Just a Brand
Barack Obama is a brand. And the Obama brand is designed to make us feel good about our government while corporate overlords loot the Treasury, our elected officials continue to have their palms greased by armies of corporate lobbyists, our corporate media diverts us with gossip and trivia and our imperial wars expand in the Middle East. Brand Obama is about being happy consumers. We are entertained. We feel hopeful. We like our president. We believe he is like us. But like all branded products spun out from the manipulative world of corporate advertising, we are being duped into doing and supporting a lot of things that are not in our interest.
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http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090503_buying_brand_ob...
One thing to keep in mind is that this isn't true just for Obama alone. Bush Jr./Sr., Clinton, Reagan, Carter........all just brands pushed by the power elite to make you think you have a choice. You have no choice.
Seriously
Use this knowledge to see who the next big brand is. I'll give you a hint. He's doing what to most Southerners is equivalent to going to mecca for muslims.............hiking the Appalachian Trail.
Anyone else seeing Sanford
Anyone else seeing Sanford as the next big brand?? We've got him talking up Libertarianism after Lindsey Graham spits at it, but then have him endorsing McCain and agree with Gingrich about blowing up North Korea.
To me he seems like he'd be
To me he seems like he'd be another Reagan. Ron Paul = Goldwater and Sanford is Reagan.
I guess I'm the only one
I guess I'm the only one seeing this then eh? LOL!