- Wanted: Millions of adoring fans to follow presidential
candidate to the end of the Earth and do whatever he says. Must be willing
to obey without question and applaud at the drop of a hat. To apply contact
the Barack Obama Campaign.
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- In a nutshell that is what the Obama Campaign is asking
for and, by all indications, getting in terms of followers. And no, I'm
not exaggerating.
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- Recently it has come to light that there seems to be
a rash of people fainting in the presence of Obama at his rallies. This
is something that often happens when people become so excited that they
just can no longer take it. Maybe this is nothing to get too concerned
about on its own, but when you couple this with many other bizarre occurrences?
You get the impression of being at a religious revival at some mega church
rather than a political event whenever Barack Obama is in the house.
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- When Barack Obama announced recently that he was going
to simply blow his nose, the crowd went wild. Why? Is it because he had
never been able to successfully do so before? Had all his previous attempts
ended in embarrassing miscues? Like him placing the handkerchief to various
other parts of his body only to result in mucus being blown all about?
Were they happy that he finally got it right?
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- No. They were just excited to be in the presence of Barack
Obama and will cheer at almost anything he says or does. Next week he
will probably announce that he has to take a potty break and the crowd
will go equally nuts over the announcement.
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- The only thing missing from the nose blowing incident
was throngs of adoring followers rushing the stage in order to claim his
discarded snot rag and wipe it on their face to bask in his glory. Perhaps
even a claim of miraculous healing that resulted from touching his bodily
fluids would have been a nice touch.
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- At these events you have people dangling perilously over
railings and crying out about their love for Barack Obama. You have people
crushing themselves upon barricades just to try and get close enough
to touch him or even get a whiff of his cologne.
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- I thought we were electing a President and not the next
American Idol. Heck, I wish it was only something akin to a silly television
reality show. It's looking more and more like we are preparing to elect
the next messiah. Are messiah's elected?
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- As the crowds of loyal followers continue to gather at
his campaign events we are left with a growing impression that Barack
Obama is not so much a man but a divine savior in the eyes of the masses.
Or perhaps more accurately he could be described as the anti-Christ when
you consider that his populist rhetoric breaks very important Commandments
of the Christian faith such as not coveting what others have and not taking
it from them without it being given to you. That's ok though, because
you will just be asked to keep believing that government confiscation
under threat of force should you dissent is not really theft.
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- All this however is of minor concern for the crowds of
adoring fans that gather around Barack Obama wherever he goes. They just
want to bask in his glory. George Clooney, said of Obama that, "you
want to follow him somewhere, anywhere," which makes you wonder if
Barack Obama said, "Hey George, jump off a bridge to prove your faith
in me," would he?
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- Halle Berry said the same thing. "I'll do whatever
he says to do," she said even throwing out something that she would
do specifically. "I'll collect paper cups off the ground to make
his pathway clear," Ms. Berry gushed. Would she also place rose pedals
on the ground so that his pure feet may not touch the dirt?
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- I hope that there are some things that she will not do
for Obama. But then again she is from Hollywood. Do these Hollywood yummy
brains ever really think about what they are saying and how silly they
sound?
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- The who thing is all so very eerie. You almost expect
to some time soon hear God Bless America rewritten as Obama Bless America
and sung at these congregations. Maybe something like this:
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- Obama Bless America
- Man that we love!
- Stand beside us, and guide us
- To Paradise with your light from above!
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- With Free Health Care,
- And change for change sake,
- Tax the vile rich,
- And heal our souls!
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- Obama Bless America
- He'll bring us hope!
- Obama Bless America
- Our sa-av-iour!
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- Sometimes I really, really, really wish I was making
this sort of stuff up.
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- J.J. Jackson is a libertarian conservative author who
has been writing about politics, America and in support of liberty since
1993. His weekly articles are available at Liberty Reborn.
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- Obama Bless America
- http://www.thelandofthefree.net:80/conservativ
eopinion/2008/02/22/ obama-bless-america/
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