Ayn Rand wrote in her book “The Fountainhead” about Barack Obama, except in that book his name was “Ellsworth Toohey” – but he has has many names throughout history (my favorite is “Senator Government”).  The real surprise is he let the cat out of the bag the other day when he referred to those who don’t want higher taxes as desiring to make a virtue out of selfishness (see article here).

Ellsworth (and Obama) have a particular weapon which is being used in our culture very effectively – The destruction of reverence.  Reverence, the joy of achievement, of beauty, of wonder – that is what progressives like William Ayers, Obama’s mentor desire.  they hate what America stands for because of what it is. They hate anything that should be revered – that is why they hate life and rejoice in it’s destruction through abortion or euthanasia, that is why they love anything the denigrates and brings down our country, our values, our worship of God, and our country.

Barack Obama is the most distilled and accurate version of the man who wants power and control over men, and knows the only way to get it is to destroy men’s spirits and he is intent on doing just that.

“Don’t set out to raze all shrines — you’ll frighten men. Enshrine mediocrity — and the shrines are razed . . . Kill by laughter. Laughter is an instrument of human joy. Learn to use it as a weapon of destruction. Turn it into a sneer. It’s simple. Tell them to laugh at virtue. Don’t let anything remain sacred in a man’s soul — and his soul won’t be sacred to him. Kill reverence and you’ve killed the hero in man” Ellsworth Toohey, From The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.

Baracks promises of money to those who “need” it – their need being a blank check against those of us who produce it – his endless promises of vague “hope” and “Change” – they ring as hollow to thinking men as any lie has – but that is the key, his supporters do not know how to think – and have no desire to do so.

“There are many ways. Here’s one. Make man feel small. Make him feel guilty. Kill his aspiration and his integrity. That’s difficult. The worst among you gropes for an idol in his own twisted way. Kill integrity by internal corruption. Use it against himself. Direct it towards a goal destructive of all integrity. Preach selflessness. Tell man that altruism is the ideal. Not a single one has ever reached it and not a single one ever will. His every living instinct screams against it. But don’t you see what you accomplish ? Man realises that he’s incapable of what he’s accepted as the noblest virtue – and it gives him a sense of guilt, of sin, of his own basic unworthiness. Since the supreme ideal is beyond his grasp, he gives up eventually all ideals, all aspiration, all sense of his personal value. He feels himself obliged to preach what he can’t practice. But one can’t be good halfway or honest approximately. To preserve one’s integrity is a hard battle. Why preserve that which one knows to be corrupt already? His soul gives up its self respect. You’ve got him. He’ll obey. He’ll be glad to obey – because he can’t trust himself, he feels uncertain, he feels unclean. That’s one way.”  Ellsworth Toohey, From The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.

But there are men and women who think. And we would rather die then be ruled by Toohey.

David T. McKee

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