Comments on: Billboard for the People

By: webgrrl

webgrrl — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:11:48 +0000

Only the most recent example of the MSM taking it where it doesn't need to go — I opened my NY Times today to find an entire section extolling Obama hagiography, such as this "Obama in the rain," which must be making Chris Matthews' world.

By: webgrrl

webgrrl — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:11:48 +0000

By: webgrrl

webgrrl — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:12:16 +0000

Robert, how can we hold the Big O responsible for Chris Matthews' skin-crawling public bro-mance? I mean, seriously? The MSM is doing this to themselves.

By: Robert Light

Robert Light — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:07:43 +0000

No, the critique should be on Obama for the creepy man-worship- more so on him than on his supporters. It's not enough to excuse Obama for being a politician. He's actively cultivated this man-worship. His victory speech was an Exhibit A manifestation of this. Evan Thomas got at this very point — on Obama's cultivation of a “creepy cult of personality” — a stunning admission, on the Charlie Rose. See here: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2008…

By: Arthur

Arthur — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:15:18 +0000

> The status of the President should be denigrated …

Sorry, that word (along with many others) is no longer allowed in the New Era.

By: John V

John V — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:48:44 +0000

Robert,

I agree with Will's sentiments that such man-worship is rather creepy. The critique, as I understand it, is not really on Obama but rather his supporters.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:04:49 +0000

After 16 years of embarrassments in the White House, is it so unbelievable or unacceptable that people project their hopes upon Obama. Events and Fox News hectoring will eventually probably disillusion most. In the meantime, how about you hold off on raining on our parade. Let us savor the moment for awhile please.

By: Cool Cal

Cool Cal — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:39:27 +0000

A huge exalted likeness of the president on a thoroughfare in a major city while said president is in power is creepy. Thus endeth the lesson.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:59:13 +0000

Will, I'll tell you what. Maybe instead of mustaches on the new Obama posters, we could just start a project to get one of any of the parodies posted on this page up everywhere on billboards. I like the Groucho Marx, the William Shatner, and the HP Lovecraft. The "Obey," naturally, is a nice joke on that artist who originally came up with the Obama poster.

By: Robert Light

Robert Light — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:34:54 +0000

"[Obama] is a man of remarkable competence . . . He’s just the kind of guy I’d want as an executive, were I filling an executive position." -Will Wilkinson, Sept 16, 2008

"And I think American voters picked a competent, decent, and sober executive officer." -Will Wilkinson, Nov 5, 2008.

If both these things are true/accurate, what really have we to fear?

And to your statement, also from Nov 5: "McCain’s even worse with the 'fight cynicism through glorious collective commitment' crap, which is one reason I’m glad he lost". What's ascribable here to McCain -- and indeed it is, and it's loathsome -- then it's twofold ascribable to Obama.

By: Michael Drake

Michael Drake — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:47:15 +0000

Touche, dammit.

By: Will Wilkinson

Will Wilkinson — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:32:01 +0000

Yes. And I've read it.

By: Will Wilkinson

Will Wilkinson — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:31:05 +0000

You mean incitement to the improvement of private property?

By: Michael Drake

Michael Drake — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:09:16 +0000

"If this billboard happens, I pledge $10 to the guerilla mustache project. "

That's incitement to the destruction of private property. How is that not Marxist?

One can only assume "guerrilla mustache" is an encoded endorsement of Che Guevara.

By: TGGP

TGGP — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:35:07 +0000

Is the antipathy toward massively concentrated power really democratic? I would recommend that you read Bertrand de Jouvenel's On Power.