Why Marketing Is King: "The Birth Of Rock Star-Nation"

Once again, our society has proven that “Marketing is King”. And for all the “Big Business” opponents out there; the campaign election committees silenced the anti-corporate rhetoric, by using the same tactics that the alleged “machine” utilizes to do one thing; Sell more crap we do not need! So the Obama supporters should be proud, the free-wheeling propaganda machine won, and “by any means necessary”. In the end, this election essentially came down to which camp had the better platform for convincing advertising. Now granted, the Democrats could have selected even fictional characters such as Beavis & Butt-Head (hhmmm), and the White House would have been theirs for the taking. There was so much anger and hate from the disgruntled left, an unfair and overzealous detesting of George Bush, so much distress from a global weakening of the economy, and so much hunger for any type of change, that rational decision making could have been clearly absent from this process.

Do not get me wrong, I loved the infamous “Gotham” font, the creative use of theme driven imagery (with or without the signature artistic posters that were reminiscent of socialist revolution propaganda). Even I could respect the succinct eloquent speeches, the emphatic embracing of such a simple word like “Change”, and never ending prophetic ramblings of “A hope for all nations, and all people – Change we can believe in”. I can see how our society has been longing for a departure of politics as usual, and a historic shift in how our country is viewed. And throw in the wild card, of a first president, other than a rich, old, white guy; and you have the equivalent of having the original formula for “Coke”: easy money! No wonder the Republicans picked Sarah Palin; which ended up as a three-ring circus free-for-all. Forget Nixon era wiretapping, they just photocopied the Obama-Nation playbook; under “Audible”, under “Desperate Attempts”. The DNC called the play, and the RNC called a change mid-snap. And to be honest, the bench was not full of reliable reserves to choose from. My hat is off to the Democrats for a fine job of politicking: the first African American president (well at least 50% African American) – who could lose? So in this midst of anger, frustration, hunger, and racial pride, the election was hand-delivered to Obama. And this is not bad for a guy, at the time, with less than 150 days of executive experience under his belt. Actually, I am surprised he only won by the margin of “popular vote” that he did; I had it pinned at 70/30 given the level of emotional recklessness that had people crying and wailing in the streets before, during, and after the election concluded. Yes, people were crying over a man becoming a president. Yes, people were crying in other countries that, on a daily basis, speak out and despise the United States. Even Jesse Jackson, a man of tremendous “racial empathy” who once referred to NYC as “Hymie Town”, was shown in tears. The last time I cried over another human being, I was at a funeral. People were shouting off rooftops for hours after the election concluded, and well into the next morning, as they stumbled out of bar-fronts grasping their “Obama branded micro-brews”. Do not laugh; I am sure the committee thought of it.


So “Marketing” won, and the rock star image they sought, became reality. I will agree that a first minority president is quite an event in our nation’s history, and no one will argue with that. But the question was, “Is that enough”? This is not some racial indifference towards Barack Obama, but an exercise in understanding his substance and overall character. And I could not come to any rationale conclusion that this man would be the right individual to run the country, bring about real change, or create unity; regardless of political affiliation. And of course, there was a lot of information that should have been further explored to validate the credibility of the sources - you should never take something for face-value unless you research it. Well, I am a cynic by nature, so that explains a lot.

But people just seemed to ignore the issues that were brought up during the election...

• A man with limited experience; other than involvement in irresponsible and radical community organizations.
  

• A man with an unexamined family history, which there is still no conclusive evidence or U.S. birth certificate bearing his name.


• A man that has avoided questions about his Muslim influence, which is important given the impact of his position of power.


• A man who disrobed himself of the American flag, in place of a self-promoting iconic "Rising Sun" that looks oddly similar to a typical MASONIC (Islamic) symbol which represents the New World Order over America, which is the "globalist" goal of the dissolution of American sovereignty.


• A man that came from a moderate upbringing, with unlimited and unverified funding that catapulted him to the top of the political food chain.


• A man that with 20 years of spiritual advisement had no recollection that his pastor was spewing racist and anti-American rhetoric .


• A man that denied any relationships with unrepentant domestic terrorists.


• A man linked to extreme socialist groups and sympathetic communist off-shoots


• A man that entrenched himself with corrupt Chicago politicians and infamous slumlords.


• A man who has been supported (Campaign Contributions) by radical Islamic groups.


• A man that spent his formative years embracing the collective works of leading radical African American activists.

• A man who has written controversial books on the black-centric philosophy and anti-white sentiment; whose wife shares the same discontent for everything not-black.

• A man who has spent considerable time and support for a questionable Kenyan government.

• A man who has risen to fame in such a short period of time, with documented support of extreme-left sympathizers and foreign sources.

...A man that no one seems to really know, or even questioned by voters - They chalked it up to "It was made up; or exaggerated", which makes me happy to see voters like to be informed (sarcasm intended). Was it all truthful? No one seemed to care: after 8 years of "Bush-Hating", it was irrelevant, right?

So, I am sorry if I can not share the same sentiment of Michelle Obama, in stating “For the first time in adult lifetime, I’m really proud of my country”. Fortunately for me, I can find several moments in history to feel good about America. Sure, there was a sense of pride in the African American community, and there should be. But pride, nor racial affinity, should steer the vote. Critics will continue to discuss the significance of race in this election, but one thing we know is that very few citizens saw the goodness in this country, so they followed this alleged messiah, like mindless sheep towards some type of envisioned promise land. Either they saw what I could not, or maybe the ideals which I thought were important, were not. Regardless, this might have been one of the first times I was disappointed in this country; or more accurately, my overall disappointment in the people that traded their belief in “substance”, for the belief of “something unknown”. It was as if voters had an exaggerated look of unconsciousness in their eyes. And with the glamour and celebrity self-promotion that people seemed to need in their dreary lives, Rock Star-Nation was an easy sell. I will admit that the only winner throughout this process was “Democracy”, which was truly represented by the people’s voice and a cry for change. The people spoke, acted, and were heard; so for that, every American should delight. Only time will tell if this "Change" will have a positive effect on our country or not; and I hope for the former. But if the result is the latter, of course I would never say, “I told you so”, I’ll leave that to the inspiring, and good-natured, wonderfully loving trio of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, And Barney Frank. Hell, they sold you on the financial bailout; they’ll sell you on this. Remember, I did say “Marketing Is King”.