Is Obama the new American Idol? Or are we just blinded by the hype? (And Obama's avalanche of cash?) Can Hillary derail the seemingly unstoppable momentum of Obama’s rock star-like celebrity? Do we need to believe in the American dream so much that we'll actually overlook a more qualified and experienced candidate? Is the media so obsessed with a good story that they're ignoring the truths in the way? After SNL stuck a pin in the Obama bubble last weekend, it seems for some the Kool Aid is finally wearing off. As Tina Fey succinctly put it, is "bitch the new black?"
The Cult of Obama: Is This Golden Child The New Democratic Messiah?
0 TrackBacks
Listed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: The Cult of Obama: Is This Golden Child The New Democratic Messiah?.
TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.powersperspective.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-t.cgi/1125
Hillary's claim of superior experience is a complete canard, see article:
http://www.slate.com/id/2182073/
She's gonna galvanize the right wing, if she's on the ticket. A vote for her is essentially a vote for McCain and for four more years of a Republican administration.
She's a hawk.
She's run her campaign shamefully, and there's no reason to think she'd run the country any better. Playing the race card in South Carolina was beyond appalling. The threat to try to reinstate Florida and Michigan delegates, which is even worse, would be tantamount to stealing the nomination and no better than Bush's theft of the white house in 2000.
So what if Obama, when he was new to the Senate, doubted his future experience to govern? Maybe he's learned better and changed his mind. He's consistently more honest and straight forward about his own weaknesses and failings. He's not masking everything and acting reprehensibly just to get elected. Hillary by comparison is hubristic in the extreme.
Let's leave identity politics out of this for a second, forget who's the woman and who's the African American, and think with our heads. It could not be clearer which one of these two candidates actually has some integrity. Perhaps the press and the majority of highly educated, progressive Americans are on board with Obama for a reason.
Ask Marion Wright Edelman of the Children's Defense Fund just how trustworthy the Clintons are. Or how willing to go back on promises. Or how far to the right.