Apparently, there aren’t enough witch hunts in Niagara County for good ol’ Hobbes over at the Niagara Times blogspot. Seems he’s joined in to support the seemingly ongoing effort to disqualify the Obama presidency. He may not do so proactively. But merely the posting of this story gleaned from other sources leaves one wondering why Hobbes bends over backwards to appear objective and neutral. Why now attempt to posture oneself as having journalistic integrity when his history has been one of unabashed sophistically inspired character-assassinating partisanism. He may not be letting loose with both barrels but his faux observational stance is sufficiently revealing.
Well, Hobbes doesn’t even maintain the façade of objectivity for very long when he refers to a “smoking gun.” He continues, ”Along with the evidence that he was born in Kenya, there is no record of him ever applying for US citizenship…”. Well, of course he wouldn’t apply for citizenship if he already were a citizen. And, by the way, what “evidence?” And why refer to “Indonesian Barry Soetoro?” It seems Hobbes, per usual, already has his mind quite well made up, in this case about Obama. It seems he would prefer to just try Obama in the media. But first fry him, then try him. First stoke the fires in the media and press and then throw him into an overheated courtroom, where minds can then also be assured to be already made up.
But the real point is that the crusade against Obama is on the one hand about race. On the other it is about continuing to obstruct, impede, delay, divert and discredit most of what Obama has tried to do since his inauguration. My bet is that there never has been in the history of our country so many forces aligned to see to it that a president fail for the purpose of restoring right wing power and securing the wealth of the power elite.
But this seems odd given that the rich and powerful right wing are making about as much money as ever and are getting to play empire builder now as much as they did under Bush. They seem to be allowed to continue to loot the Middle Class and the tax coffers of the American people with impunity. So why all the fuss? Well, we know why all the fuss, don't we?
But I guess it’s a slow news (witch hunt) day over at Niagara Times. So why not participate in a good ol’ fashioned “lynching.”
Now I write this not with the intention of defending Obama. As I’ve said before, I didn’t vote for him, am not a fan and believe he is proving to be Bush in basic black. I do write to oppose Hobbes who I believe, and have demonstrated in past articles, is as bad for Niagara County as Obama may prove to be for America in general and the Middle Class in particular.
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Not only that but the whole thing is practically copied from a false source. The truth is on snoops.com at:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/birthers/occidental.asp
I don't know why people like hobbes are constantly whining about obama's origins or legitamacy of his becoming president. there are plenty of legitamate reasons to bash on obama as many of his campaign ideals turn to rhetoric and nothing else. i wonder if hobbes bitched when bush won florida...
Not only does Hobbes stay anonymous to protect himself from the glare of public scrutiny of the real interests behind his faux neutrality, but, like any good hitman who is paid to assassinate, its best his real intentions not be known. Hobbes hides behind the instrumentalization or exploitation, if you like, of the law in order to de-legitimate those who do not serve his Republican agenda. And, of course, as you indicate such practices distract from the real critique that should be levied against Obama.
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