Comments on: The cult of personality trumped ordinary considerations

By: Ron19

Ron19 — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 05:06:32 +0000

Here’s my take:
The right convinced 10 million less people to vote at all.
The left convinced 3 million less people to vote at all.
The left started from a higher number of voters, so they won.

By: GayPatriot » Obama’s triumph of personality

GayPatriot » Obama’s triumph of personality — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:45:11 +0000

[...] us that last week’s election was as much a battle of personalities as it was one of ideas. Bookworm reminds us of Abe Greenwald’s insight into “how conservatives misread the election outcome”: [...]

By: Maggie's Farm

Maggie's Farm — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 11:29:06 +0000

Weds. morning links…

Too many smart Asians Chevy Volt update: The $40,000 Volt is basically a $17,000 Cruze – with a 500 lb., 25-mile range, eight-hour-to-charge battery. Which is toxic when spent – and costs somewhere between $8,000 and $15,000 to replace. And the Amer…

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:57:55 +0000

Ah, the power of Leftist propaganda. I got a sense that some of us didn’t take that quite as seriously as I might have wished.

By: SADIE

SADIE — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:30:57 +0000

I am sure the DNC is pondering “who” at this very moment. Hispanic? Asian? White/black split ticket – like those old Chinese menus..pick one from column A, one from column B and dessert is always included.

By: Charles Martel

Charles Martel — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 03:34:47 +0000

Alix, don’t scare me. What a horrid thought! But not to fear. Michelle’s problem would the sourness she exudes. She’s not as glib or personable as her husband, and is even less educated and literate than he. That defect would quickly show through.

By: Alix

Alix — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:40:54 +0000

I am worried that Michelle will run in 2016! Cult would continue?

By: Mike Devx

Mike Devx — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:40:19 +0000

Well said, Book! Thank you.

I’d like to add that I still think Obama is an effective communicator, though I know you don’t agree. I think he is effective – but only to that 50+ percent, and especially effective to the uninformed. He’s not effective to people who pay attention – like those here in Book’s domain – AND who are philosophically opposed to him. We see through him rather easily, and it’s to the point we can hardly stand to listen to him. But for all those other voters (and non-voters) I think his glib, smooth, deceitful delivery slides right on in and they are just plain bamboozled. He seems to be able to say just about anything and get away with it.

I’m beginning to think that, given the horrid state of the economy, the Obama team ran a nearly flawless re-election campaign, in every way (including diversions). Things are not going to be any better in 2016 – in fact they are nearly gauranteed to be worse. And the 2016 Democrat candidate will be no Obama.

Don’t rush to fix things that aren’t broken. There is such a rush to try to fix a thousand different things, it seems, without really taking the time to identify – with PROOF – what really went wrong. I hope the GOP, and conservatives, don’t rush to “fix” the wrong things.

By: RLaker

RLaker — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:36:54 +0000

I am sure you are right about the media, but I think they had to work a lot harder at the demonization and demoralization than they have before, which is why they started sounding so desperate at the end. I do not believe they thought this election was “in the bag”.

Also, I agree that the blogging community was not ultimately able to match their firepower, but do we not need to be a bit “long march” in our approach here? Blogging has really, to the best of my recollection, only been very active since about 2002. Progressives have been at this for the best part of 100 years. It’s very frustrating and dispiriting to think about, but on the other hand, they have been at this for the best part of 100 years and still only manage to get just over 50% of the vote, during presidential years, maybe that in the midterms, if they can be bothered. Going by those numbers, all the infiltration and indoctrination hasn’t been as effective as they would like us to believe.

One other benefit of blogs is that people get a chance to see their own ideas expressed by others, and then experiencing that lovely “Yes! You said what I have been thinking!” moment. It will give them more confidence (well it does for me anyway) about expressing their own thoughts themselves.

Thank you for all the work you do, spreading the conservative message! You should come in half-dozens, as my late next-door neighbor used to say.

By: Cheesestick

Cheesestick — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:37:04 +0000

The whole cult of personality thing is so completely lost on me. He is a nasty, immature little boy that is too self-absorbed & self-important to have ever convinced me he was capable of taking care of anything that might help other people. The thing that amazed me the most as we first got to know him is that I have always loathed John McCain; mostly due to him also being arrogant & condescending. I marveled at the fact that Obama actually made McCain appear meek & mild by comparison. (Not that I ever forgot who he really was.) How people actually believe Obama is some friendly, every-man type is just beyond me.