GGniner Wrote:From the Left:
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/200...esus/#moreQuote:Excuse me, but this sounds more like a cult than a political campaign. The language used here is the language of evangelical Christianity – the Obama volunteers speak of "coming to Obama" in the same way born-again Christians talk about "coming to Jesus."
But he's not Jesus! He's not going to magically enable us to transcend the bitter partisanship that is tearing this country apart. And even if he is elected, in no way will that show that somehow we have "gotten beyond" race.
The Obama campaign's instruction to their volunteers to steer clear of policy questions. How can we truly bring about real political change if the movement the Obama people are building is devoid of ideological content, content merely to mouth gauzy generalities about "coming together" and "yes we can"? Such a movement becomes a cult or personality rather than engine for social justice and political transformation. And personality cults can be a huge turnoff to those who are not already drinking the Kool-Aid.
but the secular messiah promised to "Build a Kingdom" right here on earth, dang it!
So what if we are channeling Robert Redford from the 1972 movie, "The candidate", with the politics of feelings and emotions over substance and record......we want our messiah and his Kingdom and we want it now! If not our feelings will be hurt.
I have been thinking the same thing for a while. Here is someone that is a good speaker and doesn't show when he gets mad. When you listen to the content of his speech its all fluff and no stuff.
Buzz words used
Hope
Change
Politics as ususal
What is not said.
Hope is a happy word, but an abstract, it is different for every person. What does he mean by hope other than the old cliche "A chicken in every pot."
Change not necessarily a bad thing but Change What?
Politics as usual, well if he doesn't start with "politics as ususal" he'll be on constant conflict with his own party in the House and Senate.
I've heard him talk about people wanting better pay and better jobs, but not how he would create them. I've heard him talk about health insurance for everyone but not how he would keep U.S. citizens from paying illegal aliens to participate in this. I've heard him talk about turning tail and running but nothing about what he would do if the Iraqi government collapsed after this further destablizing the region.
People hear Hope, Change, end of Politics as Usual and don't care about how.
My fear they are following a man not a message. I don't think Obama is a bad person, but one day there will be a very bad person that can charm people like this and that person will bring very big trouble.