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Having successfully dispatched Mrs. Inevitable in the Democratic primary, Barack Obama has begun a new phase of his presidential campaign: playing victim to dirty GOP tactics.

Bravely carving out a path to be the nation’s first Victim-In-Chief, Barack Obama and his useful idiots in the media are sounding the siren call about anticipated GOP attacks. The Obama campaign has wrapped itself up in a blanket of victimhood, a fact which the media has dutifully been alerted to so that they can loudly spread Obama’s tales of woe. ‘Michelle Obama is being attacked by the vicious GOP,’ they proclaim, largely ignoring the role of Clinton democrats in spreading the rumor in question.

In waging his victim campaign, Obama has taken the typical liberal tactic of attempting to prove an action by highlighting the reaction. In other words, he is running around acting offended that his wife is a target, even though she hasn’t been in any significant sense. “She must be a victim of GOP attacks, or else why would Barack be so upset?” the thinking goes. Democrats routinely fall for such fallacious acting. Sen. Obama has even launched an “anti-smear site” where he can overreact to supposed attacks 24/7.

The media has completely abandoned any pretense of objectivity and has taken to parroting this new campaign line regarding attacks-not-yet-waged (but we know they’re coming!). CNN bemoans that “conservatives are likely to throw some jabs at [Barack’s] wife, Michelle Obama.” This must be a new form of journalism I am unfamiliar with, wherein the reporter uses a time machine to anticipate future events. More likely it’s just the typical democratic-water carrying; a favorite media pastime. Others, such as Maureen Dowd, are doing their part by playing the race card on Obama’s behalf, whining that valid questions regarding Michelle Obama’s own campaign statements amount to an attempt at “mining a subtext of race.”

Obama is likely to find a receptive audience for his new strategy. Liberals are documented whiners who seem to find things to cry about in all circumstances. Victim hood is something these poor, put-upon people can relate to.

While whining about bullies may be a good way for democrats to get elected, it’s not a good way to govern. When the next terrorist attack occurs, a President Obama crying to the U.N. is not going to prove particularly helpful. Somebody should get the Senator some tissues; it’s going to be a long campaign.

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