Obama's mythography: An Orwellian disaster

One of our friends emailed me the following opinion article published today in the Pittsburgh Tribune:

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/s_632488.html

The first paragraph is very powerfully worded:

• President Barack Obama's Orwellian rhetoric has become absolutely pathological. And it's become so blatant that you can almost guarantee that the truth is the exact opposite of what he says.

As you know I have a great admiration for Orwellian comparisons so this opinion piece is one that I find compelling. The Orwellian practice that President Obama and his administration most dramatically exhibit is the concept of “doublethink”. Doublethink is defined in Orwell’s novel “1984” as Reality Control. This is the power to hold two completely contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accept both of them. Doublethink allows President Obama to insist he has no intention of taking over Chrysler and General Motors while at the same time he covets the usurpation of both corporations.

This would be an interesting study in the psychology of delusional politicians if only it did not impact our life, liberty and property.