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March 3, 2008

B.O., the Self-Esteem Candidate

Posted by Dave Blount at March 3, 2008 7:30 AM

How is it possible that so many moonbats could get so excited over Barack Hussein Obama, who quite obviously does not have the qualifications to be President? One theory is that he is the first candidate to represent the self-esteem generation:

Obama has tapped into is the first generation educated in schools focused on "self-esteem." Now, the products of self-esteem education have come of political age in substantial numbers, perhaps with profound implications for this and future elections.

For the past two decades, America's educational establishment has stressed the inculcation of self-esteem as the supreme educational goal. Self-respect — the product of struggle and achievement — is out; self-esteem — the entitlement to feel great self-worth regardless of actual accomplishment — is in.

Students are no longer required to learn, only to feel good about themselves. As SAT scores nosedive, grade averages soar. Reality is still out there, waiting to pounce on them when they leave school…

But not in Obama-world. That is a world of Hope; of Action; of Change You Can Believe In; of Yes We Can; of Coming Together; of Moving Forward Into the Future, and of other banalities that can mean absolutely anything to anyone. "I am asking you to take a chance on your own aspirations." It's all about us and our good feelings of youth and unity. Nothing so difficult as spelling out tough policy choices or arguing about a particular program's merits or ramifications is involved.

Why, that might instigate analysis, or arguments about right or wrong answers, which would divide us; that would interfere with our focus on how good we feel about ourselves and the restoration of the soft, fuzzy future which once belonged to us.

Obama Nation is the land where you can stay in school forever, a liberal school where 2+2=5 if that's what makes you feel good, and blacks built the pyramids if they feel entitled to have built them. You could hardly expect the President of Obama Nation to have actually earned his position — that would be so yesterday.

On a tip from V the K.