[Dems2008] Re: The Obama campaign has become a religious movement....

I have giving details on many of my posts. Your post was just a slam with a lot of inuendo
and not much substance. Of course we dismissed it.

--- In Dems2008@yahoogroups.com, "long_live_clinton" <long_live_clinton@...> wrote:
>
> You have made my point for me! Neither one of you has offered any
> tangible critique of my post, you both just resorted to dismissive
> insults. That is the problem with the Obama campaign, you lack
> details and facts because it's more fun to talk about "hope"
> and "change".
>
>
> --- In Dems2008@yahoogroups.com, Rob Harrington <Eamon1916@> wrote:
> >
> > They're miffed that Clinton can't get the kind of fervent support
> that Obama gets...
> >
> > Slainte,
> > Rob Harrington
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Tim Dickson <tadviv@>
> > To: Dems2008@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 11:36:06 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Dems2008] The Obama campaign has become a religious
> movement....
> >
> > Thats nuts.... Guess because you are a Clinton
> > supporter huh!
> > --- long_live_clinton <long_live_clinton@>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Why has the Obama campaign become a religious
> > > movement?
> > > Increasingly over the past few weeks, the Obama
> > > supporters seem to be
> > > painting him as the Messiah of our generation. The
> > > constant
> > > references to JFK and MLK are like New Testament
> > > allusions to Abraham
> > > and Moses.
> > > These cries of "our time", "the time is now" and
> > > many others seem to
> > > indicate some sense of historical invevitability- as
> > > if Obama can't
> > > lose because some unseen hand(God?) is pushing him
> > > towards victory.
> > > As a lifelong Democrat, and a voter who has never
> > > found the
> > > Democratic party to be liberal enough, I questioned
> > > my own reasons
> > > for supporting Hillary. Something bothered me about
> > > the Obama
> > > rhetoric, but I couldn't quite identify the issue.
> > > Now, I have come to my conclusion- Obama's campaign
> > > has become a
> > > parade of cleverly crafted buzz words like "Change".
> > > There is no
> > > substance behind these words, there are no realistic
> > > plans for the
> > > future, and the ideas that have been offered are
> > > only vaguely
> > > different from Clinton's. Yet, this tide of support
> > > keeps flowing
> > > forward without facts, critical thought, or
> > > analysis.
> > > I have news for the Obama nation; Obama is not JFK
> > > or MLK. He isn't
> > > going to bring this revolutionary "change"(heaven?)
> > > that you dream
> > > about.- and if you don't abandon this parade of
> > > invevitablility,
> > > McCain will be the next President.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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