Jonah Goldberg: NEA Chair Kowtows to His Caesar
by Big HollywoodBy demonstrating with brazenly self-abasing ignorance that he is wholly Obama’s man, Landesman is making it clear that the NEA is completely committed to Obamaism.
NEA Chair Rocco Landesman
Jonah Goldberg in today’s National Review:
“Last week, Landesman gave the keynote address to the 2009 Grantmakers in the Arts Conference. In fairness, Landesman did not reaffirm the White House and NEA’s obvious initial intent to turn the allegedly independent government agency into an adjunct of Obama’s “Organizing for America” operation. He was more subtle than that.
“Instead, Landesman embraced a timeless tactic of power politics. He debased himself with incandescently vulgar obsequiousness to his supreme leader. “There is a new president and a new NEA,” he proclaimed. “This is the first president that actually writes his own books since Teddy Roosevelt and arguably the first to write them really well since Lincoln. If you accept the premise, and I do, that the United States is the most powerful country in the world, then Barack Obama is the most powerful writer since Julius Caesar. That has to be good for American artists.”
“After more fawning praise for the “Optimist in Chief,” he added that proof of Obama’s desire to take the NEA in exciting new directions was the president’s “out-of-left-field choice to head the NEA, a signal I certainly took to mean he wasn’t interested in business-as-usual for the arts.” One must trust that Landesman’s interpretation of his own appointment is accurate.
“Let us pause to reflect on Landesman’s odd — by which I mean absurd — historical analysis. Obama has written two books, one good, the other a plodding concatenation of political clichés and bromides. Ulysses S. Grant’s memoirs, published by Mark Twain, were a literary triumph. Woodrow Wilson wrote many books of great import but of less literary worth. JFK won a Pulitzer for one of his books — the one he didn’t write, alas. But Richard Nixon wrote plenty, as did Herbert Hoover, including two definitive texts, one on mining, the other on fishing.
“Oh, and Lincoln never wrote any books.”
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Veni, vidi, vici
Julius Caesar
I came, I saw, I employed ACORN
Barack Hussein Obama
If Edgar Allen Poe were alive today…
These people think they are flying high now but because the velocity is so intense they fail to grasp that they are spiraling back to earth. And with true American will that collision back to earth will hopefully kill off this insidious and infantile brand of liberalism. American will.
“This is the first president that actually writes his own books since Teddy Roosevelt and arguably the first to write them really well since Lincoln…" ya, sure, whatever. Blubbering Sycophant.
I see Professor BombMaker's a.k.a. Bill Ayers fingerprints all over Barry's "Dreams of My Runaway Baby Daddy" and "The Audacity to Hi-Jack a Country".
Actually in the case of Obambi, that would be 57 elections.
" “This is the first president that actually writes his own books since Teddy Roosevelt and arguably the first to write them really well since Lincoln. If you accept the premise, and I do, that the United States is the most powerful country in the world, then Barack Obama is the most powerful writer since Julius Caesar"
What absolute horsesh*t!!!! Obama no more wrote "his" books than did JFK.
Tracing Obama's literary ascent is complicated by what Politico.com calls a "scant paper trail." That trail begins at Occidental College whose literary magazine published two of Obama's poems — "Pop" and "Underground" — in 1981. Obama calls it some "very bad poetry," and he does not sell himself short. From "Underground":
Under water grottos, caverns
Filled with apes
That eat figs.
Stepping on the figs
That the apes
Eat, they crunch.
The apes howl, bare
Their fangs, dance . . .
Barry Hussein Obama – Genius of Our Times
yes, thank you – I'm sooo not "detail" oriented. like Hussein – the Genius
Ronald Reagan wrote thousands of pages of letters, most eloquent, directly to the American people, as they wrote to him. I can't think of any better commitment to writing, in the service of the public good.
It's like Wordsworth on acid, a drug which I wouldn't put past Barry huffing in his college days.
i'm surprised he can talk at all with his lips surgically attached to his messiah's fanny. hey, maybe that's why we keep hearing all that "mmm-mmm-mmm" these days…
true, JFK was to busy being a poontang machine in D.C., the only book he had time to write was a "The Little Black Book of Persuadable Young Wenches of D.C., N.Y.C. and Boston". That was it's working title.
ya, what a hoot! …interesting subject matter dontcha think?
Reagan's writings were completely his, very inspirational and marvellous to read.
It seems that only those on "the right" and others who are the intellectually honest types have recognized this.
Obama writes like a person trying to write like someone he has heard is a great writer.
I actually own a poem written by someone on either acid or mushrooms, and it's WAY better than Barry's garbage.
No wonder he won't release his transcripts.
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"Underground":————————————–"In the White House"
Under water grottos, caverns——————–Under ground politics, thievery
Filled with apes————————————–Filled with DemocratSS
That eat figs.——————————————They eat $400 a lb. Kobe Beef
Stepping on the figs ——————————–Stepping on the "little people"
That the apes—————————————–That the DemocratSS
Eat, they crunch.————————————–Hate and Eat, they crush, the voters opinions
The apes howl, bare——————————–The DemocratSS howl, bare
Their fangs, dance . . .——————————Their bloody fangs, and they subjugate….
Barry Hussein Obama – Genius of Our Times
Give Landesman a pair of stilts. If that fool gets any closer to earth, he'll drown in his drool.
What a disappointment that former "House" actor Kal Penn (real name Kalpen Modi) has jumped right in as one of Obama's Propaganda Minister's working with the NEA.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/b...
I’m sure Kal Penn (or Modi) saw this move to the White House as a stepping stone to better film roles down the road. But he’s shown himself to be just another slimy left-wing weasel.
It’s important that this guy be exposed for what he is.
Nice career move Kal, Joseph Goebbels would be proud!
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/b...
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http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/b...
Link trouble, try this.
I heard that he wrote that poem after his first date with "the glamorous Mrs. Obama"
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/b...
Sorry – Correct Link to Kal Penn Story.
Iowahawk said it all.
I'm so sick of the eclectic gaggle of weirdo's, Communist's, Marxist's, Mao-Loving Dingbats, Hugo Chavez Wannabes, Subversive Radical, Cop-Killer-Loving, Race Baiting Truther Freaks and other assorted Fruits and Nuts from this Administration that I could puke little purple kittens. We are going to toss all these SLUGS out on their Fascist Butts in 2010 and 2012! Counting the days.
Forget presidents; Obama's the greatest writer since Julius Caesar? I don't even get why you would compare him to Caesar (in a strictly literary sense, at least), since that individual was known for things other than his writing. I guess the statement has some merit, though, especially when you place "The Audacity of Hope," "Dreams of My Father," and the above-mentioned poems next to the work of such hacks like Tacitus, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Goethe, Dostoevsky, etc.
Nice gold lamé suit, Rocco. It really brings out the brown on your nose!
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Jonah,
Maybe it's just the similar cadence of the names, but every time I see "Rocco Landesman" I read it as "Lando Calrisian". Or maybe it's not the cadence at all, it's the slithery aspect, or the thought that he should have a Wookie's paws around his neck.
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I think that first date went a little more like this…..
Michelle: ———–It rubs the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever it is told.
Barry: —————Mister… my family will pay cash. Whatever ransom you're askin' for, they pay it.
Michelle: ———–It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again.
[to her dog, Precious]
Michelle:———— Yes, it will, Precious, won't it? It will get the hose!
Barry:—————– Okay… okay… okay. Mister, if you let me go, I won't – I won't press charges I promise. See, my friend Bill Ayers is a real important man… I guess you already know that.
Michelle: ————-Now it places the lotion in the basket.
Barry: —————–Please! Please I wanna go home! I wanna go home please!
Michelle:———— It places the lotion in the basket.
Barry:—————– I wanna see my mommy! Please I wanna see my…
Michelle: ————-Put the f–king lotion in the basket!
I read that this morning. Jonah rocks [No he doesn't! - the Couch] [When he feeds me! - Cosmo].
Kumar, Kumar, Kumar,
I told you all those White Castle "Sliders" would affect your brain!
Signed,
Harold
The similarity between Julius Caesar, Obama and even JFK is more than their questionable writing ability. JC and JFK obsessed with their sexuality. JC and BO obsessed with building an empire to themselves. JC and JFK were murdered. JC and BO were both in power as their countries sank
into great debt. I am sure there are many more similarities but I would have to refresh my freshman
lit lessons.
Obambi,the greatest writer since Caesar and writes his own books.Yeah right..Prove it Landesman!
There's no way Obama is writing all of his own books.. I would like to see proof. The man is obviously busy enough already.
Hi all. Actually, I think that Kal Penn may have actually jumped out of conviction rather then planning ahead for better parts. He never made a secret of his support for Dr. Utopia and spent a lot of time campaigning for him. I wonder how he'll like being thrown under the bus if this NEA/WH political cooperation can be pushed back into the limelight. He'd be the first one with real face recognition to the american people that gets tossed.
Like the way that "House" dealt with his departure though. Even on TV a bullet through the head (via a suicide, hmmm a little forshadowing of his poiltical career perhaps…) is tough to come back from.
I think Barry and Michelle's first date went like this….. in his pre-Ceasar days.
Michelle: ———–It rubs the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever it is told.
Barry: —————Mister… my family will pay cash. Whatever ransom you're askin' for, they pay it.
Michelle: ———–It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again.
[to her dog, Precious]
Michelle:———— Yes, it will, Precious, won't it? It will get the hose!
Barry:—————– Okay… okay… okay. Mister, if you let me go, I won't – I won't press charges I promise. See, my friend Bill Ayers is a real important man… I guess you already know that.
Michelle: ————-Now it places the lotion in the basket.
Barry: —————–Please! Please I wanna go home! I wanna go home please!
Michelle:———— It places the lotion in the basket.
Barry:—————– I wanna see my mommy! Please I wanna see my…
Michelle: ————-Put the f–king lotion in the basket!
ah, ~lawyers in love~ I think that first date went a little more like this…..
Sounds like something Goebbels would slobber about Adolf just before KrystalNacht.
Evening all. Isn't there a question that Bill Ayers ghost wrote "Dreams from my Father" when Obama couldn't make the deadline? Is there a similar question about "the Audacity of Hope"? Regardless, I suspect that this new NEA bootlicker has only just whet our appetites for long, meandering strings of adulation for the Obama. Hey, maybe BigHollywood can sponser a contest for the best, most obsequious single sentence of praise. The prize could be an invitation to the next artists/WH conference call.
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The book 'Reagan: A life in letters' is a tome of American patriotism and genuine, humble core spirit. You can tell there is no fabrication, embellishment or even a whiff of narcissism.
When this story first broke a few days ago, I went to the site that published this Kool-Aid drinkers diatribe and posted my 2 cents.
You can see it here ➤ http://www.screencast.com/users/GooDDaDDy/folders...
I just now checked back with the site and discovered… *TA-DA*…my comment was not used and was purged. I figured that would happen, so that's why I took a screen shot of it after my posting.
I can "out think" the so-called "thinkers".
"Shocked I am". *in my best Yoda voice*
Not Over.
I always knew Michelle Obama wanted a man suit, though if I have to see her version of the naked dancing I'm going to go Oedipal on my eyes.
G0d D9mned P1gs!
Tell the NEA and the rest of the syncophants what you think! Get your "I will not go silently in tyranny" Tshirt at enemiesinwar.com
There's enough circumstantial evidence that Bill Ayers wrote the Obama books. So he should get the credit.
The real reason for all the high-pressure tactics to keep Obama's true mixed-race and true birth certificate squelched is because he shares the same bio-father and I and other "Manchurian Candidates" do. (On the white side)
If ever there was an Ayn Rand villain sent from Central Casting, this would be the guy. Oh well, at least the bad guys are going to be easy to cast..
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