To: EternalVigilance; Elsie
Fouad Ajami pointed this out during the campaign, about Obama shouting and yelling at cheering crowds in hysteria:
Obama and the Politics of Crowds.
"There is something odd -- and dare I say novel -- in American politics about the crowds that have been greeting Barack Obama on his campaign trail. Hitherto, crowds have not been a prominent feature of American politics. We associate them with the temper of Third World societies. We think of places like Argentina and Egypt and Iran, of multitudes brought together by their zeal for a Peron or a Nasser or a Khomeini...The morning after the election, the disappointment will begin to settle upon the Obama crowd. Defeat -- by now unthinkable to the devotees -- will bring heartbreak. Victory will steadily deliver the sobering verdict that our troubles won't be solved by a leader's magic."
To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
141 posted on
02/09/2009 2:09:38 PM PST by
EternalVigilance
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