For Obama’s Supporters, Love Is The Drug

Human Events ^ | 2/16/08 | D. R. Tucker

[MartinaMisc]

We might as well start calling him President Obama right now.

At this point, it’s hard to imagine the Illnois Senator not obtaining the Democrat nomination—and it’s also hard to imagine him not becoming the next President of the United States. Obama’s momentum seems to be unstoppable—and against a Republican opponent despised by most members of his party, an Obama victory in November seems inevitable.

Why have so many voters fallen in love with Obama? He’s a severely flawed candidate, a novice who says nothing, a far-left idealist in a world that demands reality. It’s hard to envision this guy beating Reagan in 1984 or Nixon in 1972.

Alas, Obama will not be confronting a strong Republican this year. He is also running for President in a time when ideas and ideology seem to matter less than ever.

Americans love a Horatio Alger tale—so much so that they will not care whether the protagonist of this particular tale is far to the left of the American mainstream in terms of his views. Obama’s politics are liberal, but to many Americans, his character is conservative. Americans who aren’t thinking in terms of left vs. right will regard Obama’s life story as a testament to merit, hard work and achievement. For all intents and purposes, he’s a socialist Tiger Woods.

[Darkwolf377]

He seems to be the same Teflon candidate Bill Clinton was in 1992—a candidate who seems to get stronger, not weaker, in the wake of political attacks.

We have to make sure that our dislike of Obama doesn't blind us to the fact that people just like him on a gut level the same way they just liked Reagan on a gut level.

[Charles Henrickson]

Why have so many voters fallen in love with Obama?

I DON'T KNOW WHY I LOVE HIM
(From the musical, "Barack Obama Superstar")
Tune: "I Don't Know How to Love Him"

I don't know why I love him,
My Barack, my Obama;
I've been charmed, yes really charmed,
By his trim physique, so slim and sleek--
I'm awed by his mystique.

I don't know why he's running,
I don't see any substance;
No real plan, flash in the pan,
And I've heard such empty words before
That when I close my eyes
He's just a bore.

But I like his face,
And I like his voice;
Makes my heartbeat race!
Makes me feel all moist!
I never thought I'd come to this:
Obama is my choice.

Don't you think it's rather shallow
I should vote for this fellow?
I'm the one who's always been
So pure, so pissed, so feminist;
I don't need men, oh no--
He scares me so.

But I like his face,
And I like his voice;
Makes my heartbeat race!
Makes me feel all moist!
I never thought I'd come to this:
Obama is my choice.

Yet, like in a romance novel,
I'm in love with a male model;
I've got to look! He signed my book!
My heart runs wild! I'll bear his child!
I want the world to know:
He's my "Big O"!
Obama, go!
I love you so!

[David Isaac]

History repeats itself. In ‘92, we had a GOP candidate who was not acceptable to a large part of party base (though, in this case, a wild card was added to the mix). The Dem candidate should have been un-electable, but unfortunately, was not. Our ‘96 candidate was less than inspiring also.

The Obama phenomenon is not really that different from the Princess Di tsunami of emotion. What do our schools offer, our entertainment industry, and our media, in the matter of facts and how to deal with them. How do “our” candidates get their, so very necessary, name recognition.

Unexplainable things happen, simply because unexplainable people wish them to happen.

[fortheDeclaration]

Many of his votes are coming as an anti-Hillary vote.

[David Isaac]

It would appear that Swedes can be very gifted in the arts. Vielen dank. Don’t know Swedish, will German do?

[The Wall]

"We might as well start calling him President Obama right now."

It would seem that way, but I honestly don't feel in any way that this guy has any sort of chance - no matter what the pundits and pollsters say. Believe me I am no fan of McCain. IMHO McCain is as shifty, and liken to, a slightly less liberal Kerry. I don't want to sound harsh, but I don't think the people in this country are ready for either a female nor black president. And that is something that secretly crosses all party lines.

[David Isaac]

It would appear that Swedes can be very gifted in the arts. Vielen dank. Don’t know Swedish, will German do?

[JudgemAll]

This is scary. I did not know the childlish and pueril “premature ejaculation” cult of “American Pie” movies were such a widespread and enthusiastic cult in AMerica.

Mark my word, this is death. I would not be surprize if Hillary and Pelosi redon their burquas when he is elected... like when NOW supported Clinton’s abuse of women in the whitehouse and other raging imposing settlement of death on interns and vice versa... (really, the vice versa was the real shame of dirty little BillyBob who was out of control like a bad boy)

[backhoe]

The Obama phenomenon is not really that different from the Princess Di tsunami of emotion.

Excellent observation.

FReegards, from the swamps of Georgia...

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

The election of Obama as President of the U.S. will prove in a decisive way why democracy is ultimately self-destructive.

An empty suit socialist with charisma and no experience who can snooker a majority of voters in a supposedly educated country is a damning indictment of democracy.

[DooDahhhh]

Surely something will happen to stop this wreck. I have never seen something as stupid as this one. A Muslim sympathizer, with absolutely nothing to say??? What are they thinking? Or another Clinton??? who would want either one of those folks in control......or have to listen to this BS on TV every day of your life for 4 years???

[CitizenUSA]

Clinton was orders of magnitude more suitable for the presidency than Obama. Whether or not conservatives agreed with him, Clinton was a governor with specific plans for how he would act as president. Obama, in my opinion, is an extremely naive, liberal idealist who will be eaten alive by the system if elected. He brings nothing more to the office than mindless platitudes about change, hope, and love. In many ways, his popularity is downright creepy.

[RU88]

DooDahhhh, we need to be afraid, very afraid. Summed up in the immortal words of Albert Einstein: “The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.” Do not underestimate the stupidity of liberals.

[cake_crumb]

"We might as well start calling him President Obama right now."

**SHUDDER**....I'm gonna hole my nose and vote Republican as a protest vote against socialism in general and totalitarianism in particular and HOPE there is no "President Obama".

[DooDahhhh]

Yes, indeed, when the dems pick another rock star to run the nation, you know we are back to 1990’s and when their alternative is a Clinton, oh brother!

[sagmanagain]

The War Room - 2008

The Meet

HILLARY: Way I see it, Barack, Billy Jeff here broke trail for your folks in the nineties. You know, ‘’First Black President’’ and all. You owe us.
BILL: True dat, man. Who’s your Daddy? Hillary here, why, she like your older sister. And you’re cuttin’ her, man. She was bangin ‘til you came along. It ain’t right, turnin’ on your own people.
BARACK: I don’t think....
HILLARY: We didn’t go looking for those old tapes of you working that corner near Cabrini Green, Barack. We’ll do everything we can to keep them from seeing the light of day. But you have to work with us here.
BILL: Ya got game, man, but it ain’t your time. Ya gotta pump your brakes, bro.
BARACK: Now, wait a min....
JESSE JACKSON: They’ve conceived it and they’ve believed it, Barack. She’s the wife of the man from Hope. Drop out, brother. Keep hope alive.
HILLARY: Jesse is going to be Secretary of Reparations in my Cabinet, Barack. I could use you for the first opening on the Supreme Court.
BILL: But Honey, you promised....
HILLARY: Shuddup, Bill. The only court of last resort you’ll ever see is talkin’ to you.

[Jabba the Nutt]

Yeah, the momentum of a balloon getting larger and larger appears unstoppable, right up to the moment it pops.

[sphinx]

Why should it pop? He’s going to bring us all together.

[Jorge]

Obama's mesmerized supporters remind me of the hippies of the 1960s who believed they are part of some great revolution.
Their shallow slogans and naive ideology eventually collapsed when confronted with the reality of the world.