Last Friday, Obama mocked congressional Republicans for characterizing his “pretty centrist” healthcare plan as some kind of “Bolshevik plot,” explaining that such scorched-earth argumentation leaves Republicans with little to no room to maneuver, and in fact demonstrates the party’s bad faith. Watch:
Clever, hard-hitting, and long overdue. But from the minute Obama said the word “Bolshevik,” this reaction from far-right outlets was unavoidable:
Conservapedia has never been one for metaphor or literary devices. A respect for context, and a willingness to look for meaning beyond the literal, is too much to ask from young-earth creationists.
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But to put Conservapedia into context, it was RobSmith that put that up. The guy sees communist everywhere, or claims to at least. The entire of the Democrats are already in league with the Reds to turn the country over to them and just yesterday, he was selling George W Bush out as a liberal. Personally I think he believes less about what he says than the way he can spin it.
Posted by Pi | February 1, 2010, 11:28 pmIt’s been a while since I’ve been over there but I know they are capable of saying some really insane things. But is it possible he was just trying to be funny? Or am I giving them too much credit?
Posted by Jim | February 2, 2010, 10:10 amYou are :-). As Pi points out, the author of the line, RobS, is crazy. He has no distinguishable sense of humor, just hatred and fear
Posted by ACG | February 2, 2010, 1:21 pmI suppose as the guy who ran away from formerly Bolshevik plot, I agree with Bam. However, now that I outed myself as a former resident of USSR, I fear what Conservapedia will say about me. After all, during my citizenship interview I was asked if I or anyone I know has ever been a member of the Communist Party. I fear the gig is up and my permanent stay in this great country may be over, comrades.
P.S. TO Rob Smith, I am being sarcastic, I am as American as Apple Pierogi.
Posted by Igor | February 3, 2010, 11:20 pmPerhaps now we know why the President called it a Bolshevik plot. It’s disinformation to disguise the reality that he may be a Maoist..
Posted by RobSmith | March 6, 2010, 10:28 pmFriends, this is a rare treat. We’re in the company of a legitimate Conservapedia administrator, the vaunted RobS. They’re generally too afraid to engage in conversation anywhere where they can’t ban the other participants. Let’s take advantage of the chance. Rob, what do you understand “Maoism” to be?
Posted by ACG | March 7, 2010, 2:36 amHi, Rob! How’s the Great Fight Against the World Revolution (TM) going?
So Obama’s a Maoist this month, eh? Bit out of fashion, isn’t it?
Posted by lanfranc | March 7, 2010, 7:26 pmPlease. Muslims don’t believe in the passage of time. This just proves he’s both, and if you disagree, you’re 95% likely to hate class prayer.
Posted by ACG | March 7, 2010, 8:42 pm“ACG”, you’re clueless about the relationship between Muslims and time. This sort of [[deceit]] is common among Liberals. I will be reviewing your edits and hope to see substantive contributions from you soon. Thanks and godspeed.
Posted by lanfranc | March 7, 2010, 9:07 pmWell thank you. Mao advocated a doctrine that could short cut the historical process of revolution. A rag-tag group in the hills, like Mao, Castro, Che, or Ho Chi Minh, could descend on the cities and destroy the decaying paper tigers like Batisita or Chaing ki-shek without infiltrating the labor unions or stirring up the workers with commie agitprop.
Posted by RobSmith | March 7, 2010, 8:54 pmSorry for being dense, but where’s the connection to Obama? Are you suggesting he has guerilla units hiding out in the Appalachians waiting to descend on Washington, or what?
Posted by lanfranc | March 7, 2010, 9:03 pmhe may be a Maoist.A deep strain of Maoist thought has pervaded Barack Obama’s influences throughout his life and has persisted in appointments he has made while serving as President.
Posted by RobSmith | March 7, 2010, 9:37 pmA deep strain of Maoist thought has pervaded Barack Obama’s influences throughout his life and has persisted in appointments he has made while serving as President.
Posted by RobSmith | March 7, 2010, 9:38 pmCome on, Rob, now you’re just back where you started. Specifics, please!
Have any dissident professors been sent to work the fields lately? Are American peasants melting down their tools to increase the national steel output? How many factories have been collectivized? And is the current five-year plan available for download anywhere?
Inquiring minds want to know!
Posted by lanfranc | March 7, 2010, 10:22 pmLook at Mark Rudd’s sentiments:
Posted by RobSmith | March 7, 2010, 11:04 pmYour most damning evidence is some Maoist guy’s wishful thinking about what Obama may be doing in the future? Wow, that gun’s not just smoking, it’s on fire!
So just to summarise, the full extent of Obama’s rampant Maoism is A) that he appointed a couple of people who either have been tenously associated with Maoism over twenty years ago or at least read something by Mao at one point, and B) that a couple of Maoists like what he’s doing.
Considering the evidence is that strong, I think it’s great that American democracy has people like you watching out for it, because you’re clearly on the treshold of a revolution over there. Yessir! Any day now!
Posted by lanfranc | March 8, 2010, 5:51 am