Facts, Who Needs Them? Certainly Not Obama Supporters!!!

This reminds me so much of the story of the Emperor and his new clothes. For those that don't know it, it goes something like this. An emperor who cares too much about clothes hires two swindlers who promise him the finest suit of clothes from the most beautiful cloth. This cloth, they tell him, is invisible to anyone who was either stupid or unfit for his position. The Emperor cannot see the (non-existent) cloth, but pretends that he can for fear of appearing stupid; his ministers do the same. When the swindlers report that the suit is finished, they dress him in mime. The Emperor then goes on a procession through the capital showing off his new "clothes". During the course of the procession, a small child cries out, "But he has nothing on!" The crowd realizes the child is telling the truth. The Emperor, however, holds his head high and continues the procession. (courtesy of Wiki). Obama is a smooth talker who is pulling the wool over everyone's eyes and ppl are too blinded to see what the truth is...when someone finally speaks up and is heard, chances are it'll be too late...we'll be stuck with 4 years of him and his cronies. [b]~~IN SEARCH OF PEACE WITHIN~~ **AGAINST THE STORMS, I WILL STAND STRONG** [/b]

Once again Sowell is right on the mark. There are a lot of people that are blinded by their hatred of Bush and the lies of 0bama. If they ever discover the truth, it will be after the fact, and after the damage has been done.

Thomas Sowell, one very brave, intelligent, thoughtful man. Too bad no political party dare run him for office, he's too honest and smart for them!

This is ridiculous, both sides are equally blind. You say that people who support Obama are blind because they support him but you are just as blind because you will never see their point of view. So you are just as blind as they are. You talk crap about him being a socialist when none of you know what a real socialist is. A socialist believes in the state owning the means of production and that is all that makes them socialist. What you are calling socialism are policies that are trying to offer social justice and that is not socialism since socialism doe not believe in social justice any more than capitalists do. Social justice is liberalism. If you don't believe me go and read your dictionary.

Sadly, I think that things have gone way too far to come back around at this lap in the race. People have been swayed by debonair and smooth talk and aren't willing to even stop and look at what is behind all that. I still wish the Republican Party had been able to come up with something better, with the strength to come up against him. I don't McCain/Palin is necessarily the right team, but I think it's the better of the two in my humble (if archaic) beliefs.

Thanks, Rodney. What bothers me is that people don't seem to understand that Obama is a socialist. Socialists mainly share the belief that capitalism unfairly concentrates power and wealth among a small segment of society that controls capital, and creates an unequal society. All socialists advocate the creation of a society, in which wealth and power are distributed more evenly, although there is considerable disagreement among socialists over how, and to what extent this could be achieved. Isn't that what Obama wants? Redistribution of wealth? That's socialism, right?

Just another great column written by Thomas Sowell. Thank you Rodney for posting this column for I might have missed the chance to read it. Thomas's comparison between a bad love affair and Obama is very close to the truth. Obama supporter believe that Obama is the greatest thing to come to this country since sliced bread, yet when pressed why either say they do not want four more years of Bush or they just like what Obama says. Whether McCain is or is not going to be another four years Bush cannot be proven no more than what comes out of the mouth of Obama. Take for instance Obama's tax plan, just words, there is not any proof that Obama will act on his plan. The whole issue over change is a dangerous one, because sometimes the status quo is just better than the change. Just ask all the people the Communist killed in Russia. Sure Czarist Russia was not the greatest situation but history prove that the Czars were better than the dictator. If Obama wins time will show we were right.

Excellent points. Every time someone points out true, and important FACTS about Obama, his supporters say it's "negative" and that it's an attempt to link Obama to bad things, when it is actually a FACT that he IS LINKED to those things.

People by their very nature are always selective of the facts they absorb dependant on their world view, for any man it is almost impossible to remain completly objective as our subconcious often completly ignores excessivly contradictory information without rational thought and a proper understanding of both arguments behind determining what is true and false. Ultimatly objective empathy is a skill few people posses in all cases, falling guilty to being judgemental and prideful in their own views, without realising that no person posseses the 'truth' more than any other person, there always remains the doubt that their world view is completly wrong, built on faulty premises and a poor understanding of critical thinking can lead even seemingly intellegent people into poor belief systems. The full truth is rarely understood, if at all.