The misuse of Les Mis makes me think of something one Rob Case left over at my place a few days ago…

The idea of angels taking care of everything for those of the superior heart is a recurrent theme in the novels of one of the most popular liberals of all time – Charles Dickens. It always amused me reading his heroes, how often characters like Oliver Twist, Pip and Esther – those who had the correct conscience – invariably relied on the easy money flowing from wealthy benefactors and inheritances. Somehow he had trouble connecting purity of thought with the practical business of housing and feeding oneself.

He was actually commenting on the ancient Chinese fable about the foolish old man who removed the mountains.

So perhaps this addresses your objection. It isn’t so much whether the peasants win the election/revolution; it’s whether they are pure of heart, so the gawdz move the mountains around for them. Being over doing.

I think it is a lip-sync.

And I think it was Obama–they seem not to be able to think anything through.