Image from source, Raw Story
After the ridiculous "The One" anti-Barack Obama attack ad was released by the John McCain campaign, I wondered in this space if they were trying to win over the Left Behind crowd. The message would be at best subliminal to an ordinary viewer, but to a rapture rightist, all the cues are there: Is Barack Obama the Anti-Christ?
Now, my piece was not posing the question seriously, only if that was what McCain was going for. I believe I was right, and have lots of company out in the blogosphere. CNN has now, quite some time later, entered the fray. Only their angle on the story seems less focused on the believers and more interested in asking the actual question!
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'Obama the Antichrist?' CNN actually asks
Just so we're clear: Barack Obama is in fact not the Anti-Christ, sent here to feed on the souls of the innocent, resume Satan's reign over earth and bring about the apocalypse as foretold in Revelation.
Not. The. Anti-Christ.
Read more (with video) at: Raw Story
After the ridiculous "The One" anti-Barack Obama attack ad was released by the John McCain campaign, I wondered in this space if they were trying to win over the Left Behind crowd. The message would be at best subliminal to an ordinary viewer, but to a rapture rightist, all the cues are there: Is Barack Obama the Anti-Christ?
Now, my piece was not posing the question seriously, only if that was what McCain was going for. I believe I was right, and have lots of company out in the blogosphere. CNN has now, quite some time later, entered the fray. Only their angle on the story seems less focused on the believers and more interested in asking the actual question!
[Excerpt]
'Obama the Antichrist?' CNN actually asks
Just so we're clear: Barack Obama is in fact not the Anti-Christ, sent here to feed on the souls of the innocent, resume Satan's reign over earth and bring about the apocalypse as foretold in Revelation.
Not. The. Anti-Christ.
Read more (with video) at: Raw Story
Well… at least they haven’t called him the Boogyman - yet! :-) Black males have been demonized throughout American history. Unfortunately, I think we brothas become immune, but enjoy proving such attacks absurd.
ReplyDeleteExample. The U.S. military issued propaganda to spread rumors to suggest that Black American male soldiers were half human and half ape/monkey…They even went so far as to suggest that these Black American soldiers possessed monkey tails under their uniforms!!! By promoting these vicious and unfounded lies the guilty parties thought that they would scare White European women from seeking these “savages”…But like the old saying goes curiosity is what killed the cat and in this case that is what literally happened!!! ;-)
Now, think about John McCains recent ad that states, “hot chicks love Obama;” what’s the political correlation? Absolutley none - except to instill FEAR. I hope this tidbit was helpful
You may be right, there might be some sort of racism intended in the ad as well. But, gee, are we saying that McCain's attacks are multi-faceted, and work on many levels? Are we giving up/down, evil/good binary right-wingers too much credit?
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