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The Obama Cult
American Thinker.com ^ | May 21, 2017 | Richard Terrell

Posted on 05/21/2017 3:47:54 PM PDT by Kaslin

Do you remember president Obama's eight scandal-free years? This question, posted on an acquaintance's Facebook page, drew my astonished attention. My immediate "LOL" response received a reprimand for expressing "disrespect." Among other responses to this lead question were rapturous expressions of "love" and even "worship" for The Great Leader Barack Obama. As the furor ignited by the Trump election continues to burn and blow, the melancholy longing for an alleged Golden Age is arising. The longing is deep, and accompanied by swooning ecstasy at the reappearance to public life of Mr. Barack Obama.

I suspect that such expressions are representative of a significant population. This occasion, in which I drew the rebuke of some of the faithful also offering comments, refreshes the perception that there is in America a continuing embrace of a bizarre personality cult that has found a deep resonance within the nation's political culture. This cult was manifest as early as Barack Obama's 2007-2008 candidacy and is unique in its promotion and protection by major cultural institutions. Apparently, it did not end with a change of national administrations; rather, it continues in the form of retrospective longing for imagined wonders of a lost decade of grace, intelligence, and integrity led by one who serves as receptor for spiritual and emotional projections.

The Cult of Obama made its initial appearance with graphic designer Shepard Fairey's famous "HOPE" poster, during Obama's initial manifestation as a presidential candidate. The artistic imagery draws upon a tradition of totalitarian art celebrating the persons of fascist or communist political messiahs of the past. The linkage to the concept of "Hope" significantly draws upon a spiritual absolute.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: barackhussein0bama; worstpresidentever
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To: Kaslin

“Scandal free”?

Who do they think they are kidding


21 posted on 05/21/2017 5:16:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement o!f fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Kaslin
Here is a partial list of Obama's "non-scandals":

1. Benghazi.
2. Fast and furious.
3. IRS targeting of conservative groups.
4. Solyndra.
5. Fifty intelligence agents claiming Obama admin falsified or ignored their reports.
6. Lies about Obamacare.
7. Lies about Iran deal.
8. Lies about views on gay marriage.
9. VA scandal.
10. DOJ corruption, on many fronts, including Clinton email scandal and Clinton Foundation abuses and pay-to-play.
11. Failure to prevent, or respond to, foreign hacking of federal agencies.
12. Bungled Syria/Mideast policy.
13. Tolerance of wind farm slaughter of protected bird species.
14. Tolerance of left-wing political violence (BLM, etc).

I'm sure there are others that didn't occur to me off the top of my head.
22 posted on 05/21/2017 5:20:06 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Kaslin

Black Liberation Thelogy Jesus


23 posted on 05/21/2017 5:35:34 PM PDT by Jumper
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To: Kaslin

Obama was the worst president in history.


24 posted on 05/21/2017 5:35:58 PM PDT by libertylover (In 2016 small-town America got tired of being governed by people who don't know a boy from a girl.)
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To: Kaslin

“25 ‘impeachable’ Obama scandals far more serious than Comey firing”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3553556/posts


25 posted on 05/21/2017 5:37:01 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: Jumper

as I’ve said before.....crucify him, crucify him, crucify him!


26 posted on 05/21/2017 5:43:24 PM PDT by Thibodeaux (the long night is over)
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To: libertylover

Obama was the worst president in history.

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Bar none!


27 posted on 05/21/2017 6:00:02 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Bill and Hillary Clinton are the penicillin-resistant syphilis of our political system.)
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To: Kaslin
Barack Hussein Obama, Mmmmm, Mmmmm, Mmmmmm grade school circe 2009
28 posted on 05/21/2017 6:05:22 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: ifinnegan

But first they screamed and fainted at Bill Clintons appearances.
Even a half dozen years ago when Bill showed up in upstate NY to stump for Hinchey - they had a fainter.

I bet like anything that Bill could still get a fainter or two.


29 posted on 05/21/2017 6:09:14 PM PDT by Ladysforest (Racism, misogyny, bigotry, xenophobia and vulgarity - with just a smattering of threats and violence)
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To: RoosterRedux

Obama is fondly remembered not for accomplishing anything but for not offending the sensitivities of any leftists; he only targeted the voiceless right, so others remember him as “a nice guy”. They can’t name any accomplishments, but he was “nice”.

The most lasting legacy of Obama is the election of Donald Trump; it exposes the lie that the country did well under Obama - or that he had any mass appeal. He was a puppet of every darling cause of the left, nothing more - so the leftist media fawns over him.


30 posted on 05/21/2017 6:58:51 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: major-pelham
"Amazing their failure to recognize how inept Obama was."

Man, don't you get it...... Obama's mind works at such a higher level than ordinary humans, that we just can't be expected to undersand. So, what you call inept is just your failure to see his brilliance. It's not Obama, it's your ineptness!!!

Furthermore, I'll bet you never gave credit to the shemale goddess Moochell for her beauty (awk....blech, just threw up a little).

31 posted on 05/21/2017 7:25:28 PM PDT by crazy scenario (We can't take you anywhere)
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To: clearcarbon

If there be cows, it must be that’s a block of salt lick sitting in front of the middle cow; one block which looks well used.


32 posted on 05/21/2017 7:30:29 PM PDT by V K Lee (DJT: "Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war. ")
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To: RoosterRedux

GRREAT statement, Roo! I’m framing it!


33 posted on 05/21/2017 8:03:36 PM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming... infinitum.)
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To: Kaslin

0bama was scandal after scandal after scandal.


34 posted on 05/21/2017 10:07:07 PM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Kaslin

Here is the Scandal Free Obama:
https://news.grabien.com/story-exclusive-complete-guide-scandals-obama-administration


35 posted on 05/22/2017 12:55:54 AM PDT by Mozilla (Truth Is Stranger than Fictionr)
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To: Mozilla

Thanks, I bookmarked them.


36 posted on 05/22/2017 4:24:20 AM PDT by Kaslin ( The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triump. Thomas Paine)
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