It has been appropriately referred to as a mania: The tendency of supporters of Senator Barack Obama to WILDLY and illogically support their candidate, the tendency for his rallies to turn into something like religious experiences, where the people who witness his speeches experience a sort of ecstasy, and the tendency for people to measure their support for him in terms of charisma rather than his positions on policy. You hear it in the news, you see it on Saturday Night Live, you read about it in a million idiotic blogs written by Democrats in our country. And yet, few seem to know what he actually believes. Without wasting my time finding a citation, this has been one of the many criticisms leveled at the Senator by those who have apparently been able to resist the mania, usually because they support one of his opponents, or nobody at all.
And of course the criticism is fair. Only recently, Obama shifted from talking less like an inspirational speaker and more like a politician seeking nomination for the Presidency. Perhaps he finally got the message. Read the rest of this entry »
