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Obama has flamboyant, condescending rhetoric

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  • Originally published October 14, 2011 at 4:21 p.m., updated October 14, 2011 at 4:30 p.m.

Editor, the Advocate:

During Hitler's rise to power in Germany, there were a number of "red flags" that gave clues as to his fanatical nature. But many people were taken in by his flamboyant and condescending rhetoric, and chose to ignore the warning signs.

There is a marked parallel between Hitler's rise to power and that of our current president. Many voters chose to ignore the fact that Obama's voting record in Congress was one of the most liberal. They chose to ignore his association with people who openly expressed anti-American sentiments. They chose to ignore the fact that he intended to redistribute the wealth through a socialist system of government expansion. They failed to notice his many deceptive and contradictory statements. They also were taken in by his flamboyant and condescending rhetoric.

In both cases, we have classic examples of how people lose their freedom by not taking politics seriously, and making choices based on emotions, greed and unrealistic expectations, rather than awareness and principles consistent with the established form of government. Of course, in our case, it is the Constitution.

In a recent national poll of high school seniors, only 12 percent correctly identified the Constitution as the basic document on which our government is based (National Assessment of Educational Progress). Therefore we can logically conclude that some 88 percent of these students do not have a clue as to the origin of our freedom, or how to maintain it. If that isn't scary enough, just think how vulnerable these kids are to the socialist propaganda we are exposed to every day via the media.

This coming election year is likely the most critical and pivotal we will ever experience. What's disturbing is the low voter turnout in recent years. These people have enjoyed freedom on the backs of those who care for our country and work to preserve it. To sit on the sidelines on election day is almost as destructive to freedom as a voting socialist. Freedom is not an automatic inheritance and is never more than a generation away from extinction.

Jerry Janak, Hallettsville



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  • vet43 vet43 Report a ViolationReport a Violation Permalink  | 

    And Perry is a cowboy. Really. He has the hat, the boots, carries a gun and has a direct line to God. He will round up all the heathens and non-believers (non-republicans) and brand them as heartless.

    October 17, 2011 at 12:48 p.m.
  • muleman muleman Report a ViolationReport a Violation Permalink  | 

    Obama is a socialist.

    October 17, 2011 at 9:59 a.m.
  • republicansrdumb republicansrdumb Report a ViolationReport a Violation Permalink  | 

    The "founding fathers" are not deity's nor were they omniscient nor omnipotent. This romanticization of these mortals is sad and pathetic. They more then you understood their fallibility by building in a mechanism to amend the Constitution a work in progress even at its initial signing: given the Bill of Rights was in the works from the get go. A democracy by its very nature implies change. If "liberals" are the majority then you have the right to leave or live with it- not to revolution just because the majority has changed its will to another form of thought or focus. People like you who try to dip their opinions into a plating of holiness do so to justify unlawful revolt if the democracy they claim to hold so dear becomes something that does not place their personnel agenda at the fore front. This is not exclusively your nation, nor exclusively a christian nation. The founding fathers knew full well how to spell CHRIST and did not leave it out of the Constitution in error but did so deliberately.

    October 16, 2011 at 2:26 a.m.
  • vet43 vet43 Report a ViolationReport a Violation Permalink  | 

    Sound's like someone on Koch's payroll. Yes, there are powerful figures to be feared because they have the resources to control industry, banking and Congress.

    October 15, 2011 at 1:37 p.m.
  • allfiredup allfiredup Report a ViolationReport a Violation Permalink  | 

    The first two paragraphs are so absurd they don't merit a response.

    There is much to be concerned about for the statements in the next three paragraphs. We were warned by the founding fathers that our hard fought for independence and founding of a republic would be difficult to maintain. Those days are befalling us, and in earnest. Man's greed will be the downfall of democracy, decency and eventually, the planet.

    October 15, 2011 at 11:54 a.m.