Reply #13: It's *very* encouraging to read this [View All]

[fishwax]

It's total bullshit, of course, and it's no surprise that it would come from Kathleen Parker. But if this is the way the other side is going to approach the Obama candidacy, it bodes well for the general election, because it drastically misreads, imo, the mood of the electorate.

And this kind of argument is nothing new. Pretty similar shit was said about Bill Clinton as a cult of personality/celebrity/et., not just during his campaign but throughout his presidency. I heard it even more when the country rallied around him during impeachment. Conservatives just can't believe that the American people would rally around a democrat in that way, so they have to ascribe it to cult of celebrity, etc.