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The American Thinker: "Obama's Ides-of-March Moment is Near"

February 24, 2010 4:32 pm ET by Media Matters staff

From a February 24 article on The American Thinker:

National Geographic:

Julius Caesar's bloody assassination on March 15, 44 B.C., forever marked March 15, or the Ides of March, as a day of infamy. It has fascinated scholars and writers ever since.

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    • Author by Midnight Kevin (February 24, 2010 4:39 pm ET)
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      So are they claiming Obama will be assassinated soon?
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      • Author by dirtylittlereligion (February 24, 2010 4:47 pm ET)
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        It sounds like they even got the date all picked out.

        But seriously, I don't know if this is purposefully connecting the President to assassination, or just STUPID, oblivious writing.

        It's either they don't think about anything the write, or they are knowingly crafting these comparisons to assassinated political figures.

        Image if this was a white, Republican president. Nobody would get a away with writing this sh!t. They would have every conservative gasbag across the entire media screeching until they pass out.
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        • Author by mustardman (February 24, 2010 6:11 pm ET)
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          Yes on the first part. They have been spewing out these coded messages for some time. I can't believe people stand by and let this nonsense go on. People should be marching in the streets demanding a stop to this.
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      • Author by bintx (February 24, 2010 6:15 pm ET)
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        Exactly. These people are unbelievable. The oracle told Caesar to beware the ides of March. Then, Caesar was assassinated on that day by members of the Senate. I understand their metaphor, but it is bizarre and threatening on its face.
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        • Author by Midnight Kevin (February 24, 2010 9:46 pm ET)
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          I'm sure there is some Manson-like right wing nut who will believe The American Thinker was talking to them personally to stop Obama...
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    • Author by catfish1968 (February 24, 2010 4:46 pm ET)
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      Very dangerous rhetoric.
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    • Author by clams casino (February 24, 2010 4:52 pm ET)
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      That's just insanely inflammatory. Will their next article talk about how Obama is about to face a lynching?
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    • Author by shaggles (February 24, 2010 5:07 pm ET)
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      That's pretty creepy.
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    • Author by whatIthink (February 24, 2010 5:24 pm ET)
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      What happened to Obama's Waterloo? Or do they think Waterloo happened on the Ides of March where Caesar and Napoleon fought to the death with Duke of Wellington and the Prussians acting as cheerleaders on the sidelines while Brutus referred?
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    • Author by funnymanpants (February 24, 2010 6:21 pm ET)
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      What garbage! Keynes is back in vogue because of the financial meltdown in 2009, which Nobel Prize winning Stieglitz noted was the end of fundamentalist capitalism. How clever for the American Thinker to blame the current economic mess on Keynesian thinking.
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    • Author by cugagcmu805031 (February 24, 2010 11:00 pm ET)
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      President Obama didn't cross the Rubicon with an army to seize control of the governmeent, and it's not 44 B.C. He was elected by a majority of U.S. voters on November 4, 2008.
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    • Author by jonpin (February 25, 2010 11:02 am ET)
         
      Some classic right-wing thinking. He's saying that regardless of what Bernanke's decision is, it will be the figurative death of Obama. While I have no doubt Republicans will spin it as such, that is intellectually dishonest.
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