Like most of the leftist illiterati in the U.S., trash novelist Erica Jong has revealed symptoms of what appears to be a mental nervous breakdown over this election. In an interview to the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, Jong fretted that an Obama loss would "spark the second American Civil War" and also that his loss would cause "blood to run in the streets." She also admitted that she was experiencing a "paralyzing terror" about the upcoming election. It seems that those most mentally disturbed by this election inhabit the American far left, revealing a seeming delicately balanced mental state -- or maybe I should say an unbalanced one.
Jason Horowitz of the New York Observer brings us Jong's overwrought blather and also notes that Jong seems to think the same worries are being echoed by many of her jet-setting comrades. Jong notes that Jane Fonda, Naomi Wolf, Ken Follett and others have agreed with her that the world will end if the messiah isn't elected.
Horowitz translates what he calls "the more spirited quotes" from Jong's Italian interview:
"The record shows that voting machines in America are rigged."
"My friends Ken Follett and Susan Cheever are extremely worried. Naomi Wolf calls me every day. Yesterday, Jane Fonda sent me an email to tell me that she cried all night and can't cure her ailing back for all the stress that has reduces her to a bundle of nerves."
"My back is also suffering from spasms, so much so that I had to see an acupuncturist and get prescriptions for Valium."
"After having stolen the last two elections, the Republican Mafia…"
"If Obama loses it will spark the second American Civil War. Blood will run in the streets, believe me. And it's not a coincidence that President Bush recalled soldiers from Iraq for Dick Cheney to lead against American citizens in the streets."
"Bush has transformed America into a police state, from torture to the imprisonment of reporters, to the Patriot Act."
She also laments that not all of America's men of letters share her devotion to Obama.
"Tom Wolfe and John Updike are men of the right and Philip Roth is at this point a hermit who leads a monastic life in Connecticut, far from everything and everybody."
Luckily, she said there is her and Michael Chabon, who, she says, have "taken the place of Susan Sontag and Norman Mailer respectively."
They have the same political sensibilities, she said, but a better "sense of humor."
I am particularly amused that Jane "Commie Jane" Fonda is "crying her eyes out" so much.
But, notice how unbalanced the left has become with the Obama candidacy? They see racists following them everywhere, they see "hate speech" from the mouths of every disbeliever, they see anti-Americanism everywhere they go. They feel that the whole country will erupt in death and blood unless their religious figure wins office. And this, I believe, is just the problem. This is all about religion to them, not politics.
You see, these extremists are universally anti-religion. They feel that they have grown smarter than religion, gotten past what they consider the "superstitions" of religious expression. Yet, because of man's natural tendency toward religiosity they have but traded a belief in traditional religions with that of a new messianic figure as embodied in Barack Obama. Obama isn't just a mere politician to these people, he's a god on earth.
And, if you doubt their god they react in exactly the same way as any unthinkingly devout "true believer" would. They cannot see any reason or logic in opposition to their god. They can make no room for legitimate opposition, no honest disagreement with Barack is permissible.
And, should he lose, they do not foresee a mere political setback, but a rejection of their religious beliefs and, therefore, complete Armageddon. What's more they want an end to everything should their god perish. It's better to see all ended than to go on without their religious beliefs mollified.
Picture what happened to the insane masses after the French Revolution(s). It wasn't a new nation they wanted to build in emulation of the U.S. Revolution and Founding. It wasn't logic and reason they wanted to enshrine. They did not want to fix their society, they wanted to erase it and remake it anew in a way that defied human nature. Whereas America was founded upon human nature, the French wanted to reinvent human nature. They began to see their cause as a new way, a new religion to replace the old. And, for anyone that disagreed the sentence was death.
This is the tendency to which Jong and her ilk are prone. To them, an Obama loss is the end of the world and they are reacting like apocalyptic religionists would. With a lament of the destruction of all we now know should they lose. All hail Obama. May he reign forever... and if he doesn't may all the universe go dark.
They are truly unhinged as Jong's little Italian rant clearly shows. Or, as The Guess Who once warbled, "She's come undone."
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Fri, 10/31/2008 - 04:52 ET by cocodrieI know it's halloween, but her picture is too scary. First these left-wing extremists call us racist then they threaten us with civil war. The coocoo's nest must be empty. I have news for them, I would rather see trouble in the streets than Hussein Obama in the white house. Hanoi Jane should be trembling in fear because in not too many years she will be standing before the throne of God to answer for what she did to the POWs in Vietnam. We need government internment camps for these whackos.
Actually, the Cuckoo bird
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 14:01 ET by Tim the EnchanterActually, the Cuckoo bird and its life are a perfect symbol for the Democrat Party and its ideals. The cuckoo does not build a nest- instead, it lays its eggs in the nest of another bird. When the cuckoo hatches, it eats most of the food provided, then kicks the other birds out of the nest. It should be their symbol, although the jackass is appropriate, too.
Another celebrity threat
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 05:20 ET by RackieOprah promises hunger strike if McCain wins(steals) election.
»→ Dang Rackie
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 06:03 ET by Cool ArrowWe'll be waiting 3 months before we see signs of emaciation.
You're being generous!
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 14:01 ET by Tim the EnchanterYou're being generous!
Big Deal
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 05:22 ET by TexndocLeft wing coo-koos are as predictable as cold in winter. What outrages me is the un-masking of the spineless wimps of the Conservative movement (just finished reading the Peggy Noonan thread) who have surrendered to the enemy and betrayed our troop's position and are laughing as we get shot in the back of the head.
Which is why we need folks like
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 08:49 ET by Iowa Boy...Sarah Palin & Bobby Jindahl to rebuild a Second Conservative movement. If you remember, the D.C. Republicans thought Ronald Reagan was a bit wacky too.
'Cuz you know them fancy D.C. Republicans don't think like any of the conservatives I know out here in I-O-WAY. If'n they did they t'wouldn't git invited to them fancy D.C. parties no more.
Jeez. No wonder Rush refuses to spend the night there.
"Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain." Official Motto of the State of Iowa
»→ Zipless Jong
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 05:49 ET by Cool ArrowFear of Flying isn't something the Obama bin Biden campaign suffers from.
Biden has already identified a "generated crisis" he and Obama have decided to allow its fruition for the honor and glory of Obama.
When these guys think the recorders aren't running, we find out what they really think. "Generated crisis" and "clinging to guns and religion" are just a couple of glimpses into what these guys really feel.
America has been warned. If we choose these two, it will be seen as a mandate for Socialism. Coupled with the makeup of Congress and the extreme bent of its leadership, an Obama Presidency is nothing less than a harmonic convergence of everything marxist.
All you old people better plan on staying healthy because the triage is fixin' to look like nationwide 9/11.
All I can say is...
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 05:54 ET by maryerinGuess who has all the guns!
The big print giveth, and the fine print taketh away.
Fulton
J. Sheen
Are America's People This Stupid?
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 06:27 ET by TheHistorianIn both 2000 and 2004, Democrats tried to start a war with rhetoric about "stolen votes" and "black disenfranchisement" in Florida and Ohio. They failed, because the had no evidence of vote theft. However, facts never stopped a good Democrat talking poing. Just like the bank crisis, they will keep trying until they cause the riots, and then will try to step in to take away the guns of the guys who didn't cause the riots on the excuse of the riots.
"What experience and history teach is
this - that people and governments never have learned anything from history,
or acted on principles deduced from it."
G. W. F. Hegel
»→ Yes, they're that stupid
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 06:37 ET by Cool ArrowPromises of free cash?
Of course they're that stupid.
How stupid can they get?
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 10:25 ET by cocodrieDon't ask, we're about to find out.
Man,.....this lady is
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 06:35 ET by BlazerMan,.....this lady is certifiably, grade-A, 5 Star, two-thumbs-up, barking-moonbat crazy.
In fact if you put Erica Jong, Jane Fonda, and Naomi Wolf all in one place at one time, thats like running crazy through a centrifuge and getting weapons grade plutonium.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Erica Jong Ill
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 09:22 ET by JerryBlazer, it begs the question..... Is Erica Jong Ill?
Like Kim Jong Ill, Erica Jong Ill is mentally Ill.
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
Bring It On
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 06:50 ET by thericoDwayne P. Theriot
Civil War? At least it will give me something to do. So I say "BRING IT ON".
Well I just see it like this...
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 07:31 ET by HeavyChevyif you notice rioters track record for cowardice they will only attack that won't fight back, do you know how many legal armed citizens there are out there? I think all of these threats from the left will prompt more law abiding citizens to purchase a fire arm for self defense.
I am seriously contemplating that myself. Though I live in a very rural area it would be nice to have one in case of snakes, bears, or the very rare "moonbat."
"9 out of 10 doctors agree that flag burning is the number one killer of liberals."
Los of Varmint Guns out There!
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 09:20 ET by ChasvsLots of good choices in "Varmint" rifles out there these days at cheap prices!
Don't need much more than a 2/250 Caliber.
I'd personally recommend the Savage M-12BVSS-S!
Get ready, get locked and loaded now!
Moonbats aren't as rate as
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 14:06 ET by Tim the EnchanterMoonbats aren't as rate as you think. Also, Mossberg has a shotgun they're advertising as their "JIC" model (for "Just In Case"). 18 1/2" barrel, six-shot pump, action based on their 500 series. pistol grip, 12 gauge. Sounds perfect to me.
Excellent
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 07:51 ET by EurikaAn excellent article, describing the trend of these 'godless' people replacing God, by a mere man.
No. The MSM will spark violence
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 07:57 ET by Mark_for_SenateAnd they should be the first to be destroyed.
To know and not do, is to not yet know
"Hello Dopey"
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 08:13 ET by SickofLibsWow, she's really channeling the Carol Channing thing.
I'm currently assembling a Garden State Regiment for Civil War, Part Deux. We're going to call it The Green Turnpike Boys.
Halloween Fun
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 08:30 ET by prezpalin2012The left is coming unhinged.
Have a little fun today: Sneak up behind one of the Kool-Aid drinkers and yell "BOO".
Wouldn't take much more than that to put Jong and Fonda and others over the edge.
"The left is coming
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 14:08 ET by Tim the Enchanter"The left is coming unhinged." Coming? For goodness' sake, where have you been since 1972? Osama's cave?
Bring it On!
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 08:40 ET by ChasvsI'm ready, are You?
Dumb-masses
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 09:27 ET by CrashAll the some folks need as an excuse to riot is to win the World Series.
However, they have to have a reason to gather in mass. And that won't happen without the organization of Jessie, Al, ACORN ... you know, the usual gang of instigators.
Spot on
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 09:26 ET by Seashellbecause of man's natural tendency toward religiosity they have but traded a belief in traditional religions with that of a new messianic figure as embodied in Barack Obama.
This is EXACTLY what is going on with so many of the ultra lefties.
Elevating a man to a messianic figure is downright scary when you really think about it, or maybe dangerous is a better word.
Elevating a man to a
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 09:31 ET by Warner Todd HustonOne of the last times it happened people were raising their right arm smartly upward, palm down, fingers firmly pressed and slapping their heels together.
I'm jess sayin' ya know?
»→ WTH
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 09:35 ET by Cool ArrowJim Jones in Guayana?
Cool, maybe his followers
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 10:43 ET by JerryCool, maybe his followers will hitch a ride on the Hale Bopp express.
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
"Jane Fonda sent me an email
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 09:31 ET by Blazer"Jane Fonda sent me an email to tell me that she cried all night and
can't cure her ailing back for all the stress that has reduces her to a
bundle of nerves."
"My back is also suffering from spasms, so much so that I had to see an acupuncturist and get prescriptions for Valium."
Awwww, thats truly heartbreaking. These two commies will probably be so hopped up on tranquilisers and Vodka come election day they'll forget to vote.
I'll bet McCain got to see and hear that commie trollop Fonda speak her traitorious tripe live and in person at the Hanoi Hilton. How fitting she'll get to see him become president a free woman, when she should be pushing up daisies in a paupers grave outside a federal prison.
Any lefty who would like to come visit me after the election, be my guest. It's only about twenty rounds or so to my front door from the street.
Oh and by the way, along with screams of agony and despair, I slake my thirst off of Jane Fonda's and lefty-libtards tears.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Other than the obvious reason of want McCain to win.
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 09:54 ET by IgnatzJFahrquarI'll add this to my growing "Other delicious things that would come from a McCain win" list.
>Watching the Liberal MSM heads explode like Chrissy, Kieth, Andrea, Brian, Katie, ...
>Watching the Liberal entertainment folk go into Gran Mal seizures
>Watching for Pelooser's surgically altered face to rip apart.
and the new one ...
The urban renewal that these riots will accomplish.
"All generalizations are false, including this one.” Mark Twain
I always figured there'd be
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 11:54 ET by AJI always figured there'd be civil war anyway if Obama won. From the stuff I've heard among people...
Don't Know Where Everybody Else Has Been . . .
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 13:53 ET by Junk Science SkepticBut the left has been at war with America since election night 2000. Sure, there may have been a cease-fire for about 96 hours after 9/11, but apart from that respite, the leftist insurgency has been non-stop for eight years.
JSS... That they
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 14:32 ET by bigtimerJSS...
That they have...and it is really beginning to get on my nerves.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
These liberal morons simply
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 13:50 ET by NL207These liberal morons simply astound me at times. Erica Jong is no exception. Dissecting her thesis:
'If Obama loses --> Civil War'. What does this imply about the people who support Obama? It says that (a) they represent a minority of the voters, a consequence of 'Obama loses' and (b) they will if necessary use violence to impose their will on the greater public, the 'there will be civil war' part.
Jong is in effect arguing that Obama is the face of evil.
Ive got news for you
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 14:22 ET by ConservativeRexIve got news for you folks. Win or lose there is going to be rioting and blood in the streets.
Do you see Detroit? Cleveland? Philadelphia? Those cities are how America will look after four years of "Obami's Way"
Resist and the newpapers will have the sheeple convinced we are the one's to blame.
What's to say in his first 100 days in office Obami comes out with an edict that says since he wasn't president when the SCOUS ruled in the "Heller Case" it is invalid. That he invalidates the Second Admendment, and that all gun owners have one year to turn their guns over to any federal authority. So they can be melted down for "bus stop benches" etc.
I also predict that fully 90% of the people in this country will comply with that order because they have been bombarded with a "don't make waves" attitude.
I repeat my usual mantra.."keep your powder dry".
CR... I'm with you...I am
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 14:33 ET by bigtimerCR...
I'm with you...I am more than worried too.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Bring it on. I'm armed.
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 15:07 ET by mattmBring it on. I'm armed.
mattm... Ditto. "America
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 15:15 ET by bigtimermattm...
Ditto.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Barack Lenin
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 16:40 ET by MinutemenObama is a communist revolutionary trying to destroy our nation (because that‘s what communists do; they‘re whack jobs). On October 29, 2008, he told us how he intends to kill us: “We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded.”
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/31747_Obamas_Civilian_National_Security_Force#rss
Why do we need another military? Obama hates the military so his idea of national security objectives would never include the military he hates, but it would include a “security force” to fight the military that stands between him and total dictatorial power. Obama’s proposed Civilian National Security Force (CNSF) would be a clone of the communist Soviet Red Army that was used in the Russian civil war to destroy the existing non-communist Russian White Army, and over eight million civilians. The Red Army was led by the communist psychopath Trotsky, who opened the doors for the communists‘ dictatorships and their extermination camps for hundreds of millions around the world.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUScivilwar.htm
Imagine someone like the communist terrorist Ayers, or members of the communist Wade Rathke’s ACORN or SEIU, or Barney Frank, or Rahm Emanuel, or Keith Olbermann, or Raila Odinga, or your local ACLU attorney, in charge of a nearby CNSF regiment. How long would you be safe?
The CNSF would likely be used to fight our existing military, after Obama had ordered them to disarm and disband -- which they would never do. Or Obama would try to unilaterally disarm us of nukes, as he has promised, and use Russian, Chinese, Cuban, Venezuelan, or Kenyan troops as his Red Army “peacekeepers.”.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. Samuel Johnson.
Fortune favors the brave. Publius Terence