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[kerrygoddess]

Join The Movement or Has the Obamamania Gotten Out of Hand
February 7th, 2008 @ 3:30 pm

I have written here a few times in recent days about of the hype around the Obama “movement” as he calls it and the fact many people don’t want to “join” a “movement,” they want a leader. In some ways, I have told a few people in conversation off The Dem Daily, the Obama “movement” reminds me of the Dean “movement” in ‘04, another movement I was not swayed to join.

It’s not that I don’t see the attraction he holds for some, I just personally feel it leaves me cold. I’m not a joiner, I’m an independent think, a leader not a follower. When someone pushes me to join or participate in something that involves group think, I tend to run the other way, so perhaps that is why I never caught the Obama fever.

I’m glad to see the media and others in the blogosphere are catching on to the “fact that some Obama supporters’ exhuberance seems to be getting a little out of hand.” In a spot on and snarky post on ABC’s Political Punch, Jake Tapper writes:

MORE & LINKS HERE: http://thedemocraticdaily.com/2008/02/07/join-the-movement-or-has-the-obamamania-gotten-out-of-hand/