The logo looks more like someone is showing the size of the obamunist's anal sphincter.
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 5:55 AM, Cold Water <[email protected]> wrote: > * The Knock on the Door By Lona > Manning<http://www.americanthinker.com/lona_manning/> > A sitting President of the United States > is<http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/03/the_obama_pledge.html>"organizing > a political organization loyal to him, bound by a pledge, > outside the government and existing party apparatus. The historical > precedents are ominous." > > What is so ominous about an organization? Americans, Alexis de Tocqueville > famously > observed<http://www.asaecenter.org/PublicationsResources/ANowDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=27937>, > "constantly form associations.... If it is proposed to inculcate some truth > or to foster some feeling by the encouragement of a great example, they form > a society." > > Certainly, thousands of organizations seek to influence the political > debate. There's Newt Gingrich's American > Solutions<http://www.americansolutions.com/default.aspx> or > the left-wing People for the American > Way<http://site.pfaw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=homepagenew>, > for instance. > > Political parties are another example of an association, of course. Before, > during and after political campaigns, the Democrats and Republicans promote > their agendas. As legal entities, they have their own constitutions, their > rules of business, their chairmen and officers. They have to be accountable > to both the government and their members. > > But there is a new organization on the political scene -- "Organizing for > America," > announced<http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/stateupdates/gGxFj8>by > President Barack Obama in late January but officially unfurled last > weekend. > > Obama describes OFA as a "grass-roots movement" but OFA is a "project" of > the Democratic Party of America. > > As Politico reported<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20007.html>, > OFA will take the 10 million person database built up by the Obama campaign > "to mobilize support for the president's legislative agenda." > [image: Obama hand salute] > A visit to the OFA website reveals that supporters are not simply asked to > sign up, they are asked to take a pledge. A pledge to support -- not the > flag, not the constitution, not the country, not even the Democratic party, > but Obama and his "bold plan." OFA does not use the Democratic Party logo > but the "O"-shaped logo of the Obama campaign in which the red white and > blue of the flag are abstracted to soft pastel colors. > > (Celebrities like Ashton Kuchner and Demi Moore did not wait until the > official launch to "pledge to be of > service<http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/breitbart/2009/01/19/where-were-you-celebrities-after-911/>" > to Barack Obama, of course.) > > You will not find any mention of OFA`s governing structure, their budget, > their bylaws, or their officers at the OFA website. Donations to the website > go to the DNC, but OFA is managed out of the White House. If you click on > the comments button, you are taken to a link to the White House email. > > Those who take the pledge are asked to "talk with people about the > President's plan" and to "ask them to sign their names to the pledge" in > support of Obama's policies. > > So we have a Movement -- this is their term, not mine -- organized by, and > loyal to, a sitting President. Pledge canvassers, armed with your name, will > ask you to pledge loyalty to the President too. A president whose term has > already become a permanent > campaign<http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/02/09/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry4788139.shtml>, > is signing up ground forces in a mass organization pledged to personal > loyalty to their Leader. > > Does anyone know of any historical precedents for this in the United > States? > > Did Mitch Stewart, youthful director of OFA, who asks Obama's acolytes to > organize "neighborhood by > neighborhood<http://vodpod.com/watch/1418190-mitch-stewarts-organizing-update-march-9-2009>" > study anything at school about Mao's "Red Guards? > > How about Fidel Castro's "widespread system of neighborhood > informers<http://www.newswithviews.com/public_comm/public_commentary6.htm> > "? > > Or Hugo Chavez's use of "neighborhood > committees<http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=705931&contrassID=2> > "? > <http://www.newswithviews.com/public_comm/public_commentary6.htm> > Did Stewart learn anything about democracy at all? > > Do any of Obama's pledged servants understand why a sitting president has > no business creating and deploying his own supporters to help organize their > neighbors? > > Keep in mind that these acolytes have renounced any thought of questioning > the actual policies of the maximum leader. Whatever he says, they are for > it. They have given their word. > > And they are coming to have a talk with you. > > As Thomas Lifson > wrote<http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/03/the_obama_pledge.html>, > "This is not the way a democracy is supposed to operate." > > Page Printed from: > http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/03/the_knock_on_the_door.html > * > > > > -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
