“Y’all can’t get the water to clear up, until you get the turd out of the creek.” East Tennessee wisdom.
George Rebane
A leading local leftie commented again at length on ‘Behold a Pale Horse …’. There he lamented that viewing and discussing the films I reported on will keep people from hearing those few Republicans who are still willing to debate Obama on important national issues “like the future of American tax policy, a national energy plan, reducing debt, national enfranchisement, economic development, trade, national security …”. And then he goes on to blame Romney for being off issue in a display of the most convoluted logic seen for some time from a progressive pulpit. Another timely application of the Alinsky Alternative by the Left.
Now if I correctly recall the last year or so, Obama has run like a scared rabbit from talking about his record and approach to important national issues. He prefers to spin (aka ‘lie about’) Romney using capitalism to kill people while at Bain, Romney’s offshore investment accounts, Romney’s tax returns, …, and for good measure he has Romney accused of being a felon.
As a counter, Romney and his running mate Ryan have put forth detailed plans for the next four years and more (see Russ Steele’s report here), while Obama has avoided saying anything about what he’ll do if re-elected.
By now you’re probably wondering what in hell is the above pictured contraption, and what is it used for. Well, a friend and correspondent sent me the picture and an accompanying explanation which I have edited slightly. It will go a long way to clarify what we have experienced in this presidential campaign so far, and what is forthcoming a fortiori – that’s fancy talk for ‘in spades’. All I can say is ‘Maudie, brace yourself!’
The tobacco enema was used from the 1750s to about 1810 to infuse tobacco smoke into a patient’s rectum for various medical purposes, primarily the resuscitation of drowning victims.
A rectal tube inserted into the anus was connected to a fumigator and bellows that forced the smoke towards the rectum. The warmth of the smoke was thought to promote respiration, but doubts about the credibility of tobacco enemas led to the popular phrase “blow smoke up one’s ass” to describe all manner of bamboozling speech.
This instrument has enjoyed an even longer history of service in Washington D.C. by politicians and bureaucrats of all stripes. Having already seen extensive use on the stump in 2008, it was again pressed into service as the main medical device needed to sell Obamacare, the President’s new healthcare program. Most recently its application has had a widely witnessed resurgence when it was discovered to be the only effective tool in use by the Obama campaign during this election year.
[31aug12 update] As an example of the kind of smoke Obama has been blowing up where the sun don’t shine, we reprise the nearby image from a literary promo that was not purged from the record, and has been pooh-poohed by the Left ever since – ‘you know, just kidding’. Our liberal friends need to be reminded that the lamestream’s crack journalists never came upon this in their extensive research into Obama’s background – you know the kind that professionals always do on national candidates. So here’s the puzzle, was Obama already an accomplished smoke blower back in his Harvard days, or is that a recently acquired talent, or maybe he didn’t blow smoke at all. Any ideas? (H/T to a reader)
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