The Confluence Posted on October 4, 2008 by garychapelhill "Obama Supporters...Still Creepy!" http://tinyurl.com/4s3tru <http://tinyurl.com/4s3tru> I came across this op/ed from the Christian Science Monitor. <http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20081003/cm_csm/ymartin;_ylt=Aq2sNvfVNkQQAv\ LsSyoKilKs0NUE> Is this a presidential election or a second coming?
[200] <http://riverdaughter.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/messiah-obama.jpg> Like so many Americans, I feel as though I am holding my breath. Could the quiet seed of joy that was planted in my heart the day I heard Barack Obama speak for the first time take root and grow without fear of the brutal storms of disappointment? Could a leader that evokes awe in me actually win a presidential election? Could the beauty and logic of his words win over the majority of this country's voters? Could they see past the lies and distractions to the center of a human being who sincerely wants to invoke citizens' higher selves? Could a system that seems so broken, so moneyed, so corrupt actually serve to help the American people elect an authentic, complex thinker? Could it be that despite all that is wrong with the electoral process there is enough right to allow a thoughtful candidate to get through the muck and emerge earnest and excited to lead? Short answer: What are you smoking? Seriously, this is just too much. Not even the deranged 33%ers who stuck by Bush through his most criminal and corrupt years as President ever sounded this nutty. But not only that, this person wants you to know that if all of her deluded dreams of grandeur are not fulfilled, it will all be YOUR fault It is not his inevitable fall from grace that I fear. It is the possibility that on Nov. 4, I will find out that my acute craving for a kind and complex leader is not shared by the majority of Americans. That conclusion to this breathtaking story would tempt me, not just to be alienated from American politics, but from the American people. I fear that the worst part of me would bully the best part with cruel words: "I told you so. Hope is dangerous and naive." No, it couldn't possibly be that you got bamboozled by a used car salesman. <http://tdg.typepad.com/democrats_for_principle_b/2008/09/would-you-buy-\ a-used-car-from-this-man.html> That would be too difficult for your fragile psyche to reconcile. Above all this is a childish approach to convincing people to vote your way. If you have a teenager you'll recongize it right away. It's the old "I will forever lose my faith in mankind if I don't get my way" rouse. My advice same one your "logical and beautiful" candidate gave me: Get over it. **UPDATE** Zee suggests that maybe the author of this op-ed may have seen Jesus Christ Superstar one too many times Video "I Don't Know How to Love Him" http://tinyurl.com/4msrua <http://tinyurl.com/4msrua>
