Entries from February 10, 2008 - February 16, 2008
The Electorate.
Caedmon
in What is to be done?, Confederacy Reconsidered, The Demise of Europe
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Obama? Yo Mama!
Jake Tapper on the Cult of Obama.
Inspiration is nice. But some folks seem to be getting out of hand.
It's as if Tom Daschle descended from on high saying, "Be not afraid; for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people: for there is born to you this day in the city of Chicago a Savior, who is Barack the Democrat."
Obama supporter Kathleen Geier writes that she's "getting increasingly weirded out by some of Obama's supporters. On listservs I'm on, some people who should know better – hard-bitten, not-so-young cynics, even – are gushing about Barack…
Describing various encounters with Obama supporters, she writes, "Excuse me, but this sounds more like a cult than a political campaign. The language used here is the language of evangelical Christianity – the Obama volunteers speak of 'coming to Obama' in the same way born-again Christians talk about 'coming to Jesus.'...So I say, we should all get a grip, stop all this unseemly mooning over Barack, see him and the political landscape he is a part of in a cooler, clearer, and more realistic light, and get to work."
And then there's this: the weeping, screaming and swooning. Are the Beatles back? No, it's:
Women 'falling for Obama'
12/02/2008 12:02 - (SA)College Park, Maryland - You can see it in their flushed-face smiles and hear it in their screams. They say the phenomenon is difficult to describe, but once they experience it they tell their friends, sisters, mothers and daughters, and they come back for more if they can.
"He's very charismatic. It was a 'you-had-to-be-there' kind of experience," said Lolita Breckenridge, 37, after hearing Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama address a packed rally at the University of Maryland on Monday. . . .
"Not too much of the speech was new to me," she admitted. "But hearing him live..." she trailed off, shaking her head and grinning.
When Obama addressed the crowd of 16 000 on the eve of primaries which he is tipped to win in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC, he carried himself with his habitual worldly confidence, interspersed talk of foreign policy with recollections of his childhood and even poked political fun at his Republican adversaries.
He did not flinch when women screamed as he was in mid-sentence, and even broke off once to answer a female's cry of "I love you Obama!" with a reassuring: "I love you back". . . .
"Every time I hear him speak I become more hopeful and more sure that he would be the best president we could have," she said. "He makes you feel like he's talking to you especially."
Lord save us. (No, I'm not calling out to him, the Obamanation of Desolation, but to Him, the Lord, the Real One.) At the risk of sounding sexist and/or elitist, all this does cause one to doubt -- once again -- the wisdom of universal suffrage. Barack Obama is an empty suit, but that hasn't stopped his Big Mo. Tonight, after the Potomac primaries, he's surpassed Schmillary in the delegate count. And if he beats her, there's a good chance he'll beat Juan Mequeño come this November. All because he's a charmer, a rock star. All because, to quote St. Paul, too many "weak-willed women" (which would include, I'd say, a goodly number of individuals who call themselves men) are allowed to vote.
I have referred on this blog more than once to the Rule of Clowns and the idiocy of the mob. Well, the presidential election season is upon us again. Watch from afar and marvel.
And then make the necessary preparations.
Stupid Dutch.
Lent fast branded as "Christian Ramadan."
"The image of the Catholic Lent must be polished. The fact that we use a Muslim term is related to the fact that Ramadan is a better-known concept among young people than Lent," said Vastenaktie Director, Martin Van der Kuil.
And why, pray tell, is that, Mr. Van der Kuil? Why so many Muslims in your country? And why has your church lost your young people?
Caedmon
in Fighting The Jihad., What is to be done? (Islam), The Demise of Europe
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