Deprogramming The Kool Aid Kids. Part II

We previously mentioned our hopes to deprogram Obama supporters. We stated that some people are unsalvagable because they are unable or unwilling or incapable of changing their own political opinions. The pennant wavers and the sheep are not worth our time. Be polite to them. The pennant wavers are sometimes interesting people. Turn the topic away from politics and a good conversation might ensue. But run like hell from the Hope Dopes. Just say baaahhh.

Remember well that our political rivals fashioned a campaign based on anti-reason and as a result, they appealed to voters on an emotional basis. Whereas we select our political candidates in a manner in which we might select a major appliance, the Obots selected their choice in the same way they might select a lover, a surrogate parent, a pop star, or dare we say it, a messiah. They see it as a weakness that we don't hold the same passion for our choices that they held for theirs. In some cases they even project their own mental processes onto us. I saw an ACLU-related site that said the Tea Partiers were disgruntled Bush supporters. Not even close! But seen through their lens, it almost makes sense.

We have a hard time understanding their choices but they also have a hard time understanding ours. If you read this blog, you probably select political candidates in much the same way as you select major appliances. Dependability is big. Bells and whistles are nice but we want to put food in the Maytag and not concern ourself with spoilage. 38 degrees is 38 degrees. Frozen is frozen. No leaks. No surprises. No far reaching agenda that restrict our access to our chosen food or attempts to reprogram our other appliances to override our judgment for the higher good.

Our emotional relationship has more to do with the goods and values contained within our Maytag, than with the Maytag itself. Yes, our reliable behemoth might serve double duty as a showcase for artwork and reminders for podiatry appointments but we don't feel the need to display our appliance on our apparel and emblazon "Hope" above or beneath its image. Therein lies the difference.

Whereas we can respectfully disagree with the choices of the Whirlpool consumer and we can voice our differences without damaging our friendship, such is rarely the case with the Obot. We selected an appliance but they selected a loved one. They can bash McCain or Romney and we are not offended any more than if a critic took issue with our vegetable crisper or our egg slots. But don't expect the Obots to be so equanimous. Our barbs--no matter how objective or how well-founded-- will be received in the spirit of ill humor one might associate with an unfavorable critique of a girlfriend's virtue or a daughter's beauty (and in some cases vice versa.)Politics is personal.

So how do we deprogram the Kool Aid Kids? I'm not sure we can. But love, like fashion, is fickle. I know of old hippies who hide their wedding pictures from their children. Will a similar fate befall the O-Rings and the Hope posters? I suspect it might.

Let us be just slightly tangental and sing our praises for Eric Hoffer, the author of "The True Believer," one of the most important books I have ever read. Hoffer would remind us that today's Obot is tomorrow's Laroucheian. That from the throngs of the annointed shall rise spirited souls who will demand the truth about 9/11. And the display of bumper sticker veneration will accurately predict the future purchases of newly-printed copies of "Dianetics."

I have known quite a few people who sought counsel on matters of love but I don't know anyone who actually listened. There are some things that you just have to find out on your own. Perhaps it is better if we say nothing at all to the inflicted, for fear that we might harden their resolve. The bigger question might not be "how do we deprogram Obots," but rather "should we deprogram Obots?" After all, a useful idiot is only useful on election day. The rest of the time, he is just an idiot.

Structures built without a foundation of reason are but sand castles in the surf. The Obama edifice will wash away and the handlers will scurry to build a newer, fresher Obama. To most of us, Obama will always look pretty much the same. But to the true believer, it will be time to move on. The bloom will fall off the rose and there will be other deities to praise and other slogans to chant and other lanes to clog.

Time is on our side.

Deprogramming the Kool Aid Kids

Yes we can!

Or can we?

Obama's election seems like a fluke but it is a nightmare that won't soon end. I hold the belief that if the American people held up Axelrod, Soros, et al, to the light of scrutiny, they would not like what was scrutinized. These are chronically deceptive people. They will not put their cards on the table and their loyal press will not tip their hand. They are thugs. They are dangerous.

But I digress. New opposition to Obama will come from two sources: 1. The 2008 Stay At Homes. 2. The former Obama supporters. The 2008 Stay At Homes are being mobilized by tea parties, the 9/12 Project and so on. How reliable will they be in November? That remains to be seen.

Converting the Obots, the Kool Aid Kids, the Obotomicized, the trendies, the sheep and the born followers is a different matter. Yes, there will be buyer remorse. But those people who have the capacity for buyer remorse possess the capacity for political reason and are a minority of the electorate. That is not to say that Obama supporters are stupid (although Ziegler and Zogby proved that the stupid were overwhelmingly supportive of Obama)but rather that Obots form opinions based more on feeling than on thought.

People selected Obama with the same mental functions that select an "American Idol" contestant. That is not meant to be snide. It's simply to state that Obama ran a successful campaign based on image and not on content. If "American Idol" is too banal an example we can substitute Dale Earnhardt fans, Yankee fans or Elvis fans.

People cannot tell you in a rational manner why they loved #3. They just did. And they did not jump ship when Jeff Gordon hogged the Winner's Circle. They were loyal till death did them part and even more loyal thereafter.

What is frustrating, even depressing, for a lot of us is that we recognize that politics should not be just one more spectacle. There is content that transcends flash and dash and good looks. We are the proponents of content over style not just because we are less stylish, but because we recognize the dangers of anti-reason. Without reason as our anchor, our choices are entirely superficial, if not visceral. Politics becomes pornography. Cults of personality sprout like mold on last month's corn muffin.

Having voiced our love of reason and content and substance, we must now acknowledge that some people will never join in our conversation. They will chant "yes we can" and wear Obama t-shirts and call people racist and leave snide comments for all who oppose their messiah. But they will never participate in the exchange of ideas. Never. Can you say "bahhh?"

There is another segment of the Obama camp whom I would be hesitant to call sheep. Call them the pennant wavers. They support the Democrats come hell or high water. It's their team. Some people are born into the Notre Dame football cult but others convert because they like the brand name and the branding and the brand. So too, the Dems. All that matters to them is that their team wins. If they elect a leader who guides his country over a cliff they will scramble to blame the evil Republicans. Either they opposed him or sabotaged him or worse yet, he had to appease them. That is why we hit canyon floor with a thud.

I have said repeatedly that had George W. Bush been a Democrat and had he inflicted the exact same agenda on our country, he would have been heralded as the best president ever. The massive entitlements and spending in health care and education, the finishing off of the Hussein Regime(an ongoing criticism of his father's legacy by numerous Dems, Al Gore included)and his eight year tribute to Lord Keynes would have won him endless praise had he played for the blue team.

We won't convert the sheep but then again, do we really want them on our side? We have won over some pennant wavers. Berg, Schoen and Caddell come to mind. But most of them would rather lose with Carter or Mondale or Dukakis. Go team!

But there is a segment of the Kool Aid Cult that we can reach. They might have fallen for the hype the first time but have grown wiser with the passing of time. 2008 might have been their first rodeo. There is hope for them.

But how do we deprogram them? Gently. Gently and delicately.

Instructions to follow.

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Funny...But FRIGHTENING!!!!

In fairness, these are children who have been programmed. But these puppets are NOT that different from grown-up Obatamies. The cultish aspects of all things Obama have no parallel in previous administrations. There was no corresponding "All things are possible with McCain" sloganeering.

This campaign set a precedent for mind control. It is sad that a lot of Americans believe every word these kids mindlessly parrot. We have to come to grips with the possibility that the effects of the Kool Aid might be permanent!

May God help America!