March of Obama’s Skeletons Continues

The March of Obama’s Skeletons continues.  It is a macabre parade, but is any breathing media pundit reporting it?

The nightmare is beginning.  And it is beginning to feel more like the Dawn of the Living Dead than the day after Halloween.  Those of us who are holed up, living and breathing free air and ideas while we can, are seeing the journalistic zombies staggering all around us. 

But as someone aptly put it, this is the year that journalism died.

And I guess the dead cannot see the dead. 

So it’s up those of us who are living to shine a light in the darkness, and report what we see to anyone else out there who is reading.

On Halloween, I wrote about the skeletons coming out of Obama’s closet.  And I linked you up with Trevor at NewZeal, who reports today that

Barack Obama’s chief campaign strategist David Axelrod, once worked for a man who was an identified member of the Communist Party USA, a registered agent of the Soviet Union and a paid disseminator of Soviet black propaganda.

This man went on to become a key Chicago political fixer who helped elect communist linked politicians including the late Chicago mayor Harold Washington and former US Senator Carol Moseley Braun.

This man knew Barack Obama and was a key member of an organisation which endorsed Barack Obama in his 2004 US Senate race. Barack and Michelle Obama were active members of this organisation, which was once investigated by the FBI over claims of communist infiltration.

Who was this man? What was his background?

For more information click and read here.

The march is getting louder.  Can you hear it?  This is what it sound like:

The false charge…[of] racis[m] was only one of the smear campaigns used against [the]candida[te] by the Soviets and their surrogates. The American Communists covertly assisted in this “active measures” campaign.

Hey, PUMAs, are you listening?  This sounds a lot like Michelle Obama.

Read thoroughly.  And pass it on.

I see dead people.  And they’re voting.

Monkee Business: Making Mischief and Smashing Pumpkins

When I was a kid, November 1st used to be the day for cleaning up the remains of the jack o’lanterns the local high school pranksters had stolen from neighbors’ porches to toss about the neighborhood in random acts of mischief.

I remember the pumpkin shards with the smashed mouths leering in the middle and along the sides of the road, waiting for someone to scrape them off the pavement…or hit them with their cars, smushing them into pulpy oblivion on the blacktop.

But such is the life of a pumpkin: chosen, cleaned up, carved into a jacko’lantern, set out–smiling (or grimacing)–for public view for a short time…and then…SNATCH!  Smashed to smithereens by mischiefmakers right where everyone can see it immediately after Halloween.

But this Halloween there is more than mischief in the making:  there is outright deception.

So I thought that a little musical interlude from Smash Mouth (or the Monkees, depending on your age!) would be a useful tool in commenting on some remarks from an Obama supporter in Florida at Obama’s rally a couple of days ago.

This is what she said:

I’m in love…wooooo…I’m a believer….

Um.  Just kidding.   This is what she really said:

It was the most memorable time of my life.

It was a touching moment because… I never thought this day would ever happen.

I won’t have to worry about putting gas in my car.

I won’t have to worry about paying my mortage.

If I help him, he’s gonna help me.

RIGHT.  Keep on singing, sister.  That’s some fairy tale life you are living.

But if that’s what you truly believe, I’ve got just the song for you, although I might be publishing it a little early for you to realize the truth of it. 

And since I believe in free enterprise and intellectual property rights, I won’t be downloading any music with which you can sing along.  

But you can sing the song because you know the tune even if the lyrics surprise you, just like Barak Obama will if you elect him.  

Get ready…

One, two, one two three four….

I thought wealth was

Only true in fairy tales

Meant for just the rich

But not for me

Hope was out to get me

That’s the way it seems

Disappointment still haunts

All my dreams.

 

I thought I liked his face

But he’s a deceiver

Not a trace

Of change on his mind

He’s a fraud

He’s a deceiver

The press wouldn’t vet him

Didn’t try.

 

I thought trust was

More or less a given thing

The more I gave the less

I got, oh yeah!

What’s the point of working?

All you get is pain

When I wanted dollars

I got change…

But now I see his face

And he’s a deceiver

Not a trace

Of change on his mind

He’s a fraud

He’s a deceiver

The mob wouldn’t leave him

Wouldn’t try.

 

But what’s the use in working

All you get is pain

While I hoped for more wealth

I got change.

 

And I still see his face

And he’s a Deceiver

He will leave this place

With every last dime.

He’s a fraud

He’s a deceiver

But we couldn’t leave him

Didn’t try.

 

Although we liked his face

He’s still a deceiver

Not a trace

Or doubt in our minds.

He’s a deceiver

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

He’s a deceiver

Then we saw his face

And he’s a deceiver

Not a trace

Of doubt in our minds

He’s a deceiver 

But only some of us know it, because in fairy tales, even a plain golden pumpkin can become a golden carriage with the help of a fairy godmother.

Just not this one.

It’s time for us to engage in some deception…some mischief of our own.

We don’t want to help Obama.   We don’t want Obama’s help.  We know what he wants to do…and we don’t like it.

We don’t want to exchange our treats for his huge trick…so it’s time to smash his pumpkin before he gets a chance to get ours.

Let’s just make sure we do it on the right road…on the road to the White House.

Or we may just find ourselves splattered on the Highway to Hell instead.

Halloween Brings Skeletons out of Obama Closet

It’s Halloween, and later on tonight, I expect the usual round of ghosts, ghouls and skeletons knocking at my door for trick or treat.  But having skeletons outside my door is far preferable than having them in my closet waiting for someone else to find them.  So I was really not surprised that I did not have to wait too long to receive an answer to my question earlier this evening.

That being said, if I were Barak Obama, I would be really scared this Halloween.  I would be terrified for this reason:  the polls are tightening.

People are looking hard at both candidates, listening closely to the common sense voice of Joe the Plumber, just a hard working, ordinary American citizen. 

And as a result, voters now trust John McCain more on issues of the economy and taxes.  This is bad news for the Obama camp. 

People are begining to see through the costume.

And they don’t like what they see underneath.

The question I asked earlier this evening was, “Why did these people keep company with Barak Obama?  What was their compelling self-interest?”

You can find the answer in Barak Obama’s own words below (see bold). 

Obama file 22 Barack Obama, Danny K Davis and the Marxist New Party Obama file 21 here When Barack Obama successfully ran for the Illinois State Senate in 1996 on the Democratic Party ticket, he was endorsed by two interrelated organisations, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and the Chicago branch of the New Party. Two groups formed the backbone of the New Party-DSA and the closely related radical grassroots organisation the Association of Community Organisations for Reform Now (ACORN). In some areas, there was also some Communist Party involvement and Chicago, considerable input from the Communist breakaway group Committees of Correspondence. Together the New Party Marxists worked through the Democratic Party in order to mov e it far leftward. A 1996 New Party document entitled ”Who’s Building the New Party” lists several prominent CoC and DSA activists among the national New Party leadership. They included two of CoC’s five co-chairs, Rafael Pizzaro (also a DSA member and a former communist) and Manning Marable, a former DSA official. Other DSA members listed include linguist and activist Noam Chomsky (who now serves on the CoC advisory board), labour academic Elaine Bernard, Gloria Steinen and five contemporary Obama supporters– black activist and academic Cornel West, sociologist Frances Fox Piven (credited as the theoretician behind ACORN), former Maoist Bill Fletcher, feminist Barbara Ehrenreich and Chicago physician and “single payer” health activist Quentin Young. The New Party exploited the concept of electoral “fusion,” which enabled candidates to run on two tickets simultaneously. If a candidate ran as a Democrat and for the New Party, he or she would be on the ballot twice and could attract the votes of both centrist Democrats and leftist New Party supporters. Both votes would be totalled giving the candidate a much greater chance of winning the election. Using this tactic, the New Party succeeded in electing hundreds candidates to local office in several states. “Fusion” was rendered ineffective by a Supreme Court decision on 28 April 1997 written by Justice William H Rehnquist, leading to the collapse of the New Party and similar efforts nationwide. Barack Obama had worked with ACORN Affiliates For many years in New York and Chicago. He also and had close ties to DSA, so was a natural fit for the New Party. Obama’s links to the New Party went well beyond accepting their nominal support. O bama actively sought the New Party’s endorsement and urged members to join his campaigns. The New Party went so far as to claim Obama as an official member of their organisation. Former Chicago City Councillor Danny K Davis joined the New Party during his successful Congressional 1996 campaign on the Democratic Party ticket. New Party News article Spring 1996 page 1, celebrated the Davis’ congressional victory and went on to say; “New Party members won three other primaries this Spring in Chicago: Barack Obama (State Senate), Michael Chandler (Democratic Party Committee) and Patricia Martin (Cook County Judiciary)…”these victories prove that small ‘d’ democracy can work’ said Obama”. New Party candidates Patricia Martin left, Danny K Davis centre, Barack Obama right. New Party News Spring 1996 page 2. Barack Obama clearly saw the potential of the New Party, because he sought their support well before the scheduled election. From Chicago DSA’s New Ground September/October 1995 “About 50 activists attended the Chicago New Party membership meeting in July. The purpose of the meeting was to update members on local activities and to hear appeals for NP support from four potential political candidates… The political entourage included Alderman Michael Chandler, William Delgado, chief of staff for State Rep Miguel del Valle, and spokespersons for State Sen. Alice Palmer, Sonya Sanchez, chief of staff for State Sen. Jesse Garcia, who is running for State Rep in Garcia’ s District; and Barack Obama, chief of staff for State Sen. Alice Palmer. Obama is running for Palmer’s vacant seat…Although ACORN and SEIU Local 880 were the harbingers of the NP there was a strong presence of CoC and DSA (15% DSA)… Four political candidates were “there” seeking NP support.”The next year, the New Party socialists were celebrating their campaign successes.  From New Ground July/August 1996 “The NP’s ’96 Political Program has been enormously successful with 3 of 4 endorsed candidates winning electoral primaries. All four candidates attended the NP membership meeting on April 11th to express their gratitude. Danny Davis, winner in the 7th Congressional District, invited NPers to join his Campaign Steering Committee.In the end, Obama didn’t need the New Party to win the election. Though initially serving under Alice Palmer, Obama stood against her for the State Senate seat-after Palmer lost a bid for the US Congress and decided she wanted her old job back. Obama won by using legal technicalities to get all his opponents, including Alice Palmer, disqualified. Patricia Martin, who won the race for Judge in 7th Subcircuit Court, explained that due to the NP she was able to network and get ex perienced advice from progressives like Davis. Barack Obama, victor in the 13th State Senate District, encouraged NPers to join in his task forces on Voter Education and Voter Registration…” Obama and his New Party associate Danny K Davis, formed a strong relationship that has endured to this day. The pair have worked on several projects in Illinois and congressman Davis has played a significant role in Obama’s Senate and Presidential campaigns. He is now a Democratic Party “super delegate” pledged to Obama. In this 2004 speech to the Chicago Teamsters Union, Obama describes Davis as “one of our best congressmen” because “he shares our values”. But what are Danny K Davis’ values?  Around the time the New Party was alive, Davis was linked to no fewer than three Marxist organisations. According to a December 29 1998 email from DSA membership officer Solveig Wilder; “Ron Dellums (who recently retired from Congress) is a Vice Chair of DSA, and Danny Davis, John Conyers, and Major Owens are all DSA Members.” Danny K Davis has Mced several DSA run Debs Dinner functions in Chicago in recent years and was named as a DSA member in the organisation’s newsletter Democratic Left, Summer 2006 edition. Davis also had ties to CoC. According to Chicago DSA’s New Ground of September 1994; “Over 500 delegates and observers (including 140 from Chicago) attended the founding convention of the Committees of Correspondence (CoC) held here in Chicago in July. Speakers…included Charles Nqukula, General Secretary of the South African Communist Party; Dulce Maria Pereira, a senatorial candidate of the Workers Party of Brazil; Angela Davis of CoC; and Andre Brie of the Party of Democratic Socialism of Germany (a revamp of the old East German Communist Party)Other guests during the Convention included Cook County Commissioner Danny Davis, Alderman Helen Schiller and Rick Munoz, a representative of the Green Left Weekly of Australia, and a representative of the Cuban Interest Section.”  Incidentally Rick Munoz, is also now an Illinois Democratic Party delegate for Obama. Davis was also friendly with the Communist Party USA. In Chicago, the Communist Party has for many years held an annual a fund raising banquet for its paper, the Peoples Weekly World (formerly the Peoples “Daily” World). According to the PDW of July 28th 1990, Chicago alderman Danny K Davis attended that years banquet on July 15th. Davis applauded those at the banquet, who, he said, are always in the midst of struggle. PDW readers, he said, are “steadfast in the fight fòr justice.” The affair netted $2,500 for the PDW. fund.According to the Peoples Weekly World of October 3rd 1998, congressman Danny K Davis interrupted his campaign work for Senate candidate Carol Mosely Braun to present an award at the Chicago annual Peoples Weekly World banquet. This event raised a more respectable $10,000 towards keeping the Communist Party paper afloat. Danny Davis’ values are clearly socialist. What are Barack Obama’s values? Obama file 23 here

posted by Trevor Loudon at 8/19/2008 10:25:00 PM  

h/t DP

It looks like both Danny Davis and Barak Obama have more than a few socialists in their closets as well.  And they are coming out just in time for Halloween.

Mr. Obama,  Shakespeare would say that you’ve been “hoist by your own petard.”  How fitting.  And you thought they were “just words…just speeches” given in relative obscurity to people who would never force you out of the closet.

But you outed yourself with Joe the Plumber.

And you need to face this harsh reality:    Just because you look like a president and sound like a president doesn’t mean that you ARE a president, or that you ever could be.

Maybe it just means that you’ve been allowed to dress up for Halloween.  You might want to ponder that thought for a moment.   After all, the very people that dressed you up can also dress you down.  And it won’t take as long as you think.  For proof, just look at your friend John McCain, once the media darling of the Senate.

But now, perhaps, the trick is on you.  The American people are starting to realize that if you look like a Marxist and act like a Marxist, you are probably a Marxist.

No closet is big enough to hide that secret.

And once you’ve been outed, there is no going back.