Perhaps, I missed something over the past two years. I was not aware of some mass uncritical acceptance of Obama. Support for Obama is most certainly based on many of his personal qualities and what he has stated is his mission as president. People actually listen to what this man talks about. If he can not deliver on the hopes and aspirations expressed by millions, he will be discarded like yesterdays newspaper. All adulation for "the leader" is not by virtue of adulation, a cult of the personality. I would say the cult of the personality - American brand, more appropriately applies to the adulation shown toward movie stars. WL. In a message dated 1/20/2009 5:33:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Watching all the hoopla re the inauguration and all the marketing hype re Obama as president and the mass uncritical acceptance of Obama I am reminded of all the criticism in the west of the Stalin and Mao cult of personality. Surely there are a lot of family resemblances between the cult of personality used by some Communist leaders and what is happening in the US although no doubt criticizing Obama won't entail being sent to northern Alaska. **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62)
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