Mindgames
November 1, 2008
In The Sound Of Drums, the penultimate episode of Dr. Who Season 3 (RTD series), we find The Doctor and Martha Jones back in England after a disastrous encounter with The Master. They find that he has assumed the name Harold Saxon, and has become the Prime Minister of the UK. Using a network of telecommunications satellites, he obfuscated his nature to the citizens, allowing him to peddle whatever untruths he needed to form a charismatic figure and win the position.
BHO, however, is no Time Lord, but in a way he is a figment of the imaginations of all his believers, and even his doubters. His campaign was built on this protean ability of his. Now, with very little time left to unmask the fraud, there is a mild uptick in voices.
There is the voice that fearfully, but not unreasonably, sees BHO’s charisma as akin to that of Adolf Hitler or Ayatollah Khomeini. There are at least two accounts of BHO-campaign insiders speaking of their tactics: one on Hillbuzz, the other on Red State. Even Rush Limbaugh, the voice you can never silence, is on to something when he mentioned NLP on his show.
And the timing couldn’t be any more perfect, because the realization that something is about to hit you head on usually comes right before you realize you barely have any time to evade or protect yourself, much less change the direction of said projectile.
What we are beginning to see clearly is the massive PsyOps used by the BHO campaign against the Right. We are particularly vulnerable to these kinds of operations because, at least from what I have observed, what constitutes the Right in this country is a loose coalition of people and groups who share small overlaps of their self-interest. Many of us follow the same market philosophy in the realms of the mind as we do the realms of the hand. This is why almost half of the content in a right-wing group blog is self-critical. Spend a half hour on The Next Right, or Red State, and you will see what I mean.
Let the infighting start on November 5th. We still have an election to win, and whether you live in Maryland, which historically gives it to the Democrats, or in Texas, getting out the vote counts. We are not alone here, dear Republicans. The media doesn’t report on the PUMAs anymore because they know the threat is real. It isn’t hip to speak against BHO but there is, I believe, a silent majority everywhere who will tip the scales against him. Let none of the polls fool you. Let the worries of BHO’s supporters embolden you, as it will embolden them on election day.
Go out and vote. This fight isn’t over.
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