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June 11, 2008 Although The Manchurian Candidate is a good book and a good movie, it is mistitled: Manchuria (read Chinese Communists) did not create a presidential candidate; they created a man tasked with wounding a candidate in order to secure for him the sympathy vote. This time, things may be quite different and before it goes any further, we need to know who, exactly, is pulling B. Hussein Obama’s strings. Consider: When asked casually why he did not wear a flag pin in his lapel, Obama gave a convoluted answer, the gist of which was that those who wear the flag are phony patriots and that he prefers to show his patriotism by his actions. (So far, the only related action is not wearing the flag.) Later, he changed his story, saying he used to wear a flag on his lapel but, as often as not, he forgot it. And he still doesn’t wear the flag. Any normal politician, seeking votes, would wear the pin as an outward show – even if he felt it was a sham – of his patriotism and his pride in America. Not Obama. Perhaps he has a deeper, secret reason for refusing to display allegiance to this country. (Update: A few days ago, he was seen wearing the flag pin. Too little, too late. As usual.) Consider: Obama says he never attended Muslim schools. His own half-sister says that he did attend such schools. He claims to have never been a Muslim, but Rev. Wright assisted in converting him to Christianity only twenty years ago. Consider: When addressing prospective voters, Michelle Obama wails that “they” are trying to deny her husband the nomination. She has even said “they” are trying to take it away from him. (Although the mysterious “they” are never called out by name, I’d bet that in this case “they” is Rush Limbaugh and his Operation Chaos. But she can’t name him because he hits back – hard.) Let’s examine those statements. Even “they” can’t take away from Obama something he never had, unless… Was he promised the nomination? After all, he is a United States Senator who, by the time of the presidential election will have served almost one-third of his first term. Surely he deserves the nomination, right? Wrong. Who promised him the top slot that Michelle now fears is being snatched away from him? Consider: In every primary so far, Obama has outspent Hillary by a factor of two or three to one. Should we really believe those millions of dollars are coming from the unemployed people he has described and denigrated as clinging to guns and religion? If that is true, then they’re a hell of a lot better off than anyone is saying. Consider: Hamas, a known terrorist group, has endorsed Obama for president. B. Hussein Obama is the man they want in the White House. Wonder why? When John McCain mentions this endorsement, he is accused (by Obama and his handlers) of running a smear campaign. Yet Obama has never repudiated or denounced the endorsement. (Of course, it took him twenty years to denounce Rev. Wright, so maybe he just needs some time.) Does anyone know why Obama apparently feels that the endorsement of a Mideast terrorist group is something worth keeping? Consider: It took twenty years for Obama to realize his pastor/mentor/adviser/friend is spouting hatred and division. But almost as soon as he “denounces” Reverend Wright (as the Reverend says, Obama has to say what politicians say) he openly supports Wright’s replacement in the Trinity Church – a pastor who hails a dead gangsta rapper as a prophet, who compares Moses and Jesus to thugs; who says that, when Jesus was on the cross, he was just hanging out with a couple of other thugs. Just can’t get enough of that old-time religion, Mr. Obama? That old-time, hate-filled, agitate-the-masses religion? And since you’ve made it clear you intend to remain a member of that church, keep giving those big bucks so the new pastor can retire in the same splendor as the old. Although one is known by the company he keeps, we don’t yet know for sure that Obama shares the outlook of either pastor (though there is reason to suspect he does). It may be he sticks with this church because it provides cover for who he really is. Nah. That’s outlandish, right? The stuff of movies. Consider: One of Obama’s advisors on foreign policy, Robert Malley, has been in direct contact with the terrorist organization Hamas. But he was dismissed from Obama’s staff only after he went public with that information. Consider: Obama can’t seem to help surrounding himself with friends and advisors who hate America, hate Israel or both: Reverend Wright, Wright’s replacement, bomb-thrower William Ayers, Rashid Khalidi… Oh, yeah: He also seems to have married a hater. Consider: Obama has repeatedly stated he will immediately pull our troops out of Iraq, even though common sense should tell him that an Iraq in turmoil and without our presence becomes a soft target for the expansionist dreams of the mullahs in Iran. Or maybe he does know that. Consider: Michelle Obama (who attended Harvard and now draws down a six-figure salary) says that, for the first time in her life she is proud of her country. (Not proud of any of the opportunities afforded her along the way; not proud of the fact that she can easily afford those music lessons and summer camps for her children; not proud of the fact that a somewhat shady friend got her and Obama a sweetheart deal on a lavish home.) (Actually, her resentment seems to stem from the fact that she had to work to earn her degree- as opposed to being given one because she is entitled - and that, on her measly $200,000-plus salary she has difficulty seeing why she should have to repay the student loans that led to that salary.) No, she only became proud of America when she saw the fawning crowds who greeted her husband as if he was, indeed, a messiah and this election cycle the Second Coming. Strangely, it was at that time that those of us who are not brain-dead, who are not taken in by empty platitudes and slogans, saw those same slavish crowds and began to fear for our country. Consider: Obama has repeatedly said he will engage in dialogues with our enemies, especially the rabid-dog president of Iran, who has promised to wipe Israel off the map. One can only wonder what concessions Obama will make. Perhaps he’ll assure them they can have all the nukes they want so long as they promise to not use them. Consider: For the first time in our history we are in a war of ideology. We are not fighting aggressors looking to expand their territory or enrich their treasuries; we are fighting religious fanatics who wish to destroy our way of life, who consider anyone not a Muslim to be an infidel any Muslim can murder at will. And yet many Americans, at this time of peril, are hell-bent on electing a man whose attitudes and influences are, to say the least, suspect; whose true backers (the “they” who evidently promised him the White House) may be someone other than the “clingers” recently insulted and dismissed by Obama himself. Whose candidate are you, Senator Obama? Who is really pulling your strings? ------------ About the author: Erv Bobo is a free-lance author. His current books THE VELVET BRAND, THE CHEYENNE BRAND and WESTERN STAR are currently available at Lulu.com. Email: Dasher1945@aol.com Comment on this article here! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com. 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