Reply #236: I haven't posted in a while

[sueragingroz]

I forgot my password so just lurked for months... but after watching all of what has been going on over the last few weeks, I've started to get active on the boards again.

Anyway, I just have to K & R this thread because it is something that has come to me idependantly from watching the coverage of these primaries and I'm so happy to see that I'm not alone.

Just to preface this - I'm not an american so I can't vote. But I'm a political junkie and I find american politics to be not only important on a global scale but fascinating to watch.

Anyway, my wife (and yes I'm a woman) and I started following the campaign in earnest in late december. My wife is a bit of a feminist so she was for Hillary right off the bat. Me not so much. I was intrigued by the idea of Obama and I knew from following politics back in 2006 that he was a rising star... But over time, I started digging around in both their sites and after watching the coverage and their behaviour, I decided to go for Clinton despite Bubba's idiotic behaviour in advance of South Carolina. (I say idiotic because someone with that depth of political experience really should have known better).

So - I'm not a Hillary maniac. I support her because the White House needs someone to clean up the mess right now - they need a down and dirty political warrior who has been in the trenches and who has taken her fair share of knocks. You knock her down... and somehow she manages to get up again.

America needs that right now IMHO.

Many folks compare Obama to Kennedy - but I liken him to Trudeau. Google Trudeaumania and you will know what I'm talking about. Trudeau was a decent PM who many loved and who many hated. But when he died, the response of the people was akin to what the republicans experienced when Reagan passed.

I'm starting to distract myself from my point but here it is: Trudeau was a visionary. Canada at that time, was in need of a visionary. I believe that America will be ready for a visionary at some point in the future once this mess has been cleaned up.

Once Obama gets some more real national political experience and learns that campaigns are not about him but about the people that pay his salary, he will be a great leader.

That all said, the reason why I have decided to stop lurking and to start posting is because this cult thing is really starting to creep me out too.

So I did a google/news search on "obama cult" and here are some of the links that I got back:

http://mediamatters.org/items/200802080014?f=h_latest

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/02/and-obama-wept.html

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/jeff_jarvis/2008/02/the_power_of_oratory.html

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/02/by_frank_james_theres_an.html

This is not idle speculation. It is starting to get play in the media. And it is harmful to the Democratic Party IMHO...

Just check out what the pig man had to say:

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_020808/content/01125110.guest.html

They are going to have a field day with him come the general election...