tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073298.post7409179431855537659..comments2023-10-16T08:20:47.101-05:00Comments on The Iconic Midwest: The Obama CultRich Hortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561931187909269006noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073298.post-70650829725922024812008-02-20T23:30:00.000-06:002008-02-20T23:30:00.000-06:00I'm just waiting for the "Obama Walking On Water" ...I'm just waiting for the "Obama Walking On Water" ad...or the "Doubting Thomas" ad where a former Hillary backer begins to see the light and is "saved" by the mere sound of his voice or the touch of his hand.<BR/><BR/>And liberals complain about televangelists being over the top?? They could learn a thing or two from Obama Inc.Rich Hortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15561931187909269006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073298.post-22451671794653618312008-02-20T20:21:00.000-06:002008-02-20T20:21:00.000-06:00LOVED YOUR PIECE. I hated Obama-mania since day 1....LOVED YOUR PIECE. I hated Obama-mania since day 1.<BR/><BR/>Now, there are some *powerful forces at play here. Some powerful psychological forces.<BR/><BR/>And as far as the cult thing- YOU LEFT OUT GUILT! Yes, cults often use guilt, and *shedding of guilt/ redemption* through GROUP CONFESSIONS. They often force members to confess horrible things (white guilt/racism, in this case) in front of the group, and be "healed" through shame.<BR/><BR/>SO, DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF (WHITE) GUILT in the manipulators hand. Psychologically, very powerful stuff. Not a joke.<BR/><BR/>2. Also, like you indicated, Obama and Obama supporters (by extension, they have picked up his personality) are PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE. They don't attack (well, actually they have, but cover it up by saying THEY AREN'T ATTACKING because they are such nice people they'd never do such a thing). They just say anyone who disagrees is a "mean-spirited" "desperate" person making "smears"= bringing up FACTS. <BR/><BR/>3. The willi.am video. Yeah, one of these least talented of all black musicians (i'm more of jimi hendrix girl, or in rap- outkast)...WHAT A SICKENING, DISTURBING, ORWELLIAN CONFLUENCE OF BIG* $ CORPORATE media MONEY and XXXtreme left-wing politics. Very scary stuff. Very scary times. What's funny is that they mistakenly made the video about 80% black people (America has only 13% blacks), and they made this *white latino do a black power salute and say "Si Se Pueda" (= the mexican illegal alien chant, "yes we can!" being english translation).<BR/><BR/>SOOO PRETENTIOUS. Middle School baby!<BR/><BR/>PS...<BR/>What was sickening were the photos/frontpage of his website while he was campaigning in South Carolina- he was MADE TO LOOK LIKE JESUS. He was posed as Jesus. Literally. It looked like some tacky shit you'd see on a "creflo dollar" black church website. Although I hate to admit it, "creflo dollar" is a very charismatic preacher. I catch myself listening to him, sometimes, half asleep at 4. am.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073298.post-85340913680597565232008-02-11T17:40:00.000-06:002008-02-11T17:40:00.000-06:00Oh and Obama will do anything and everything to ge...Oh and Obama will do anything and everything to get the nomination if he is behind in delagates going into the convention.<BR/><BR/>Remember: Clinton using superdelagates and party insiders to win the nomination is bad.<BR/><BR/>Obama doing the same thing is good.<BR/><BR/>See how it all works out perfectly??<BR/><BR/>Now shake that tambourine!Rich Hortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15561931187909269006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073298.post-58570884799902758262008-02-11T16:00:00.000-06:002008-02-11T16:00:00.000-06:00I also find it quite it disconcerting--the whole t...I also find it quite it disconcerting--the whole thing seems to have a messianic quality to it, which Ted Kennedy exacerbated by "anointing" him as the successor. I understand that even Sorenson (JFK's old speech writer) is now on the bandwagon and writing his speeches. <BR/><BR/>I wonder what is the shelf life of an infatuation this intense? I'm comforting myself with the likelihood that it would flame out pretty quickly, but I don't know... Obviously, the closer Hillary comes to losing, the uglier this thing will get. But Obama is holding a really good hand right now. Even if he winds up losing the delegate count, I think he can steal the nomination from HRC at the convention. I wonder how his followers will react when he eventually loses?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073298.post-19121109653015233032008-02-11T14:55:00.000-06:002008-02-11T14:55:00.000-06:00Then show me something worth getting inspired by. ...Then show me something worth getting inspired by. Look, I'm not alone in finding the whole "movement" a little disturbing. The American political process is messy and it certainly isn't genteel sometimes...but I dont want it to be "transcended". It is messy and rough around the edges because there are important differences being hashed out...which is the very definition of politics. Obama's tack is to define HIS policy preferences as being the only "legitimate" preferences...everything else is "attack politics" and thus illegitimate.<BR/><BR/>And yes its a little cult-like to want to replace political realism with "Yes we can" sing-a-long-ism.<BR/><BR/>Alright Justin, maybe you personally are not dancing around with flowers in your hair...but plenty of other people are.Rich Hortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15561931187909269006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073298.post-12498435044954909122008-02-11T14:42:00.000-06:002008-02-11T14:42:00.000-06:00Rich, come on man...this is thin gruel at best. I ...Rich, come on man...this is thin gruel at best. I respect that you think it's creepy, but don't call his supporters a cult. That's silly. The guy is able to motivate and inspire. Isn't that supposed to be a good thing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com