"I Will Follow Him": Obama As My Personal Jesus

Smith College Sophian (via NRO Campaign Spot) ^ | September 18, 2008 | Maggie Mertens

[greyfoxx39]

My interest was piqued, but the dark time lived on until my faith in others was renewed on Jan. 4 in the Iowa state primary. Obama had beat out squeaky clean southern boy John Edwards and former first lady and next in the line of political succession Hillary Clinton. I was in shock. And then I came to Jesus/Obama.

I donated to the campaign. I followed every primary with bated breath, and muttered my prayers to the political gods while proselytizing the miracle of my new prophet. I got a car magnet, I bought a t-shirt; a pin and bumper sticker are on their way to my campus mailbox. Then the media and right wing questioning began: what is he? A rock star, or the next president? Bono or Britney? The naysayers used his popularity among young people against him. Who had ever heard of political posters in college dorm rooms? Bumper stickers on the back of your high school neighbor's Jetta? Guess what those "Jesus is my homeboy" t-shirts were replaced with at Urban Outfitters? A smiling Obama under his own cutesy sayings like "Obama for yo Mama."

I must admit, I questioned this myself. After all, would I have ever bought a t-shirt with Al Gore's face on it? Was this all he was, the newest pop culture fad? I questioned my newfound faith - was it all only a phase, like the time I thought I was Baptist in junior high? But my inner dogmatic struggle only helped cement my beliefs as I followed politics more closely than ever before. Obama's mere presence, knowledge and enthusiasm in the political realm inspired my own desire to understand what exactly had gone wrong, what exactly he could do to remedy the mess we'd made.

Then I began to realize I wasn't the only one trying to buy a WWOD bracelet and spending my weekends scouring CNN.com. The rock star-type love for Obama wasn't just because he was pretty and in the media. Others too, had seen him as a shining light, heard that mythical voice boom out over the mountaintops; people were wearing the t-shirt because they would rather wear something representing a politician than a pop star. People everywhere, young and old, were caring again. So what's the problem here?

I've officially been saved, and soon, whether they like it or not, the rest of the country will be too. I will follow him, all the way to the White House, and I'll be standing there in our nation's capital in January 2009, when Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States of America. In the name of Obama, Amen.

[sauropod]

I loved Larry Norman’s version of that.

[ZX12R]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0hpC—Uo8A

[MHGinTN]

You answered yourself ... “It really makes me wonder what in h-ll is wrong with people who fall for his bs.” What is wrong is straight from the brilliance of hell. Worship of a mere fantasy ACORN godman is precisely how satan works.

[ForeignDude]

Events over the last couple of days have conspired to scare the livin’ daylights out of me.

First, there was that creepy YouTube video of children singing to the Obamessiah. That little display could have been lifted directly from North Korean TV.

Then, this morning, I saw a car with an Obama bumper sticker that read:

OBAMA.
ONE NATION.
ONE PEOPLE.

That raised the little hairs at the back of my head. You might as well spell it out in the original German: “Ein Volk. Ein Reich. Ein Fuhrer.”

Folks, we have been here before: a charismatic “Leader”, with a following of millions of zealots, each of whom will commit any act to gain the (perceived) approval of this “Leader”.

I always expected that the madness of Fascism and Fuhrer-worship would re-occur in Europe, not in America.

God help us all.

[WOSG]

“I am shaking and crying reading this....what happened to our Nation?”

Very simple.

The Left marched methodically through our institutions, the churches, the universities, the schools, the media. They took them over. They marched through the political institutions, the foundations, the interest groups, the unions, the Congress.

After they had corrupted and undermined and destroyed all those institutions, they haver left people with a lack of faith in all these things.

We have no faith in anything.

That creates a hole, a deep yearning to restore our faith.
What the left has destroyed, they now turn into an excuse to replace and build a new religion, a new ideology, a new institution.

CHANGE is their code-word. Socialism awaits.

Yes, it will be that bad.

[OPS4]

Obama will lead them all to the Altar of Communism!

[WOSG]

“I look at the comments and I am left speechless by some of them.”

PLease dont be speechless folks, we have 30 days to fix this or 4 - 8 long years of an Obama Nation awaits.

America as we know it will be lost.

[Jack Black]

Is this a joke?

[visualops]

Yes, I agree, that article exploring Obama’s narcissism and the cult of personality is very revealing and enlightening; a must read. It is also shocking and frightening. The only thing I can’t quite decide is who is more dangerous- Obama or his followers.

[EdReform]

Ping

[Mr. K]

[stentorian conservative]

Yep and now I have that song stuck in my head. As well as Miss "where'd my eyebrows go" face.

Ugh.

[listenhillary]

Psst! Profits from the sale of those items go to the Karl Rove Political Action Committee.

(/kidding, but we should have thought of it!)

[imintrouble]

Hello out there Magic Man whoever you are....

Can you work some of your mojo on me and transform me into Heidi Klum for a day?

Puhleese?

[weegee]

"I've officially been saved, and soon, whether they like it or not, the rest of the country will be too."

[21twelve]

Speaking of Temples: (Rush- 2112 excerpts)

We’ve taken care of everything
The words you hear the songs you sing
The pictures that give pleasure to your eyes
Its one for all and all for one
We work together common sons
Never need to wonder how or why

We are the priests of the temples of syrinx
Our great computers fill the hallowed halls
We are the priests of the temples of syrinx
All the gifts of life are held within our walls

Look around this world we made
Equality our stock in trade
Come and join the brotherhood of man
Oh what a nice contented world
Let the banners be unfurled
Hold the red star proudly high in hand

We are the priests of the temples of syrinx
Our great computers fill the hallowed halls.
We are the priests of the temples of syrinx
All the gifts of life are held within our walls.

[rlferny]

This is absolutely sick.

I think we are watching the rise of the anit-Christ myself.

[TruthWillWin]

Here you go:

Peggy March - I Will Follow Him

I still like that song. Unfortunately my 1st wife, married in the 60's, didn't like it.

[do the dhue]

Well, I think this how the anti-Christ will get his/her start. If he hasn't already.

[mnehring]

I just saw this comment on a video on another thread's link.
This is just more proof this country needs to change. The Bible warns us that things will get really bad before the second coming. Bush is the anti-Christ, leading the world to war and creating the hatred you see by this example. Obama is the second coming. He will usher in an era of peace. Pax Americana under Obama, the Messiah.
I hope they are joking..