Does
loyalty to a political party trump the well-being of a nation? That
question now confronts many Democratic Party activists, financial
contributors, and elected politicians, particularly because Barack Obama
has no loyalty to the party he leads.
In 2008, the Party went on a blind date with someone they did not know and made no effort to investigate. Playing on his ethnicity, his ability to deliver a speech, and a manufactured image geared to appeal to a celebrity-obsessed populace, Barack Obama captured the hearts and minds of the Democratic Party movers and shakers. Hillary Clinton, unable to counter this slick marketing campaign, was soon discarded for the new kid on the block.
It mattered little to the Democratic Party hierarchy who Obama was or what he had said or done in his past. Winning the White House with a "transformative" candidate was the only objective.
The mainstream media, the vast majority of whom historically vote Democrat, were overwhelmingly predisposed to swallow the composite image portrayed by the Obama team. He accorded with and exceeded their superficial image of an ideal presidential candidate. The major financial contributors to the Party, also susceptible to the new celebrity in their midst, were likewise mesmerized.
To the Democratic Party office-holders, dependent on the largess of the Party hierarchy, it mattered little who was the Party nominee -- they would blindly support anyone chosen. Party activists, many also dependent on the Party hierarchy, were willingly dispatched throughout the media to regurgitate talking points in furtherance of the false portrait painted by the Obama campaign.
In 2008, the Party went on a blind date with someone they did not know and made no effort to investigate. Playing on his ethnicity, his ability to deliver a speech, and a manufactured image geared to appeal to a celebrity-obsessed populace, Barack Obama captured the hearts and minds of the Democratic Party movers and shakers. Hillary Clinton, unable to counter this slick marketing campaign, was soon discarded for the new kid on the block.
It mattered little to the Democratic Party hierarchy who Obama was or what he had said or done in his past. Winning the White House with a "transformative" candidate was the only objective.
The mainstream media, the vast majority of whom historically vote Democrat, were overwhelmingly predisposed to swallow the composite image portrayed by the Obama team. He accorded with and exceeded their superficial image of an ideal presidential candidate. The major financial contributors to the Party, also susceptible to the new celebrity in their midst, were likewise mesmerized.
To the Democratic Party office-holders, dependent on the largess of the Party hierarchy, it mattered little who was the Party nominee -- they would blindly support anyone chosen. Party activists, many also dependent on the Party hierarchy, were willingly dispatched throughout the media to regurgitate talking points in furtherance of the false portrait painted by the Obama campaign.
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