Obama Doublethink the totalitarian mind and Lips Law

Not only will doublethink be the hallmark of any Obama administration. I think Lips Law will be fully in effect. The law put into place by GHW Bush - Read my lips, no new taxes. This infallible law says that whatever a politician promises while running for office he will do the exact opposite after elected.

He preaches unity but he will bring division
He preaches peace but he will bring war
He preaches freedom but he will bring tyranny.
He peaches change but he will bring tried and failed socialism.
etc

American Thinker: Doublethink and the Liberal Mind

George Orwell claimed that there was something more calculated at work when politicians begin to claim for example that “Slavery is Freedom” or that “Hate is Love,” or in Mao Tse Tung’s words, that “Compulsion is Voluntary.” The new and improved Democratic Party version seems to be that “Diversity is Unity.” Orwell called this “doublethink” and he claimed that it was a condition endemic to the totalitarian mind. It meant the ability “to hold simultaneously two opinions which cancelled out, knowing them to be contradictory” and “to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies.” For example, a liberal socialist political platform usually involves “liberating” us from our attachments to property, families and nation in the name of “freedom.” When the State chooses for us, however, the result is slavery. Doublethink in Mr. Obama’s case (”Diversity is Unity!”) gives him the luxury of defending not only the divisive and intolerant Reverend Wright and his party’s divisive policies over the years, but it also allows him to be seen as the savior who will finally make America whole.

Since it is difficult to recall a time when national unity was high on the list of Democratic Party priorities, the coming months should be a rather curious time for many. For instance, when Obama runs in the general election, will his supporters cover their old “Celebrate Difference” bumper stickers with a new “Celebrate Unity” sticker? Will the old “rainbow” flag be replaced by a new flag sporting a picture of a melting pot? Doublethink, however, can help with these exasperating decisions: just display both.

In all seriousness however we need to be aware that doublethink is at bottom a form of intellectual laziness, irresponsibility, or a form of “having your cake and eating it too” with a disdain for objective limits and consistency.