Over-the-Top Obama Glorification

St Louis Post-Dispatch ^ | 6-9-2008 | Jonah Goldberg

[Crazieman]

Is Barack Obama the Messiah?

Lots of people have pondered the possibility that Barack is our Divine Redeemer. Google the question "Is Barack Obama the Messiah?" and you'll get more than 35,000 hits. Enter just the words "Messiah" and "Obama" and you'll get nearly 10 times that.

But there's more concrete evidence. Since Obama declared his candidacy, there have been remarkably few biblical plagues. And lions and lambs seem open to bilateral negotiations.

Obama's apostles are hard to dismiss. Oprah simply calls him "The One," because "we need politicians who know how to be the truth." (Jesus says in John 14:6 "I am the way, the truth . . .") Oprah goes on to say Obama will help us "evolve to a higher plane," which would put Obama in the role of our Intelligent Designer. According to The New York Times, Obama's volunteers are trained to eschew discussions of the issues and instead "testify" about how they "came to Obama." For many, he's no retro-redeemer, but a 21st century savior, a Matrix-messiah and Neo for our modern-day Nineveh.

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And then there's the Gospel according to Obama himself. In January, he told Dartmouth students that they will know to vote for him because ". . . a light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you will experience an epiphany, and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for Barack." When asked in an interview what sin is, Obama defined it as "Being out of alignment with my values." Apparently, the editor failed to capitalize the "M" in "my."

[FReepaholic]

...Google the question "Is Barack Obama the Messiah?" and you'll get more than 35,000 hits. Enter just the words "Messiah" and "Obama" and you'll get nearly 10 times that....

Doesn't mean a thing. Could just be thousands of article and blogs asking this question. Doesn't mean people think he's the Messiah.

[roses of sharon]

[Dilbert San Diego]

Yep, if he wins the election, there will be a coronation, not an inauguration, next January.

Here we thought Hillary looked at the campaign as her coronoation, and we how Obama is worshipped by certain people.

[Maceman]

If you put in the search string +Obama +Messiah you get 348,000 hits.

[LibertyRocks]

[Jack Hammer]

“Since Obama declared his candidacy, there have been remarkably few biblical plagues.”

If/when he’s elected, however, there will be a rain of Nanny State government regulation, coupled with a storm of taxes to pay for the plague of bureaucrat locusts to enforce the aforementioned regulations on us unenlightened. Not to mention an endless, searing thunder of hot air emanating from the White House.

[LibertyRocks]

See Post #6 for Obama’s quote about “building a Kingdom”...

[donna]

Isn't the proper question: Is Barack Obama the Antichrist?

"I am confident that we can create a Kingdom right here on Earth.” - Barack Hussein Obama

[LibertyRocks]

OOPS... Looks like I’m going to have to change the graphic I did last night! I got the quote wrong... I knew it didn’t sound right and was too lazy to look it up.

[elhombrelibre]

His Messiah act is a good indicator of his Megalomania. His supporters are looking for their Jim Jones. But when Obama gets pushed and things start going poorly, I believe he'll come unglued and show an angry side that people haven't talked much about so far. He's a very thin-skinned whiny ninny.

[GSWarrior]

I will never understand why people fawn and gush over politicians. They are the enemy...regardless of party affiliation. And they will always break your heart.

[OB1kNOb]

[Crazieman]

I love those cartoons, keep them coming.

[Eagles6]

"I am absolutely certain," Obama proclaimed in his victory speech, "that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs for the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal. This was the moment — this was the time — when we came together to remake this great nation. . . ."

Bit full of himself, huh?

Even Jesus didn't write an autobiography and obama wrote his first while in his thirties.

[svcw]

And the other question, is Oprah the high priestess?Which would make Michael the (oops should write it out).....

[I see my hands]

It's so lame to cite Google hits as proof of anything.

[rivercat]

Ya’ll would have loved the commencement speeches that I had to endure over the weekend. My wonderful daughter graduated from UC Riverside on Sunday. The keynote was delivered by Michael Lynton, the Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures. It was basically an Obama campaign speech... He quoted Obama and Clinton, made comparisons to the Carter-era(though he didn’t call it that), then tried to pin the Carter-era on Reagan(by shifting the dates), finally he reminded everyone to vote for change. Then the student speaker gave an uninspiring speech about how we should demand social change.

[svcw]

Michelle Not Michael......dumkoff

[donna]

I posted before I saw your graphic so I just now verified the quote. He really did say “create”. Isn’t that something.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/08/obama.faith/