And people scoffed when Ramesh Ponnuru * called them the party of death;
The Bush-assassination fantasies are concocted by his political opponents and at least arise from his acts — invading the world; slaughtering 14 million Iraqi civilians or whatever it’s up to by now; shredding the constitution. By contrast, the Obama-assassination porn is written by his worshippers and testifies to one of the most palpable features of the senator’s campaign — its faintly ersatz quality, its determination to appropriate Camelot and every other mythic narrative.
And it’s not just an American phenomenon.
This macabre longing for martyrdom in some quarters may be less “assassination porn” than it is political pragmatism – a subconscious recognition that the tsunami of emotion propelling the refreshingly achievement-free candidate of hope is likely to crash unhappily upon Reality Rock the first time he’s faced with a difficult foreign policy decision.
Better a dream denied than a dream deflated. After all, it’s a recipe that stood the test of time for an abbreviated Kennedy presidency that was, likewise, long on promise and short on delivery. Perhaps that’s where they keep finding the similarities.
Remember it was an obsessed fan who shot and killed John Lennon. Who says the same might not be the case for Obama. You always hurt the one you love.
I can say I was glad to be rid of Lennon and his give peace a chance horse crap.
I will not be sad to see[DELETED. Get a clue, or get your own blog. – ED]
I can say I was glad to be rid of Lennon and his give peace a chance horse crap.
John, we can only hope that the same fate befalls you….actually a wood chipper swim would be more suitable…ASSHOLE
Course there is a movie called Vantage in cinemas right now about a presidential assassination plot.
I’m just wondering if a Democratic or Republican front-running nominee is assassinated, who gets the nomination for their parties? I would hate to see Hilary get in on a flood of tears.
Interesting- I agree that Obama is like a balloon, filled with a lot of air and nothing else.
He’s very much the achievement free individual, singing his way through meeting after meeting. Heck – people complain about Huckabee as an evangelist, but Obama is pure evangelism.
I wonder if the gods of Olympus, ever wily, ever mischevious, taunt humans from time to time by sending us individuals who sing to us with ideas of the Pure DreamWorld When Everything Will Be Right In The World – and yet, we non-singers are Realists, and can’t live in that world of clouds. Maybe we know this, and that’s why there are all those fears about an assassination.
I’ve been watching this stuff come out over the last few months as well and can’t help but feel really uncomfortable. Bizzare, creepy and weird are just a few of my words for this ‘movement.’ It’s like an installment of crazy leftist ‘twilight zone.’
Disgusting!
“glad to be rid of Lennon and his give peace a chance horse crap.”
Lennon grew up in Liverpool, paid his dues in Hamburg. He probably could have kicked the crap out of you and sung Give Peace A Chance at the same time.
In addition to all the empty platitudes what I don’t like about Obama is that he and his wife are both lawyers, and haven’t we had enough lawyers in politics?
John West, regarding Lennon I’m with you. Some people get all fussy when one is indifferent about Lennon’s assassination, but I bet many of these same people were quietly celebrating when Reagan was shot.
Wasn’t there a movie called “They shoot Presidents Don’t They? Or was it “They Shoot Horses…….”?
The politics of the macabre, sickening to the core.
There’s a story I linked to some months ago about the open cheering in a university class in journalism when news came of Reagan being shot.
You might be able to find it using the search function on the sidebar and keyword “reagan”
Somebody Stop Them …their trying to kill MY dreams!! /sarc
John West, regarding Lennon I’m with you. Some people get all fussy when one is indifferent about Lennon’s assassination, but I bet many of these same people were quietly celebrating when Reagan was shot.
TJ you ASSHOLE….you can join John in the wood chipper. And you would be wrong about the Reagan bet thing!
John Lennon
No, they aren’t wrong about the Regan thing and I’d say the same about W. There are many leftards that have been praying to gaia that W be shot and you know it.
As for Lennon, I had no use for the useless commie but I didn’t wish him dead and didn’t cheer it. Besides which, sleeping with Yoko was punishment enough.
Oh, as for Lennon the tough buy, his naked pic on Rolling Stone showed a very small, very out of shape man and he was never the tough-guy type at the best of times. Liverpool was a tough town, but that doesn’t mean everyone who ever lived there was Bruce Lee.
Wow thank you Ottawa Sun. I had no idea Osama Barak was a racist Muslim radical. I don’t really buy your story about him being a Manchurian Candidate too much, but it is my belief that you should let the American people vote for who they want for a president other than trying to assassinate him. Unlike Canada everyone in the US has the freedom to say and think what they wish.
Hey Hillary,
Don’t forget gloves and long sleeves to prevent testing positive for residue!
Warwick,
His name was Reagan, as in Ronald. DONALD REGAN was his chief of staff. So now that we are on the same page historically wise, any “leftard” that wished Ron would have biten the big one back then should join John West and TJ in the wood chipper! The beauty of living in a democratic society is if we don’t agree with ones policies, we can make our voice heard at election time. Shooting people is so…third world! As for the rest of your diatribe about the physical attributes of Lennon, well…carry on I guess????
John Lennon
Being such a ‘will-not’ on the real John Lennon’s ass, how is it that all you are sayin’ is give the wood chipper a chance.
You are a hypocrite and a jerk.
Re: John West “I can say I was glad to be rid of Lennon and his give peace a chance horse crap.”
I’d rather see more people like him, and fewer people like you.
It’s one thing to be ambivalent, as TJ is above, or to think his “give peace a chance” crap, was, well, crap. It’s another thing to be glad he was shot and killed.
However, given that previous posts would tend to indicate you seem to consider violence the solution to any problem, I’m not surprised this kind of garbage comes from you.
From the Steyn article: “The problems facing America — unsustainable entitlements, broken borders, nuclearizing enemies — require tough solutions not gaseous Sesame Street platitudes.”
I couldn’t agree more and for that reason was becoming more and more depressed for America (and for Canada and the West, generally) as the Obama bandwagon picked up speed.
But now I’m looking on the bright side. If America (and the rest of us) can survive four years of an Obama presidency (no assassination, please) it will probably be cured of this kind of mindless, leftist utopianism for a generation.
“….cured of this kind of mindless, leftist utopianism for a generation.”
What makes you think that?
Four years of Carter and Eight of Clinton didn’t make a dent in the level of moonbat leftardness in the US.
To respond to your question, OMMAG, I think the fruits of an Obama presidency will be so bad, it will be obvious even to those who couldn’t see through the Carter and Clinton messes.
All right, at least for the less extreme moonbats.
The way the Left goes about it’s desire for ‘peace’ the Lennon mantra should more likely read.
“All that I’m sayin’ is give surrender a chance”
We are in a world where there is only victory or defeat. We have enemies now that we have never seen the like of before. Even in their own homogeonous countries they have non-stop violence and murder.
We need to give war a chance to get rid of this vermin. Lennon’s time is past and it did nothing but promote the failed ideology of the Socialist Left.
How many times and places does this experiment it phony equality have to be tried before we ban this system for all time. Socialism is a bad theory and is a nightmare in practice.
Obama will try socialism and surrender as his “hope and change” ideal.
I am sure John Lennon would approve. Any Leftist multi millionaire would be okay if the masses suffer, they have their jelly donut and would be in charge of the squalor that they will care not a whit about other than in pacifying platitudes.
Forgot to comment on Lennon. I was a real Beatlemaniac (say them at one of their last concerts in Toronto – could hardly hear anything for the screaming – I was screaming too!), but that song Imagine gives me the creeps. As an atheist I could live with the ‘no religion’ but the idea of one world government is my idea of hell.
Felis C …
That’s kind of like saying every cloud may have a silver lining I think.
You are an optimist for sure… looking on the sunny side of life and brighter days ahead …..
But what is a cloud? Really … just a lot of dirt and water held up there by hot air. When the heat goes away or the dirt gets heavy enough it all comes down to earth.
Get your umbrella and rubber boots ready.
John West
John Lennon wrote a lot of hits, and it’s safe to say he had great pop music instincts. “Give War a Chance” doesn’t really have that top 40 magic, in my opinion, but I can see it becoming a minor punk hit. Know any out of work washed up wanna be punk “musicians” who could use a few bucks? 🙂
OMMAG, I think pretty much the same way as you do about these moonbats. With all the depressing Obamania lately, I was just looking for an upside. I think I’m back down to earth now… looking for umbrella and gumboots…among the assorted memorabilia of the turdeau era.
if john lemon was alive today he’d probably be singin “GIVE TEDDY A CHANCE”
and if obama is like jfk, look for another screwup that leads to war!!!!!
OK,I was in VietNam when the Beatles achieved popularity. (I didn’t know who they were, and then one time I was on leave in the States and the Norwegian Wood album was out.)
I guess they were OK (I was a Dave Brubeck fan), but they were part of the huge anti-war sentiment and kept the company of a lot of radicals that in some way were responsible for getting some of our guys killed.
You know, their anti-war activities gave encouragement to the enemy.
They were also part of the complement of popular music that gained relevancy by targeting social issues. (You know, Elvis was about hounds dogs and coming on to your prom date.)
The Beatles were by no means the most egregious group making life difficult for the troops, but they were part of the counter-culture and did their part.