Hunter Hussein Patterson
I think all of us can agree that Obama's fanbase (and it is a fanbase, he's a rockstar) are pretty intensely devoted to him. From declaring him their savior to changing (ha) their facebook pictures to pop art renditions of his face, Obamaiacs are at best devoted, at worst obsessive. Now, there comes a new phenomenon that might be jumping the political shark. Recently, there have been an surge in name changes on Facebook with Obamaiacs changing their middle name to Hussein, in a move of solidarity with the Senator. I would say that this is just like "Save Darfur" and will fade away in a few months, but I fear that once he is elected this will explode into the largest statement of trendy, hollow, self-centered activism ever.
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You just wish even 10% of Republicans were this excited about John McSame.
The latest Electoral College Estimates are 327 to 211. McCain is losing 6 states Bush won.
I prefer to call him Johnny Amnesty. But Obamaniacs like amnesty as much as the Mac attack does.
Even as an Obama supporter myself, I find a name change a little extreme. It is the literal Obama maniacs that cast a bad light on those of us who are simply interested and/or excited about his candidacy.
"You just wish even 10% of Republicans were this excited about John McSame."
Actually, I don't, because the cultish hero-worship of Obama is disturbing enough. (Almost as disturbing as certain members of the Ron Paul movement were.) I would say that Obamaniacs giving a bad name to a decent candidate, but I think that Obama courts this childish sort of behavior.
My problem is not that people are hopeful about Obama, but that people are just too damned enthralled for their own good. Mass movements inspired by excitement and lofty rhetoric (Hope! Change! Change! Hope!) have a way of turning into cults of personality, and Presidential candidates are like summer blockbuster movies: they never live up to the hype.
So America will end up with a President who is less than we expected him to be, and who commands the slavish adoration of millions of hope-addled "followers." Forgive me if, despite my general satisfaction with Obama as a candidate, I find that prospect sickening and scary.
I'm glad people aren't hero worshipping McCain the same way people are going crazy over the Obamessiah. The last thing America needs is a cult of personality spreading through our republic.
This complete and utter enthrallment with everything that Obama says worries me though. It's one thing to support a particular candidate in an election and to feel passionately about that cadidates campaign and the issues facing the nation. It's another thing to ignore any and all criticisms no matter how well merited because of ones support for some lofty otherworldly ideals.
I'm dissappointed that no matter which candidate wins I will end up with a president who I disagree with on several issues. But it worries me even more that an Obama victory would spur an even greater level of hero worship than already viewed.
*If*If Obama wins expect Oliver Stone to drop W like a hot potato and see all of Hollywood screaming for an Obama biopic... Maybe with someone like Forest Whitaker or Denzel Washington playing Obama... With Oscars handed out left and right in praise to the film no matter how poor a quality it is...
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