Gods Come Cheap These Days
When President George W. Bush was first elected back in
2000, I well remember the way Christian conservatives went gaga over him. They
would deny it, of course, but it was more than hero worship: they acted as if
he were a god. Life-size posters filled Christian bookstores. Religious
broadcasters and televangelists swooned over him like 16-year-old girls used to
swoon over Elvis Presley. Pastors invoked his name almost as a prayer. The
Religious Right acted like they had died and gone to Heaven. In the minds of
Christian conservatives, G.W. Bush could do no wrong. The result of all this
sophomoric silliness was that the Religious Right became blind, impotent
lackeys to a Big-Government, big-spending, Orwellian, and inept administration—maybe
one of the worst in
And all of this was not lost to the political left. They
called Christian conservatives "dupes," "buffoons,"
"gullible," and a whole lot more. But now it is the liberals' turn to
take a voyage in the vehicle of villainous vulnerability.
First, there was the major media's "anointing" of
President Barack Obama. Yes, I use the word "anointing" on purpose.
Make no mistake about it: in the minds of the major media, Obama was not inaugurated;
he was canonized. No pope, king, or potentate of history received the
coronation that Barack Obama received. To the liberals who dominate the news
media and entertainment industry in this country, Obama is not a President: he
is a god.
For example, did readers see the way NBC newsman, Brian
Williams, bowed to his majesty, Barack Obama? (If you missed it, see it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLYtHHxTTmc
)
Where are Keith Olbermann's eloquent rebukes of the
Military Commissions Act (MCA), the suspension of Habeas Corpus, and many other
Big-Government intrusions into the private lives of the American people that
were first instituted under George W. Bush and that now continue under Barack
Obama? When he wants to, Olbermann can be a very convincing, articulate
defender of constitutional liberties. However, it seems that Olbermann is only
interested in constitutional government when it is a Republican trampling it.
Since Obama became President, Olbermann has not only muted his criticism
against unconstitutional policies emanating from the White House, he has joined
the chorus of mindless worship of the new President.
(Here are Olbermann's trenchant comments on President
Bush's support for the Military Commissions Act and denying Habeas
Corpus--something we will not see from Olbermann regarding the same policies
emanating from the Obama White House: http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=sAjVHtSO_As
)
The list of ways that media and entertainment lemmings fawn
over Barack Obama is almost endless. And just when one thinks he has heard it
all, out comes the blathering balderdash from Newsweek editor-at-large Evan
Thomas.
Appearing on last weekend's Inside
There you have it: according to Newsweek's Evan Thomas,
Barack Obama is "sort of God."
Well, now that God is in the White House, I suppose we
don't need the Constitution; we don't need the Bill of Rights; we don't need
Congress; we don't need the Supreme Court; we don't need individual sovereign
states; we don't need the media; and we certainly don't need Evan Thomas, do
we?
There it is, my friends: because Barack Obama is the
President, the major media now worships toward
What in the world has happened to us? How is it that
otherwise intelligent and educated people can so quickly forget virtually
everything their principles and values taught them, and become little more than
clumsy chumps for a Presidential administration--any Presidential
administration? Are we that slavish? That childish? That foolish? Apparently
so.
As bad as it was under Bush, it will be twice as bad under
Obama. Only because, at least with Bush, the major media's natural liberal bias
tended to want to keep Bush somewhat honest, which meant that Bush would often
face criticism from the media for some of his unconstitutional policies (such
as Olbermann's eloquent repudiation of Bush's policies regarding the MCA and
Habeas Corpus referenced above).
Forget it with Obama. The liberal bias of the major media
will tend to cause them to support anything this guy says or does, and to
always look the other way whenever unconstitutional or illegal activity
surfaces.
For eight years, Christian conservatives had "Lord
Bush." Now, liberals have "Lord Obama." Seems to me that gods
come pretty cheap these days.
Dr. Chuck Baldwin’s radio talk show, “Chuck Baldwin Live,” is heard 36 times a week on 5 different radio stations in the Pensacola, Florida area.
Dr. Baldwin was also the Constitution Party’s 2008 Presidential candidate.
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