Obama’s Otherness
One thing for all to remember about Obama is that judging by his words, deeds, and choice of those he surrounds himself with, is that he’s not American, not in his heart and soul. Or, at the very least, that is how he and his coterie have crafted his public image.
It may seem to be an odd course of action for someone who previously claimed to not accept partisan divisions and to hope for a unified America, but only if one was foolish and naive enough to believe anything that Obama says about his beliefs and goals.
One would also have to set aside the basic rules of realpolitik to find Obama’s “otherness,” real or portrayed with great skill, to be surprising. Divisiveness is far more effective as a political tactic than is “unifying” and Obama has always diligently and dutifully followed the rules of realpolitik.
One has to remember that this “otherness” of Obama is exactly what America’s domestic enemies, the oikophobic Liberals, love about him. It also lets them paint the American people as racist and xenophobic, which feeds their own preconceptions of America as a place of evil that must be brought low.
It’s fairly obvious that the upcoming 2012 elections are going to be a base vs. base war with, as happened in 2008, the “moderates” and “independents” split roughly down the middle. This means that Obama’s “otherness” is a useful political coin, but one that works to galvanize friend and enemy alike.
The question remains though of how long with the house that Obama’s Otherness divided continue to stand…
Tags: 2012 Elections | America | Birthers | Blacks | Civil War | Liberals | Obama | Oikophobia | Politics | Propaganda | Race Baiting | Racism | Realpolitik | Whites | Xenophobia
June 11th, 2011 at 11:29 pm
Of course, neither are you American in your heart or soul, we can tell — from the lack of patriotic colors in your blog’s design to the photographic denigration of the president, which is a flashing sign that you’re not serious, either.
What makes you feel so disconnected from the rest of us? Why do you play the “other,” here?