Whoever made it, the Mussolini/Fascist/dictator vibe is undeniable. And even if you were entirely unfamiliar with the famous Mussolini scowl replicated in the 2012 campaign sign, why would any Democrat voter find this particular Obama portrait appealing or impressive? It reeks of Big Brother-ish totalitarianism all on its own, even without an historical precedent. Why depict your lovable candidate as a menacing, frowning tyrant?
Could this be the progressives’ secret love of totalitarianism peeking through once again? Many have already demonstrated the progressive/totalitarian connection. In fact, our own Ed Driscoll previously noted back in the 2008 campaign some extremely disturbing graphic parallels between Obama campaign/cult posters and those of earlier, uh, shall we say movements.
If you are a progressive reading this, you likely imagine yourself the polar opposite of the Fascists, but I ask you to stop and ponder a moment how you, your belief system and your behavior are viewed by others. When we see people demanding greater government power and expressing unquestioned devotion to a charismatic leader, we think “incipient totalitarianism.” You only exacerbate that impression by imitating the very design philosophy of previous totalitarian movements.
Are you sure you’re on the right side of history?
It’s an old theme, from when we first were exposed to The One, but some things haven’t changed in four years, except that more people are seeing it, finally.
Well, it works. I imagine that we’ll continue to see such things whenever someone wants to get elected without providing messy details.
Who said it? “Nothing outside the state, nothing against the State, everything for the State.” Il Duce or Il Dufe?
[awesome] Obama is the smarest president since Rome and if we cut through all of these out dated laws and regulations, he could really get things done. That is, if the Republicans, bankers, and big oil did not fight him at every turn, something really needs to be done about them. [/awesome]
Listening to a political ad here in California–the ad is railing against the proponents of a proposition–big oil, the Koch Brothers, Carl Rove. The proposition is opposed by all the major newspapers in California and various unions (including the teacher’s unions).