Are all right wingers paranoid?

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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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iVillage Member
Registered: 09-12-2008
Mon, 10-27-2008 - 1:48pm

"They rely upon "Stacking the Deck" propaganda. Look that up. It is a technique that is used where they only supply you with the facts that they want you to know, and leave out all facts that would give you a balanced view of a situation. Most of the "info" in your post is propaganda of this variety."

My statements are based on information reported. Here is an example:

www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/09/26/politics/main575356.shtml

Just because I don't go into lengthy details doesn't make my statements less true. I was just trying to point out the fact that republican choices they make are not based in logic as you indicated.

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-12-2008
Mon, 10-27-2008 - 3:17pm

I'm not denying he said this. However, There is another side to this story as follows;

In the book: "Missiles in Cuba: Kennedy, Khrushchev, Castro and the 1962 Crisis", By Mark J White, an Historian,

"Debunks the myth that Khrushchev thought badly of JFK after the 1961 Vienna summit and therefore he, Khrushchev, was more willing to take risks in Cuba afterwards. White notes that Sergei, Khrushchev's son, has written that after Vienna his father saw Kennedy as a "worthy partner and a strong statesman"

One thing is for sure, Because of you, I am getting quiet a refresher course. Thanks

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-20-2008
Mon, 10-27-2008 - 5:53pm
Well, since Khrushchev died in 1971 I guess we don't have to worry about what Khrushchev thinks about Obama's strength or willingness to use nuclear weapons. Kind of silly to base your whole argument on what a dead man was willing to do over 40 years ago. Interestingly the UN supports Obama. What do you think that say? World leaders are hoping to bring reason back to our relations with other countries.
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Registered: 08-29-2008
Mon, 10-27-2008 - 6:18pm

The world is a much more dangerous place today than it was over 40 years ago when Kennedy had to face a NUCLEAR crisis. It would be wise to listen to people like Joe Biden who have EXPERIENCE in foreign affairs. A crisis like this is avoidable.

And...Obama has promised to send the U.N. 840 BILLION DOLLARS! I guess they DO like him!

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-29-2008
Mon, 10-27-2008 - 6:24pm
You're welcome. I just don't want to have to face something so critical again, unnecessarily.
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-20-2008
Mon, 10-27-2008 - 6:24pm
It would be wise to listen to Joe Biden? Then why not listen to the whole thing - including the part where he says Obama has a spine of steel and can handle the situation? So we only listen to the parts we want to hear? Well I want to hear the part where Obama has a spine of steel.
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Registered: 08-29-2008
Mon, 10-27-2008 - 6:30pm
That is not my point. If we don't elect Obama, America will not have to face a crisis of this magnitude! Obama is the one who is perceived as young, inexperienced, and weak. If we do not elect him, we don't have to face something like this - HIS STEEL SPINE WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-20-2008
Mon, 10-27-2008 - 6:41pm
So you can guarantee that can you? I don't think so. I don't believe John McCain and his 'I know how....fill in the blank' because he has been good buddies with Bush long enough that if he did actually know how to do all the things he claims he knows he would have done them by now. He has burned some bridges in this election and would likely not be able to accomplish much of anything if elected. No thanks. I am voting for the smart one!
iVillage Member
Registered: 09-25-2008
Mon, 10-27-2008 - 6:41pm

>>Obama has promised to send the U.N. 840 BILLION DOLLARS!<<

Complete, utter and total nonsense.

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Registered: 04-04-2003
Mon, 10-27-2008 - 8:50pm

<<That is not my point. If we don't elect Obama, America will not have to face a crisis of this magnitude!>>


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