Posted by
Dennis Pemberton on Tuesday, October 07, 2008 6:46:34 PM
Barack Obama's rise to national prominence, and his inexperience in matters foreign, domestic, or labor-intensive, have prompted his supporters to analogize him to another liberal icon, John F. Kennedy. Aside from the fact that JFK was for tax cutting to stimulate the economy, had come to national prominence as a red-baiting member of McCarthy's HUAC, was in favor of a vigorous nuclear armament program, and was not afraid to intervene in foreign countries, the analogy is more apt than Obamites might desire.
Recall that JFK's image was one of vigor, youthful health, and celebrity-level handsomeness. That's Barack Fitzgerald Obama all over. But also recall what the media wasn't telling you. That JFK was addicted to painkillers and benzedrine. That he had Addison's disease, which as a consequence made him look like he had a tan. That his apparent healthfulness was because he had been pumped full of steroids his whole life. All this health history was ignored by the media, or covered up by the Kennedy campaign, and nobody dug. Obama also benefits from a lazy/collaborative press, but here's the questions which are not being asked and/or not being followed up on:
He is an admitted pack a day smoker, who only quit for the campaign (or his family, and his concern for them only coincidentally came to the fore as he started his run); in addition, he told a townhall audience he was chewing nicorette, while reporters have caught him sneaking smokes during the campaign- nicotine overdose, anyone? Why hasn't he released full medical records for the past ten years?
He has admitted drug use in one of his two autobiographies (BTW, how does a guy who's done nothing squeeze two books out of 40 years? Of course, Proust did it in À la recherche du temps perdu, but Proustian revelation is not a quality of Obama's work.); how much did he use, and what drugs, specifically? Did he ever take hallucinogenics? Where did the money come from- did he sell as well as use? Has he ever been tested for long term effects of drug use? Has he stopped?
Another aspect of the Kennedy/Obama analogy is Chicago. Mayor Daley's machine delivered Chicago for Kennedy, and, while Obama has Illinois in his back pocket already, the same fraud machine, this time courtesy of ACORN, is delivering votes from the dead, felons, and even people who never existed.
Just a couple of aspects of the JFK/BHO analogy, made more striking as each day goes by without tough questions from a complicit media.