They didn't have YouTube in 1930s Germany, but if they did I would imagine that a Hitler Youth meeting might look something like this.

Hot dang, this is disturbing. Is it just me, or is this unique? Did such creepy things happen with Bush or Clinton?

A comment on the youtube video: "is this the ACORN preteen brothel i heard so much about???"

You know, for all the folks who didn't vote Republican on principle in November, I hope this, among many many other things that have come out of the coronation of the One, help them to sleep at night.

I would have voted for Bobo the circus dog before not voting, voting for candidate X or casting a protest vote for someone who we who were paying attention knew would be a dangerous radical President.

People are certainly feeling that "change", eh? Would not be surprised if American doesn't survive this one.

No difference between Obama and other potential candidates? On what planet?!

Are you kidding, asdf? I'm more proud of my vote for Chuck Baldwin than I was in November. Here we have a genuine rediscovery of at least some principle on the right, and a true grassroots uprising. Had McCain won, such would have been highly unlikely, despite the likelihood that he would have done at least half of what Obama is doing.

How can I say that? Because McCain is to the left of Dubya, and Dubya did about half of what Obama is doing, and in fact laid in place the stimulus/bailout pattern that Obama has delighted to continue and expand -- and which McCain rejoiced to endorse when he and Bush were in power. Meanwhile, with a few notable exceptions, the so-called right was largely silent, and usually proudly carried the water, for Dubya's statist programme.

Put on top of all that the fact that McCain is much more of a warmonger than Obama -- no interventionist and war-ish slouch he, as events have shown -- and I would say my voting decision is vindicated. It took Nixon-Ford-Carter to enable Reagan. Hopefully, Bush-Obama will result in someone even better than Reagan.

At least there is an attempt right now by the grassroots to resuscitate the Republic. With McCain, I have to believe the plug would have been pulled, and no one would have heard the few whispered grumbles.

Oh - and on topic - that is a sick, sick video. Even worse than the airhead effusions of Hollywood actors.

Let me qualify this: “I would have voted for Bobo the circus dog”. That is, if Bobo the circus dog could have won. Whoever the hell Chuck Baldwin is, he could not have.

Am I kidding? No. I could not be more serious. But sometimes I think you're kidding. Chuck Baldwin??

Eric, you're obviously a smart guy but maybe too smart for you own good. For a multitude of reasons that I’m sure you’re very well aware of including the disgrace that is the topic of this post, Obama is miles apart different in most ways from the others.

The fact that he doesn’t much like his country and is in full blown ‘change’ mode to mold it into something unrecognizable to most of us who believe that it is exceptional is a good place to begin.

It's not about “winning,” exactly. My vote is one of several, several million. It makes next to no difference for the outcome. It is about principle. Esp. when voting for the "lesser of two evils" is still losing. Arguably losing slower, but still losing. I'd rather make my vote worth something by making a statement with it. And in doing so, I signal I want to win in the long term, not just hope for slower travel down the road to serfdom in the short-term.

The fact that Obama is the way he is may in fact be a long-term blessing to this country, per my previous email. I am ecstatic that McCain is not president, even as I am horrified that Obama is.

(If anyone cares, I outlined a bit more of my thought process in my post, "Do We Have a Patriotic Duty to Vote?". For examples of how I applied my thinking in specific elections, see "A Few Thoughts on the 2006 Mid-Term Elections" and "When the Right’s Wrong, What’s Left? — #3: The Futility of GOP Lackies".)

Obama is an individual who would NEVER have been voted in at any time in this nations history except that he is BLACK!!! Call me a racist- and I could care less. White guilt got this cat elected. He was NOT vetted. He- being african american and far left liberal was the perfect mixture. ANY individual with his connections who was white would have been found out. The STUPID public- in their desire to be open minded and non racist- overlooked this clown. I saw Clarence Thomas go through HELL all because he was CONSERVATIVE. I saw Clinton elected because GHWB had NO desire to govern- remember the "watch" incident in the debate. Clinton got less than 50% vote in both elections. This was nothing less than white guilt.

Great points all, Eric.

I think Dan nailed it comparing this schoolroom indoctrination to the Hitler rallies, even the speech cadence is similar.

Mark has a good point as well re: white guilt. I was speaking to my mother yesterday and, although she can't name a single accomplishment or policy, thinks it's so great that we elected a black president, how proud she is that America elected a black man as president... black, black, black, no discussion at all whatsoever on what kind of a job he's doing. Whenever I try to engage my friends who support Obama the only answers they seem to have is that he's not Bush. Beyond that they just give me a funny look and refuse to hold any dialog. The fact I'm an independant and was never a huge Bush supporter seems to escape them. He's the leader of this country and I wish him well in doing what's right for this country but I'm uncomfortable with Obama as deity. Can you imagine the uproar if a Republican was doing these school rallies?

Maybe we'll rediscover what this republic is supposed to be all about before it's too late.

Hold me, I'm scared!

Yes it is about 'winning'. And in other times, the old boss might have been pretty much the same as the new boss. But we know that is not the case now. And 'winning' would have meant the alternative could have kept the most powerful position on the Planet out of the reach of an anti-American leftist nutcase.

I'll just be happy if your 'long term' scenario plays out. The way things are going, there will be no guarantees that we recover from the damage that might be done by this current crew.

I hope ultimately you're right. But at this time, I think it's naive to think that will be the case.

Jack Hunter has it exactly right -- and Mark Levin, etc, do not. He is saying what I've been trying to say here. See his article today, "An Unpatriotic Conservative".

It looks like the New Jersey Department of Education is reviewing this little youth rally.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/24/elementary-school-students-reportedly-taught-songs-praising-president-obama/

That was a good piece and I certainly would agree with some aspects of it in terms of the two being somewhat equal in policy decisions. But we'll never really know. So it's just mental masturbation by the pundits, isn't it?

My disagreement comes from how completely different the men are. Their backgrounds; their social politics; their political and life philosophies. These things are the basis of who they are and how these men were formed and how they process information pertinent to the kind of job they do and where they would lead the country.

Because of the these basic differences, it is clear to me that Obama is a much more dangerous person than any of the others and could radically dismantle things in this country for some time to come.

If one can not see that, one would either not be paying attention or maybe one is hiding head in sand.

I can't see any 'McCain Youth' indoctrination happening.

But either one of these a-holes would do this.....

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/54514