Beyond Parody

By BJ

This last week of the campaign, the desperation of the right is causing them to go completely off the rails.  A day or so ago, in response to McCain/Palin’s “socialist” charge, Obama hit back with a bit of humour.

McCain has “called me a socialist for wanting to roll back the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans so we can finally give tax relief to the middle class,” Obama said. “I don’t know what’s next. By the end of the week he'll be accusing me of being a secret communist because I shared my toys in kindergarten.”

By using such a ridiculous example, Obama was hoping to deflect the attacks, but he has most definitely misunderestimated the right-wing brain!

Ha ha.

Only, in this passage Obama revealed precisely why he is vulnerable to such charges: he can't seem to tell the difference between a gift and a theft.

Who knew?

However ridiculous the above, it can’t hold a candle to the exhaustive research performed by Pamela Gellar of Atlas Shrugs in determining the True Origins of the Obama Menace!

He is the son of Malcolm X!   (H/T - Ezra Klein, and for the picture)  Seriously, reading the extraordinary long rant Gellar posted, one can only marvel at what someone like that could accomplish if they actually chose to look into something of even passing importance and why such detective skills are never employed to verify claims made by right-wing politicians.  Then again, comparatively, even the furthest right politician is highly unlikely to spout anything near as crazy as the above.

And to round out the craziness, John Cole found a 67-page treatise called “An Examination of Obama’s Use of Hidden Hypnosis Techniques in His Speeches”  I can only hold out hope that as the right spirals into greater and greater absurdity, they will eventually reach a point where the mainstream starts treating them like the lunatic fringe they should be.  Only then will true parody be able to make a comeback.

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Comments

[Peter G.]

I must say I haven't seen a stranger site than Atlas Shrugs since the last time I attempted a transit of 911/Truther nexus. When and if the US ever achieves some universal heath care system it simply must include comprehensive mental health care and the necessary drug plan to back it up.

[Peter G.]

I must say I haven't seen a stranger site than Atlas Shrugs since the last time I attempted a transit of 911/Truther nexus. When and if the US ever achieves some universal heath care system it simply must include comprehensive mental health care and the necessary drug plan to back it up.

[BJ Bjornson]

That's going to take a whole awful lot of drugs, Peter, and I wouldn't want to see psychiatrist's bill.