OK, Obama fans, sell me -- I'm serious

[lwcon]

Tell me substantatively how I'm supposed to get over my deep reservations about Obama's vapid talk about bipartisanship, which frankly doesn't reflect the reality of the last 7 years, nor awareness of the evil that is today's Conservative Movement.

Darwin as my witness, I will write an X next to the D in November. That's not negotiable, no matter how gee-golly nice Mike Huckabee is, what a mythic maverick John McCain is supposed to be, how (relatively) socially moderate Giuliani may be, and how breathtakingly handsome Mitt Romney assuredly is. Or how topsy-turvy cool it is that Ron Paul opposes the war, and how "refreshing" it will be if Michael Bloomberg throws an expensive "I'm-more-bipartisan-than-you-are" hat in the ring.

But if your guy is going to keep pretending away the scorched-earth partisanship of the other side and keep pissing on the wall between church and state, throw me a bone, will ya?

Tell me what's so inspiring about Obama?

And I'm asking about content.

And let's skip the externalities, significant as they may be to his electability and to the historic "meaning" of his candidacy (his color and heritage, his organization, his charm, and his ability to make empty platitudes about "hope" and "healing" sound "visionary").

What should I expect him to accomplish? Why shouldn't I worry about him glossing over the political truth on the ground: that no more than two or three of today's Republicans give a flying fuck about bipartisanship or constructive compromise?

How do I learn to stop worrying and love the Obama?

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