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As Times reporters James C McKinley Jr. and Sam Dillon wrote:
"Mark Steyn, a Canadian author and political commentator, speaking on theRush Limbaugh show on Wednesday, accused Mr. Obama of trying to create a cult of personality, comparing him to Saddam Hussein and Kim Jong-il, the North Korean leader."
Oh, dear! "A Canadian author": Talk about damning with faint credentialization. I don't know what's crueler, the "Canadian" or the indefinite article. As to the rest of it, well, that's one way of putting it. Here's what I said on Wednesday re dear old Saddam and Kim:
"Obviously we're not talking about the cult of personality on the Saddam Hussein/Kim Jong-Il scale."
Close enough for Times work.
Mark Steyn: Pledging allegiance to our beloved Obama. Mark Steyn Syndicated columnist. Friday, September 4, 2009
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The New York Times managed to miss my point: Far from "accusing" the president of "trying to create a cult of personality," I spent much of my airtime on Rush's show last week "accusing" the president of doing an amazing job of finishing off his own cult of personality in record time. Obama's given 111 speeches, interviews and press conferences in which he's talked about health care, and the more he opens his mouth the more the American people recoil from his "reforms." Now he's giving a 112th – to a joint session of Congress – and this one, we're assured, will finally do the trick. That brand new Chevy may be rusting and up on bricks by the time he seals the deal but America's Auto Salesman-in-Chief will get you to sign in the end.
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#1 - Sat Sep 5, 2009 3:34 PM EDTThe right-wing haters who attempt to obstruct Democratic progress do so by avoiding the issues and using broad smear tactics instead. They failed miserably from 2001-2009 with the Bush administration, they are in the minority, the old white bigots who make up the bulk of the Republican party are dying off, and young people who replace them become Democrats by a 2 to 1 margin. So they are frustrated and desperate. They really have nothing to attack, so all they have left are these pitiful attacks on Obama's effectiveness and ability to speak to people and work with foreign leaders, etc.
It all looks so pathetic when you look at them. Little failed conservative Republicans, whining about how good Obama and the Democrats are.
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Dear Larry H,
Good Post! I think when someone from another country has such a keen observation of our President it should be shared.
Obama is still on the Campaign trail, are we the people paying him for that, is not that lame duck in the first 8-9 months?
I am tired of the Obama campaigning, I think it is curious you send all those soldiers to Afghanistan and you have not said a word or put any attention to THAT! Absurd.
- 4 votes
The right-wing haters who attempt to obstruct Democratic progress
There we go again, pretending to be disturbed by hate in a paragraph oozing hate. Hypocrisy is disgusting from any point on the political spectrum.
- 3 votes
I went to a town hall meeting and saw conservative extremists hate in its pure form. They were not listening or contributing. They were shouting, disrespectful, and confrontational. They certainly showed no love! So there is no other word for what I saw. Ignoring them or trying to appease these haters will not make it go away.
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I went to a town hall meeting and saw conservative extremists hate in its pure form. They were not listening or contributing. They were shouting, disrespectful, and confrontational. They certainly showed no love! So there is no other word for what I saw. Ignoring them or trying to appease these haters will not make it go away.
But it's been the voice of love from the left over the past 40 years. How soon we forget.
- 4 votes
Great article! I read it this am in the IBD. Keep up the great work!
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#2 - Sat Sep 5, 2009 7:46 PM EDTSteyn is a wannabe, and the U.K. is already fed up with him.
I'm not surprised to see he's infiltrated bottom-feeder radio. He has passport and will travel, but it sure seems he spends very little time in Canada.
- 2 votes
#3 - Sat Sep 5, 2009 9:55 PM EDTAmericans are learning very rapidly Health Care Reform is not about reform. It is about Power and Control. They have tried their best to rush this thing through. The problem is when you turn on the lights the rats are beginning to scatter. By evidence of this communist Jones resignation and now we need to call for the resignation of Rangel.
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#4 - Sun Sep 6, 2009 9:34 AM EDTWhat is it, 53 new bureaucracies set up in this 1018 page heath reform bill!
The IRS will monitor and verify that you are enrolled in an approved health insurance plan, or else they will penalize you several thousand dollars, each year!
- 3 votes
Now you've resorted to red-baiting? It's passe.
Rangel will be among the longest serving representatives, just like Sen. Kennedy and Sen. Byrd. He's not going anywhere.
Steyn is a treasure. He manages to make you laugh while at the same time eviscerating the cult of Obama. Good seed.
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#5 - Sun Sep 6, 2009 1:07 PM EDTAlways enjoy reading Steyn:
The President's strategy on Jan. 20 was to hurl all the vast transformative spaghetti at the wall – stimulus, auto nationalization, cap'n'trade, health care – and make it stick through the sheer charisma of his personality. Unfortunately, the American people aren't finding it quite so charismatic, and they're beginning to spot the yawning gulf between the post-partisan hopeychangey rhetoric and the budget-busting, prosperity-throttling, future-beggaring big government policies.
I agree with what Peggy Noonan said: Obama's become a "crashing bore." Emphasis on the crashing part. This week's speech will be a Hail Mary pass (without the belief/faith part).
Funny how wrong the NYT got the Steyn quote -- again. I think even the fish mongers have moved on to better wrap.
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