[Salamander]

[musicman]

"So, too, the messianic yearnings and wild-eyed, zombie-like devotion of Obama’s unhinged followers comes across as far more exciting and significant than the surprisingly pedestrian and platitudinous substance of his actual campaign. For the candidate as cult leader, it’s not the message; it’s the moment."

[Salamander]

Zardoz ping.

[ishabibble]

>>The Los Angeles Times quoted actor Eric Christian Olsen as saying: “Nothing is more fundamentally powerful than how I felt when I met him.”<<

There are about 6K people who would like to meet Obama at a townhall in Ft. Hood, TX. Why doesn't the “lightworker” want to shine his hallowed light on the average voters at a townhall?

Answer: Hillary kicked his inadequate butt during the ABC debate, and he's been hiding out ever since. This man is no messiah, he is a phony, lying weasel who thinks he can just BS his way into the White House. Let's go with the townhalls, Barry!

[mitch5501]

“identify Obama as a Lightworker, the rare kind of attuned being who has the ability to lead us not merely to new foreign policies or health care plans or whatnot, but who can actually help usher in a new way of being on the planet..."

Aye...and I suppose he shoots lightning bolts out of his arse as well?

[Dixie Yooper]

Are there tax advantages in running a religion instead of a campaign? Are the separation of Church and State an issue?

[nikos1121]

These kinds of people actually help us evolve. They are philosophers and peacemakers of a very high order, and they speak not just to reason or emotion, but to the soul.

What a bunch of unadulterated Irish B*llsheeeet.

[detective]

The Obama cult reminds me of the Charles Manson cult in the late 1960’s. Manson promised his followers a new and better way of life if they followed him. Those who followed him were impressionable young people who were looking to “change” their lives. They followed Manson blindly and did not question his motives or his character.
The Obama cult also reminds me of the Jim Jones cult in the 1970’s. The people blindly followed Jim Jones who promised them a better society. And when ordered to drink poisoned Koolaid they not only drank it themselves but served it to their children. There are people in America who are susceptible to charismatic leaders who promise change and hope and a better way of life. These are the Obama supporters.

[Piquaboy]

If we had a president named Hussein all the Muslims would love us.

[woollyone]

Can I change my user name to worship my hereo too?

Respectfully,
woolly Wilson one

[Nahanni]

Invest in Kraft Co. and organic sugar producers.

Kraft manufactures Kool-Aid and the Obamaniacs won’t use the regular “white death” in their Kool-Aid so invest in the organic sugar producers.

There will be a run on both products in November.

[Tolik]

... How can intelligent and responsible people fall for this mass hysteria over a politician whose only real accomplishment in 47 years of living has been to build up the mass hysteria and messianic expectations surrounding this campaign?

... As with other moments of religious and quasi-religious frenzy, it’s not what the candidate is saying, or the proposals (what proposals, exactly?) he’s making, or even Obama himself that creates the manic energy surrounding his campaign. It’s the phenomenon itself, the crazed delirium of the Oba-maniacs, that compels attention, even fascination. Some people went to those first Beatles concerts as much to watch the tearful, hysterical, hollering adolescent girls as to hear the music; in fact those screaming sweeties usually drowned out the performances on stage so crowds couldn’t even hear the tunes and lyrics. It didn’t matter for the participants, who cared only about the transcendent excitement, the mass delirium, of the historic experience.

So, too, the messianic yearnings and wild-eyed, zombie-like devotion of Obama’s unhinged followers comes across as far more exciting and significant than the surprisingly pedestrian and platitudinous substance of his actual campaign. For the candidate as cult leader, it’s not the message; it’s the moment.
 

 

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