Politics in America has long been more about image than substance; the current president is an excellent example. A limited or sketchy past, limited or no experience, and a parroting of the liberal agenda is what characterized Obama during his campaign. On the other hand, he has excellent campaign slogans, a killer smile, and is a historical figure (first non-white president). So what if he wants to redistribute wealth, meet dictators without preconditions, and raise taxes across all segments of society (energy taxes, tobacco taxes, capital gains taxes, etc.)? He seems like a nice guy. Hell, he might even do what this lady is suggesting:

This article highlights how the Obama campaign has been absolutely overjoyed with the current feuds that included Rush Limbaugh, Karl Rove, and Dick Cheney because of how unfavorably they are viewed by the general public. Mark Murray, the author of the article, thinks that the Republicans are having a hard time finding a messenger who is more liked and who smells less like Bush. I agree… but at the same time, I think that America can transcend the “cult of personality” that the Democrats are offering us.

Plenty of Americans are sickened by the masses of Obamatons (Obama’s automatons or unquestioning followers) that are currently chanting party slogans in unison and preaching a new Utopian era under one-party rule. This behavior is reminiscent of communist regimes and fascist regimes of old… and it scares a lot of us level-headed citizens. That all discussion is silenced by a roar of “change” in current political dialogue runs contrary to the spirit of freedom in this country. It is troubling that the Obama administration has openly declared that they would not allow this “crisis to go to waste” and have used this opening to spend more, borrow more, and tax more. They have decided to fund every special interest project they could and expand the size of government in the meantime. They passed a nearly $800 billion spending bill without reading it. Our representative democracy has been hijacked by the Obamaton army… but things cannot continue this way.

Eventually, Americans will start waking up from this dream and start to re-affirm their independence as free citizens. History has shown that, in the long run, Americans make poor robots and have an streak of standing out, making waves, and rejecting the status quo. If Republicans are to survive as a viable alternative, they will need to be the party of independent thought, of American uniqueness, and of innovation. America wanted change last election, but America has always wanted independence above all things, and the change that is being offered will make us a society dependent on government. Republicans do not necessarily need a popular figure, they need principles that transcend the current mood in the country and they need ideas that work. Defeating the current sheep mentality will not happen overnight, but once citizens return to the spirit of optimistic individualism that affirms the ability and the right for all Americans to reach their dreams, it will be the party of the individual, not the party of the collective masses, that will be left standing. Democrats advocate a society of uniform mediocrity in the name of the common good. Republicans need to advocate a society of infinite personal opportunity that does not leave anyone behind. Once Republicans get behind that popular idea and shout it from the rooftops, the Obamaton masses will begin to wake up, and then the real American change can take place.

-AG