast-forward 46 years into this year’s presidential contest between Barack Obama and John McCain. Out of nowhere Barack Obama appears on the scene full-blown and manages to snatch the democratic nomination from Hilary Clinton, despite his complete lack of experience in both domestic as well as foreign policy. In fact, Barack Obama’s experience is so thin that it isn’t even possible to ascertain exactly what he stands for, given that he voted ‘present’ on over 130 Senate bills.
Yet the mainstream media have embraced Obama as the Messiah, the Chosen One, the One Who Will Bring About Hope and Change. No matter that there is no voting record or even a clear history of Obama’s activities since graduation, save and except that he was a ‘community organizer’. Most candidates for political office including those running for dogcatcher of Gnarled Gulch, Montana face close scrutiny by the electorate and especially the media.
But it appears that no amount of subterfuge and skullduggery with which Barack Obama is associated, is enough to raise any questions about his suitability to hold the highest office in the land. Call me paranoid, but suppose there is a vast left-wing conspiracy to take over the United States, there wouldn’t be a better time to do it than now and it seems that there’s no better candidate to do it than Barack Obama. << cont’d


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As do I.
<<I think that the troubles that the Pakistani regime has right now are probably more likely the crisis we will see in the coming year.
Actually you said "Conservatives do tend to look at things more logically" which lead to my logical inference that you don't think the left thinks logically. After all if conservatives 'look at things MORE logically' you must think we are totally incapable of logical thinking based on the little bit of logic displayed by conservatives lately.
You also said, and I quote. "I said "conservatives" tend to use logic and facts when making decisions, rather than raw emotion - as is the case with many liberals, ESPECIALLY the extremist left wing variety." I guess you forgot about the totally looney ultra conservatives? The ones, like Pat Robertson, who say things like the US deserved 9/11?
"Regardless of whether or not Obama is "calm" - why INVITE a HUGE crisis that is comparable to the crisis this country had to face with another young president who was perceived as weak? Why do we want to ASK FOR A MAJOR CRISIS when it isn't necessary????"
Um because responding to things in a calm manner, such as Obama's, generally deescalates situations, where as 'shoot from the hip' 'hare trigger' approaches, like McCain's, generally escalate situations. I don't see Obama as INVITING a crisis, I DO see McCain's approach as inviting a crisis.
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/2007/10/05/qa-richard-rhodes.html
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With all due respect....Sometimes I wish you knew a little more about what you were talking about concerning specific issues before posting your opinion.
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I doubt that....I think we'll do just fine (in the sale of our energy at least). Do you remember this statement McCain made during the last debate?
"I believe we can for all intents and purposes eliminate our dependence on Middle Eastern oil and Venezuelan oil," McCain said. "Canadian oil is fine.
You are correct about Canada's economy being tied to the US economy at least...If your economy continues to stay in the crapper the way it is, we will definately suffer. However, the entire world's economy is interconnected these days
Regarding the quote from McCain:
"I believe we can for all intents and purposes eliminate our dependence on Middle Eastern oil and Venezuelan oil," McCain said. "Canadian oil is fine."
If you will recall he was asked "In your first 4 years". He was talking about what he could accomplish in the first four years. The goal is to eventually be energy independent. That would be 100%. He would be the president who would be most likely to accomplish this goal
And of course Obama is popular with other countries. He has proposed DOUBLING our foreign aid to other countries, and a 50 BILLION A YEAR payment to the U.N. Just like he is doing here at home, he is buying votes.
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