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

I haven't said anything about wishing that Hillary was worshiped, I
don't want any of these candidates to be viewed as a messiah.
Doesn't it bother you when thousands of people chant "yes we can!!!",
without knowing why they are chanting?
This sort of blank check hero worship has consistently created
disasters throughout history.

Those who have disagreed with my post are confusing the issue- I'm
not upset because Hillary hasn't created the mass hysteria that Obama
can produce by simply speaking in a crowded auditorium. I'm
frustrated that the Obama campaign is riding the wave of the ignorant
masses who want to feel good.

This isn't a football game, it's not my team v. your team- and I'm
honestly sick of these posts that pit "hillites" v. the Obama clan.
Do you think that Obama can be elected without the support of those
who currently support Clinton? A divided Democratic party will lose-
this further speaks to my point that the Obama nation feels
invincable.

ps - I have to laugh when you say that Americans don't have time to
read the policies of each candidate- the avg. american spends hours
every week watching mind numbing sitcoms- they have time to read the
literature available on each candidate. They simply choose not to
research these issues.

--- In Dems2008@yahoogroups.com, Rob Harrington <Eamon1916@...> wrote:
>
> I'll give you a quick little hint...
>
> People don't care about the details... Hillary is not going to win
a campaign based on the fact that some minute part of her health care
plan is slightly different that Barack's. People don't look at the
fine points because they don't have time to. They want grand ideas.
They want to believe in the candidate. They hear Obama say "Yes, we
can!" and they believe that we can. They hear Obama talk about
having hope and they feel it.
>
> Are they stupid? Of course not. They've just spent the last 7
years feeling misguided and they want to believe in something/someone
again.
>
> Your criticisms of his campaign come off as nothing more than
whining... "Why don't they feel that way towards Hillary???" Sorry
for your luck.
>
> Slainte,
> Rob Harrington
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: long_live_clinton <long_live_clinton@...>
> To: Dems2008@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 12:13:23 PM
> Subject: [Dems2008] Re: The Obama campaign has become a religious
movement....
>
> 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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