Run Like the Wind, Mr. Skittles! (Mark Levin of National Review Edition)
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles — ... Mark R. Levin: The Obama Temptation: I honestly never thought we'd see such a thing in our country... a recklessness and abandonment of rationality that has preceded the voluntary surrender of liberty and security.... [E]ven some conservatives... support for Barack Obama... unpersuasive and even illogical... the pull... Ken Adelman, Doug Kmiec, and others... are utterly incoherent... such as Colin Powell and Charles Fried, find Obama alluring but can't explain themselves in an intelligent way. ...

MARK LEVIN: OBAMA IS A CHARISMATIC DEMOGOGUE AND A HARDENED LEFTIST IDEOLOGUE
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS — LEVIN WARNS US: There is a cult-like atmosphere around Barack Obama, which his campaign has carefully and successfully fabricated, which concerns me. The messiah complex. Fainting audience members at rallies. Special Obama flags and an Obama presidential seal. A graphic with the portrayal of the globe and Obama's name on it, which adorns everything from Obama's plane to his street literature. Young school children singing songs praising Obama. Teenagers wearing camouflage outfits and marching in military order chanting Obama's name and the ...

Dark Night of the Soul
Talking Points Memo — ... The fact that Obama embodies the worst nightmares of so many on the political right says far more about them that it does him. In this piece at The Corner, Mark R. Levin, bristling over normally rational conservatives like Colin Powell and Charles Fried falling under Obama's demagogic spell, pushes ajar the door to his inner psyche, where the horrors are of the communist-cum-Nazi variety. Levin doesn't go in much for the Obama as closet Muslim nightmare. I'm sure it's just a failure of imagination. ...

Russia Agrees With Newt-- The US Media Is Openly Supporting Obama
Gateway Pundit — ... Senator Joe Biden. It adds that when the presidential candidates' platforms are described, Mr. Obama's is described last, to make it look better, and when platforms are compared, "Obama's is presented preferable." The observations appear to ape western criticisms of Russia's elections in which international observers have complained Russia's television networks are overwhelmingly pro-Kremlin and offer unbalanced and unfair coverage of opposition candidates. Mark Levin has more on the media's open and brazen in their attempts to ...

It Isn't Obama - It's McCain
Riehl World View — ... My friend Mark Levin expresses his concerns regarding a potential Obama Presidency here. One thing I would point out is that the people he lists as having become Obama converts all have one thing in common, they are or were part of the existing political or media elite. They ain't just common folk. ...

Is Barack Obama Driving The Right Even Crazier?
Oliver Willis — This madman rant from Mark Levin says yes.

CARNIVAL OF THE INSANITIES
Dr. Sanity — ... if it doesn't seem that way to me, then its likely it won't be included-- unless it just happens to fit in with one of the COTI themes for the week. Also, a link back to the Carnival if your submitted post is included would be appreciated...and some extremely harsh penalties await those who do not comply with this simple and reasonable request! REMEMBER, THERE ARE SO MANY INSANITIES AND SO LITTLE TIME!!! 1. A charismatic demagogue...yes. Thank goodness someone is finally saying it...(but he better watch out ...

McCain Plans Chain of Obama Recovery Centers
ScrappleFace — ... A top Democrat strategist today acknowledged that colleagues have discussed privately what they would do in the “doomsday scenario” of an Obama loss, but they’ve dealt with the threat by “simply putting it out of our minds and focusing on the transition plan for his ascension to the White House. Anything Barack can conceive, we can believe. Yes, we can.” The strategist added that transition planning has been much easier this year because “most of the research has been done, and we’re just revising ...

Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos — Some pundits are best abbreviated. Mark Levin: But beyond the elites and the media, my greatest concern is whether this election will show a majority of the voters susceptible to the appeal of a charismatic demagogue. No, not Ronald Reagan. And not Sarah Palin. The other guy running, the one beating the crap out of us in the polls. David Frum: There are many ways to lose a presidential election. John McCain is losing in a way that threatens to take the entire Republican Party ...

QUOTE OF THE DAY / WEEK / AND POSSIBLY THE NEXT 4 YEARS
Dr. Sanity — Mark Levin at The Corner: "But beyond the elites and the media, my greatest concern is whether this election will show a majority of the voters susceptible to the appeal of a charismatic demagogue. This may seem a harsh term to some, and no doubt will to Obama supporters, but it is a perfectly appropriate characterization. Obama's entire campaign is built on class warfare and human envy. The "change" he peddles is not new. We've seen it before. It is change that diminishes individual liberty for the soft authoritarianism of socialism. It is a populist appeal that ...

Crazy Talk
N/A — ... Mark Levin must have missed the 2000 election when things just had to be decided before all the votes could be counted.  Must have missed the run up to the Iraq war when we just had to go in before WMD could be found.  Must have been someplace else when the Patriot Act had to be voted on without even the slightest dsicussion: “I sense what’s occurring in this election is a recklessness and abandonment of rationality that has preceded the voluntary surrender of liberty and security in other places. I can’t help but observe that even some conservatives are ...

Mark Levin's Cultural Revolution
Obsidian Wings — ... by publius Shark jumped over at the Corner: There is a cult-like atmosphere around Barack Obama, which his campaign has carefully and successfully fabricated, which concerns me. The messiah complex. Fainting audience members at rallies. Special Obama flags and an Obama presidential seal. A graphic with the portrayal of the globe and Obama's name on it, which adorns everything from Obama's plane to his street literature. Young school children singing songs praising Obama. Teenagers wearing camouflage outfits and marching in military ...

Open Thread
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: The Obama Temptation. I sense what's occurring in this election is a recklessness and abandonment of rationality that has preceded the voluntary surrender of liberty and security in other places. I can't help but observe that even some conservatives are caught in the moment as their attempts at explaining their support for Barack Obama are unpersuasive and even illogical...There is a cult-like atmosphere around Barack Obama, which his campaign has carefully and successfully ...

“The allure of a charismatic demagogue”
Michelle Malkin — “The allure of a charismatic demagogue” By Michelle Malkin•October 26, 2008 10:11 AM [image] Blinded by the glow… Must-read weekend meditation: Mark Levin ponders “the Obama temptation” and asks, “Is the allure of a charismatic demagogue so strong that the usually sober American people are willing to risk an Obama presidency?” One of the biggest puzzles to me is why so many have fallen for the notion that the bland cipher Obama is “charismatic.” But I guess if you have enough in-the-tank media propagandists photoshopping halos around your head, people start to believe ...

The Obama Movement
PoliGazette — ... Mark Levin wrote a tremendous post for the Corner at National Review in which he sums up many of the concerns I, and many others with conservative inclinations, have about the movement created by Barack Obama. This deep concern is not related to his proposed policies as such, it’s about something else entirely: the pro-Obama movement, its irrationality, size and high level of passion for a man who is a politician not a god. ...

The cult of Obama
Israel Matzav — ... ). Here's a small part . But beyond the elites and the media, my greatest concern is whether this election will show a majority of the voters susceptible to the appeal of a charismatic demagogue. This may seem a harsh term to some, and no doubt will to Obama supporters, but it is a perfectly appropriate characterization. Obama's entire campaign is built on class warfare and human envy. The "change" he peddles is not new. We've seen it before. It is change that diminishes individual liberty for the soft authoritarianism of socialism. It is a populist appeal that disguises ...

It’s All Over
Jules Crittenden — ...  gives Obama 7.7, within a point or so of where he’s been for the past month. Mark Levin has a must-read at The Corner  about the fostering of a cult-like image around Obama, the conservatives who have fallen for it and its fostering by the bulk of the national media. He talks about “a recklessness and abandonment of rationality that has preceded the voluntary surrender of liberty and security in other places,” which sounds like the anti-Bush rhetoric of the last eight years, except that Bush was fighting a very real enemy, no one lost their civil liberties, and the Geneva ...

In a nutshell, why the prospect of an Obama presidency is so troubling
Sister Toldjah — ... Read Mark Levin this morning. He addresses all this and more in a post that a lot of us can identify with as it relates to feeling like over the last year and a half we’ve almost been living in an alternative universe as it relates to the fanaticism that surrounds Obama. Sometimes it feels surreal. Sometimes it feels like a nightmare, and one that may become a reality after next Tuesday. Levin points out that America can survive an Obama presidency but that “it will do so, in many respects, as a different place.” ...

Hard-Left Obama Thugs Menace Palin
Sadly, No! — January 21, 2009 To The Resistance: The Communist Terror-Fascism of Animatronic-Skeletons-With-Scimitars Islam Negro Auschwitz Death Hitler is upon us. Above: Liberal fascists infiltrate Palin Rally, Springfield, MO Wolverines! Wolverines! Wolverines! Sincerely, Mark Levin ...

Dogs And Cats, Living Together...
Daily Kos — ... One of the other site editors pointed me at this with the observation that the author, National Review Online's Mike Levin had, and I quote, "completely lost his mind." Now, National Review has become something of a pet to us here at Daily Kos, in recent months -- with fading morale and dwindling ranks on the right, it's become a lot harder to find the truly inspirational snippets of nuttery. There used to be a wanna-be Jonah Goldberg on every internet street corner; now, they're still there, but the mutterings just haven't been as, well... comically gifted. ...

Whistling - and Laughing - Through the Graveyard
Hoffmania! — ... ); Mark Levin not realizing he might as well stop bitching and realize he'll have material for his adorable little radio show; Mark Hemingway going deep and convinced into thinking an SNL from last night bit is ...

Slam of the Day
doubleplusundead — ... far less about Palin than she does about foreign policy. A good example is Ken Adelman, who headed the arms control agency in the Reagan administration. Adelman recently endorsed Obama and said he "would not have hired [Palin] for even a mid-level post in the arms control agency." Well, I know both Palin and Adelman. And Ken, I'm sorry to tell you, but I think there are an awful lot of jobs in Washington that Palin would get before you. Somewhat related in it's awesome awesomeness: Mark Levin on The Obama Temptation . Posted by: ...

Ask Mrs. O’Sadly
Sadly, No! — ... who struggles with Jewish voters due to his circle of close anti-Semitic friends. Maybe this is the reason it is not being released? Dear Mr. Pundit. Probably. We went to a Jew bash once, but got freaked out when they stomped on the glassware and carried the guy around on the chair. We also visited a Judo master and, um, something about Jujubes, except we can’t decide how to set that one up, so there you go. Mark Levin asks: The question is whether enough Americans understand what’s at stake ...

SUNDAY ROUNDUP
News — ... bloggers. But other bloggers said that such a schism on the right is inevitable. Obama picked up Sunday the endorsement of the biggest newspaper in Alaska, the home state of GOP veep nominee Sarah Palin, surprised bloggers note. Obama, a "hardened ideologue," has used his allure as a "charismatic demagogue" to ensnare conservatives and former Ronald Reagan backers Ken Adelman and Doug Kmiec and centrist Republicans Colin Powell and Charles Fried, according to The Corner's Mark Levin . Obama's campaign is built on "class warfare and human envy" and seeks to impose on the ...

"The Obama Temptation"
Babalú Blog: an island on the net without a bearded dictator — "The Obama Temptation" Brilliant piece by Mark Levin in NRO's The Corner. I'm copying the entire article becuase it is vital you read it: The Obama Temptation Mark R. Levin I've been thinking this for a while so I might as well air it here. I honestly never thought we'd see such a thing in our country - not yet anyway - but I sense what's occurring in this election is a recklessness and abandonment of rationality that has preceded the voluntary surrender of liberty and security in other places. I can't help but observe that even some conservatives are caught in the moment as ...

Shorter Mark Levin
Nitpicker — The Obama Temptation: American democracy doesn't work because the country's full of stupid people. Doesn't my list of statements unsupported by the facts prove that?

Invasion of the Obama Snatchers
Firedoglake — ... Writing from his negro-proof panic room (which doubles as the laundry room when his wife sends him out to get milk) a sweaty, disheveled, and quite possibly drunk Mark Levin types out a warning, inserts it into a hamster ball with Mr. Skittles the Wonder Hamster and then lobs it through a cracked door in the hopes that, God willing, it is not too late to save America: ...

Brian Jonestown Massacre
Obsidian Wings — ... , impose martial law, outlaw free speech, convert the country to a marxist dictatorship and/or make us all drink poisoned kool-aid.  Or something. ...

Covering for Obama: Media’s Latest Episode
Brain-Terminal.com — ... If Barack Obama is elected, he’ll probably be the president about which the American public knows the least. The media seems only interested in conveying feelings about Obama, not facts. As National Review’s Mark Levin wrote: ...

Conservative Wishful Thinking
Daily Kos — ... Actually, the first thing Lowry ought to do is get his National Review people to get a grip and get some reality training. After (figuratively) losing ...