The American Communist Party did rather well in the 1930s, only to shed members rapidly when Commie Central ordered the rank and file to say nice things about Germany. A short while later, Moscow reversed its position. Only those with advanced abilities in doublethink (to use Orwell's term) stayed with the party.
Now consider the case of Markos Moulitsas, king of the PsychObot Hillary-haters. This is what he is publishing now:
"Welcome Secretary Clinton: Obama's Promises to Be Kept", a headline that really does convey a Pravda-like odor. (The same person who wrote this piece apparently claimed recently that the SOS "rumors" were a Clintonian Conspiracy.)
Promise #1: Renegotiate NAFTA within six months
This one really sticks in my craw, since Obama
lied so flagrantly about NAFTA during the primaries.
How wonderful that both the President-elect and his nominee for Secretary of State are so clearly on the record not only to force a renegotiation of NAFTA
Earth to Kossack: Obama is a LIAR. He said one thing about NAFTA in public, but in private, he had his economic henchman Austan Goolsbee assure the Canadians that he meant not a word of it. That, my friends, is called
LYING. He was caught, well and truly caught. The Canadian government did a full investigation and pointed the finger at Barack Obama.
Daily Kos is a refuge for liars. Why doesn't the site link to
this front-paged Kos story which asserted as ironclad fact a ridiculous conspiracy theory that it was
Hillary, not Obama, who gave back-channel assurances to the Canadian government about NAFTA? (For the truth, go back
here.)
And now if Obama reneges on his anti-NAFTA rhetoric -- which he will, although there may be some superficial "clean up" work -- the left will blame Hillary, despite the high praise which the O-man always gave to NAFTA outside of the primaries. From 2004:
“The United States benefits enormously from exports under the WTO and NAFTA.”
Six months ago (after praising NAFTA again):
“Sometimes during campaigns the rhetoric gets overheated and amplified,” –Senator Barack Obama in a Fortune magazine interview to be published Monday June 23, 2008
Check out the commentary generated by the Kos article. Some of the doublethinkers are more skilled than others:
from what I've seen she's a team player...so watch out opposition.
But we can all be tremendously relieved that Obama and Hillary are NOT ideological nutcases, and instead both are apparently intelligent, decent and mature human beings who are interested in coming up with the best solutions to our nation's many problems. Pragmatists are in charge.
Badly misreading the obvious, making crackpot conspiracy theories up out of thin air, and sticking with nonsense despite mounting evidence against it. That's the game plan that gets Townhall bloggers mocked by the left.
"Crackpot conspiracy theories." You mean like
this one?My attitude toward the Kos Krowd is simple:
Never forget. Never forgive. Never. Though the world shatter, though the heavens weep:
Never forgive; never forget. Never.