The creepy Obama cult’s followers continue to push forward with a weird, but so far successful push to have the Dear Leader dominate every aspect of our lives.
Even visiting a local mall yesterday, it was impossible to escape Obama overkill. At the entrance to Newbury Comics, there was a lifesize image of the Messiah, apparently to let us all know they have been fully indoctrinated and expect us to follow suit.
And just try to find a newspaper without the Chosen One’s photo on the cover and glowing coverage inside, it’s nearly impossible. Turn on the local news and the anchors lead off with partisan propaganda about how Obama is going to save the world.
For its part, talk radio is gearing up to fight him for as long as possible and ready to beat back their attempts to wipe out the medium.
Sunday, I was interviewed for a live Monday morning drive time talk program in Canberra, Australia. The host seemed alarmed by what was going on here and told me that any successful move to shut down opposition voices in America would quickly be emulated by his own government as well.
I tried to reassure his listeners that 58 million Americans who didn’t join the cult are ready to fight for this country, especially to protect freedom of expression. There are a lot of spooked people over there right now, however. They wonder what the hell is going on here.
I wish I had a better answer, as McCain’s crappy campaign explains only part of the problem.
But the hands-down creepiest development on the Obama front is news that a movement is underway to create a national holiday to honor the Dear Leader himself. No, that’s NOT a joke, I wish it were.
Obama’s support base has now moved so far into cult territory that there’s really no distinction between his followers and those who followed Jim Jones to Guyana, other than in terms of size and scope.
As Americans, we’ve long viewed ourselves as above the sort of extreme movements that have brought (often initally democratically-elected) dictators to power elsewhere. Obama is quickly becoming our Chavez, Castro or Ahmadinejad.
Will his supporters wake up before it is too late? I doubt it, the brainwashing is now complete.
Tags: America, Barack Obama, freedom of expression, morning drive time, talk radio
November 10th, 2008
Unhinged Obama cultists still unable to find a reason to be happy are still lashing out against those who dare to challenge or question their Dear Leader.
From today’s Herald, here are two fresh examples:
Carr a spoilsport
By Babs Beaulieu
Friday, November 7, 2008
It’s a shame that Howie Carr had to write such a negative column after such an historic day (“It’s a moonbat nation - but I’m no citizen,” Nov. 5). It is not just “moonbats” who voted for Barack Obama - it was 52 percent of the population, which includes all genders, races, economic status, education levels and political affiliations. Obama will be everyone’s president including yours, Howie.
Even Elizabeth Hasselbeck had to admit she will support Obama because America has spoken.
Babs Beaulieu, Lynnfield
If only this were true, Babs: Obama’s made it clear his administration will be about serving his thug friends from Chicago, with Raum Emmanuel overseeing this process. You were tricked.
Here’s the other guy, he’s using WTKK to call for censorship of talk radio:
What a turnoff
By Alan Vervaeke
Friday, November 7, 2008 -
Is the radio as a medium no longer fit for the listening of children to political commentary (Nov. 6)? My daughters are far better off listening to Don Imus than to either Michael Graham or Jay Severin.
Maybe the very reason that some in Congress speak of curtailing talk radio has to do with the venomous rants of others like these two and the clear and present harm they continue to inflict on America as an institution. Normally I would lash out at anyone who expressed an interest in limiting public discourse, but in the case of these two “gentlemen” I might just make an exception.
Alan Vervaeke, Fitchburg
This is more than just being unhappy about the election, these people are pushing to crush dissenting voices before they have a chance to effectively cast doubt upon Obama’s thugocracy.
Tags: Alan Vervaeke, America, Chicago, Don Imus, education levels, Elizabeth Hasselbeck, Howie Carr, Jay Severin, Michael Graham, political commentary
November 7th, 2008
Let’s get this straight: a tired, sleazy former Massachusetts Democrat legislative leader with a notorious “insider” reputation who just pled guilty to federal perjury charges (today!) is now ready to be forced upon an unwilling conservative talk radio audience. What gives?
That’s the sad outcome likely awaiting fans of Boston’s WRKO- AM, some of whom have been holding out hope that the station’s recent self- destructive kick could somehow be stopped before it is too late.
If former House of Representatives Speaker Tom Finneran is in fact hired to take over morning drive at the station, despite having no experience holding down a daily talk show, expect WRKO’s remaining listeners to take a hike. (See important disclosure note in the comments section)
How is talk radio compatible with a career hack who has spent his life protecting and promoting the very cronies the station has successfully taken on for decades? It’s like oil and water.
If WRKO’s interest in him seems bizarre, join the club. Beyond one stubborn manager’s insistence that the inexperienced and unproven former politician take a key morning drive slot, there is virtually no public call, much less a potential audience, for a Tom Finneran talk show.
Making the situation even more hard to comprehend is the fact that Finneran reportedly wants a substantial pay package, one which would likely top the $540,000 he currently receives as head of the Bay State’s Biotechnology Council.
That is at least five times what the current morning drive host, Scott Allen Miller, is thought to make and not even in the ballpark of rational industry norms for such a position.
How is an unproven non- talker in a position to ask for this kind of money? Beyond Air America, who would be crazy enough to give it to him?
Meanwhile, the biotech council is currently weighing whether to even keep Finneran in their employ, but a new Boston Globe story indicates that he may very well hang on after all.
The very public negotiations have been a source of embarrassment for WRKO, a once- proud megatalker that has been torn to shreds in the past several months by Julie Kahn, a station executive who lacks any real talk radio programming experience whatsoever.
But the weirder Kahn’s moves appear, the more she seems to dig in her heels, despite her lack of expertise. It’s a triumph of ego over ability.
In fact, WRKO’s rapid implosion has been so unusual and shocking to watch that it will be the subject of an upcoming Radio Equalizer follow- up report. While the station’s mess has been the talk of the industry for several months, the station’s parent company has yet to intervene. But that could change at any time.
In the meantime, when will radio managers learn they simply can’t force bad programming down the throats of their soon- to- be- former listeners? When they are finally forced into the unemployment lines?
Above all, simply because they have nowhere else to go, why should sleazy criminals from the world of politics be dumped onto the talk radio business? What have we done to deserve this destructive force?
UPDATE: Stubborn as a mule, Kahn still continues to press for Finneran, despite his lack of experience or known abilities in this arena. More on the plea deal here.
UPDATE: Finneran is now officially a convicted felon and there are conflicting newspaper reports on the fate of his biotech job:
Disgraced former House Speaker Tom Finneran pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice today avoiding jail but thrusting his job, pension and future career as an attorney all into jeopardy.
Finneran admitted his guilt - and apologized for it today - in federal court. The guilty plea means:
- He must serve 10 months of unsupervised probation.
- He loses his right to vote and carry a gun.
- He agreed to not run for political office for five years.
- He must pay a $25,000 fine, which his lawyer said he would pay today.
The deal will also require a referral to the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers, which will disbar him, or at least suspend the longtime lawyer’s right to practice law, a source close to Finneran said.
The felony conviction also means Finneran will lose his $2,575-a-month state pension, which he earned through 26 years of public service. Under state law, a government employee’s pension can be cut off if he is convicted of a felony connected to his job. Finneran’s admission of guilt stems from misleading testimony he gave in a civil trial over the drawing up of legislative districts in 2001 while he was House speaker.
His $500,000-a-year lobbying job with the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council also appears in jeopardy. MBC officials declined comment last night, but sources said the board was caught by surprise and is not pleased with the outcome of the case. Finneran had long maintained his innocence and vowed to fight the charges when he stepped down as House speaker and took the MBC president’s job in 2004.
Finneran, who is expected to land a plum talk-show host gig, could continue lobbying since there are no state laws barring convicted felons from being registered lobbyists, officials said.
Finneran, holding back tears, told the federal judge today he is sorry for what he did.
‚ÄúI embarrassed myself. I shamed myself. I apologize to you … I apologize to my constituents and I apologize to the people of Massachusetts,‚Äù he said.
Boston Globe says the biotech council will wait until at least Monday to decide whether to fire him.
Meanwhile, WRKO’s Howie Carr and his callers are busy blasting Finneran on the air during Friday’s show.
Tags: America, Boston, Julie Kahn, Massachusetts, Scott Allen Miller, Tom Finneran, WRKO
January 5th, 2007