This article, by Ron Rosenbaum, about the current T.E.A. party movement's utter ignorance of 20th century history, is a must read. The article illustrates just how wrong, and dangerous, it is for us to allow the "Obama is a Fascist, Communist, Socialist, tyrant" rhetoric to go unchallenged. Rosenbaum accomplishes this by comparing Obama to the real McCoy's of 20th Century history.
I especially agree with Rosenbaum's summary conclusion and recommendation:
"The pamphlet made me think further about 'cult of personality' as a phrase in relation to the T.E.A. Party. It occurred to me that their cult of personality is a kind of perverse cult of Obama. They've made a graven image of alien evil out of him. Obama: communist, Muslim, Kenyan, Manchurian candidate, fascist, socialist, capable of all varieties of political malevolence. A supervillain, with superpowers. Who requires super lies to combat.
It's time to take on these superliars and stop them from spreading their poisonous ignorance."
Joe H.
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