(08-09-2022 09:27 AM)Motown Bronco Wrote: (08-09-2022 08:36 AM)Brownandgoldlaker Wrote: I think Obama had a pretty big cult following....
LOL, c'mon man. You cannot compare the cult-like zealotry for Trump to any other US political figure in our nation's history.
Trumpism is akin to 1930s strongman-shouting-from-balcony Europe territory. And Fox News is its propaganda minister.
Presidential cult following is in both parties. Does anyone remember the Bush Action Figure Super Hero in his flight suite that came out right after 911? And how about the attempt to erect a Regan memorial in the Washington Mall? I liked Regan, but should he be memorialized with the likes of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt on the Washington Mall?
It’s really strange how so many people swain over a politician. The Media and Hollywood elite are the worst and here is just a few examples from the Obama cult:
(Obama) “walks into a room and you want to follow him somewhere, anywhere.” George Clooney.
“I’ll collect paper cups off the ground to make [Obama’s] pathway clear. I’ll do whatever he says.” Halley Barry.
I have to tell you, you know, it's part of reporting this case, this election, the feeling most people get when they hear Barack Obama's speech. My, I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don't have that too often. Chris Mathews.
"It was the best speech I've ever heard. ... And I'm tearing up, and I'm writing down notes, and I'm trying to keep track of this thing. ... His heart must've been broken last night." Chris Mathews.
"If anybody in America has heard a better speech in modern American political history, please email me." Joe Scarbough
“Many spiritually advanced people I know … identify Obama as a Lightworker, that rare kind of attuned being who … can actually help usher in a new way of being on the planet.” Mark Morford San Francisco Chronicle.
“The other night I dreamt of Barack Obama. He was taking a shower right when I needed to get into the bathroom to shave my legs.” Judith Warner-NY Times. (She later launched an e-mail inquiry to find out how many women were dreaming about sex with president Obama).
The power of Obama's hand-Andie Colle/Politico.
https://www.politico.com/story/2009/01/t...and-018142
Obama had a huge cult following, but no zealotry or media propaganda there, right?