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In the totalitarian world described in the novel 1984, by George Orwell, the ruling party controls the thought of people by controlling what they can say. This is accomplished by modifying the language so that certain concepts can no longer be expressed. Without a way to express them, certain ideas and events just die off.

In a way, Obama has made himself the true 1984 candidate. Since the start of his candidacy he has sought to control what can be discussed. Everything is repeatedly declared a distraction and therefore off limits for discussion.

It started off simply enough. Things like his family and his physical features were off limits. Fair enough. But it has long since progressed beyond the point of ridiculous.

Soon enough we couldn\’t even talk about about issues HE talked about. Then we couldn\’t talk about close personal friends/advisors/mentors of his. Now the truly ludicrous….when he sends his wife out to make campaign speeches, we\’re not even allowed to talk about what she says.

By repeatedly declaring anything that might even remotely cast him in an unflattering light, he repeats the methods employed by the ruling party of Oceania. By controlling what people can say, he controls what people can think. Not exactly the methods normally employed by a democratic leader, nor is it emblematic of \”hope\”….although to his credit it is certainly \”change\”.

Of course all of this would merely be amusing and annoying, if not for the fact that the GOP seems to be playing along with this game. How letting you opponent control every variable of the debate benefits you or anyone, is beyond me. But it certainly does not give me any hope that the GOP has any chance of turning around their abysmal performance of late.

If this sort of spineless appeasement by the GOP continues, I have little doubt that we\’ll be saddled with a Obama presidency. And if he\’s willing to impose an Orwellian order upon us when he\’s just a candidate, imagine what he\’s likely to do when he\’s President with a supporting Democrat controlled congress.

Just another example of the GOP insistence upon forcing itself into extinction as a majority party.

[Crossposted at True North]