Desperation is born of despair and hopelessness, both in language and in life.
Obama supporter-generated video ads, in these final days of the endless presidential campaign, have recently sent two strong signals that desperation has taken hold of the Obama campaign.
The ads use and abuse the most vulnerable among us – the old and the young.
You may have seen the ads. And in seeing them, you probably felt disgust at what the Obama campaign has become. Temper that disgust with quiet confidence and guarded optimism concerning the outcome of the election.
The hardcore supporters of the President – those with the means to attempt to influence others – are struggling to adjust to impending defeat and political death.
Consequently, they have become their own worst enemies.
First, they’ve used children.
It is the redoubt of the defeated tyrant – using the children is. We’ve seen it before in war. When all else fails, cast the nation’s seed corn into the inferno of battle. Sacrifice them to adult vanity.
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Some of the song’s lyrics, written by an adult, are difficult to hear. Here they are:
Imagine an America
Where strip mines are fun and free
Where gays can be fixed
And sick people just die
And oil fills the sea
We don’t have to pay for freeways!
Our schools are good enough
Give us endless wars
On foreign shores
And lots of Chinese stuff
We’re the children of the future
American through and through
But something happened to our country
And we’re kinda blaming you
We haven’t killed all the polar bears
But it’s not for lack of trying
Big Bird is sacked
The Earth is cracked
And the atmosphere is frying
Congress went home early
They did their best we know
You can’t cut spending
With elections pending
Unless it’s welfare dough
We’re the children of the future
American through and through
But something happened to our country
And we’re kinda blaming you
Find a park that is still open
And take a breath of poison air
They foreclosed your place
To build a weapon in space
But you can write off your au pair
It’s a little awkward to tell you
But you left us holding the bag
When we look around
The place is all dumbed down
And the long term’s kind of a drag
We’re the children of the future
American through and through
But something happened to our country
And yeah, we’re blaming you
You did your best
You failed the test
Mom and Dad
We’re blaming you!
And they’ve, also, used the elderly to advance their cause. They, too, fill the ranks of the last soldiers in tyranny’s lost cause. Throw the old, along with the young, into the front lines, when all else fails to turn the tide of defeat on the near horizon.
(Warning: Contains crude and profane language.)
Desperation is apparent in both ads, as the Obama campaign becomes its own worst enemy.
We need not curse them, for they curse themselves, in pursuit of their misguided belief that…
“To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics.” Vladimir Lenin
