Obama: Your own personal Jesus

[2rth2pwr]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UhXaE_XL_8

disturbing

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[lark]

5. truth hurts

[DeadElephant_ORG]

22. if you call that hit piece "truth" you're way more gullible than any Obama supporter.

[Forkboy]

28. "Truth-Anything that which I agree with."

[XemaSab]

2. Considering that the original video for the song was filmed at the Mustang Ranch...

:P

[lark]

3. Sad, sick, scary and very

disturbing. Most sad of all, this is just a tiny bit further out that quite a few of the Obama supporters on this board. No reason for the outrageous love and adoration, just straight worship.

[BlackVelvet04]

4. deeply disturbing n/t

[Bicoastal]

16. Yeah, it's really troubling that people are showing affection for a Democratic nominee for President

I'm soooooo scared. :eyes:

[BlackVelvet04]

40. No, what's disturbing is when they make him ou tto be Jesus. n/t

[TK421]

6. that.....was fucking creepy as hell

[Justyce]

7. That is *beyond* disturbing. They're making the Dems look like fools. nt

[NashVegas]

8. You Should Check Out the Obamamessiah Blog

That's linked to from the vid.

[TK421]

10. This has to be satire...right? There really aren't people out there

who think he is the messiah, are there? I know that joke is thrown around here often...

[NashVegas]

13. Honestly, I'm Not Certain

But I do believe he's playing to the evangelical crowd for votes. Anything that helps, right?

[neverforget]

9. Propaganda that would make karl rove proud!

:puke:

[WillyT]

11. I Know How Ya Feel Man...

:rofl:

[GoldieAZ49]

12. Not Mine

Not This Time

Not ever

[DeadElephant_ORG]

14. The mass gullibility argument should be offensive to every thinking progressive

The Secret Ingredient in "Kool-aid"

Jeff Goldsmith, March 19, 2008

When the Beatles sang "Come Together" that was "cool". But when Barack says it... that's "Kool-aid".

Hillary's supporters on this board throw out epithets such as "Kool-aid", "cult", "followers", "super-guru", "chosen one", as well as "Obamatons" and "Obamtiods". They do so frequently and shamelessly. It's an unmistakable slight against the mental, emotional, and political maturity of Obama supporters, and of Senator Obama himself. It's as unmistakable as "watermelons" is for racism, or as "iron my shirts" is for sexism. The stench of ageism is all over DU. Ageism permeates this place, yet goes unmentioned - our very own "Elephant in the Room".

Believe it or not, there is one thing this country needs even more than it needs a new president. We need an increase in civic participation and engagement by Americans across the board, but especially by youth. More than anything else, it's apathy that got us into this mess in the first place. Voting rates in America are appalling, and have been my whole life. And nobody has successfully evangelized progressive ideals, and civic participation among our youth - before Barack Obama.

This is not in dispute. Obama has dramatically grown our party at the grass-roots, and built a new youth movement. His achievement is without parallel. And these new, younger Democrats are not just voting. They're voting in state primaries, in large numbers. When has that EVER happened before? They're donating money. They're working the phones. They're showing up for caucuses. Hell, they're running the table at caucuses.

They're not children. They're the progressive future of our nation. And by the way, we've really screwed up their inheritance. We've bequeathed them a broken economy, an interminable war, and a dying planet. Nice.

At 46, I'm too old to be cool. But I am flat-out flabbergasted to see my fellow old-fogies give the straight-arm to these brave young citizens, with hope in their hearts. We've waited our whole lives for them to show up, and you give 'em the straight-arm! What is your deal?!

Well... your ageist "Kool-aid" insults make your "deal" very clear. After all these years it's still "Hey HEY, you YOU, get off of my cloud!" Some here denounced my prior post "This White House is MINE!"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5133741&mesg_id=5133741
as divisive along age lines. But calling out ageism where it exists is not ageist, anymore than calling out racism or sexism makes one a racist or a sexist. And this subject is a taboo that we must address.

And for anybody who doesn't believe that ageism here is real, I challenge you to better explain why half our party, including the majority of our core party establishment, would be so unwelcoming, so outright rude, to an arriving army of new Democrats.

It seems that after 40 years of "youth culture", of dissing older generations as irrelevant, the baby boomers, Hillary's generation, have made their own old age, and diminishing relevance, intolerable to themselves.

So what is the secret ingredient in "Kool-aid". What gives that epithet such a bitter taste?

Fear of growing old.

Comments welcome here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5168771

[thunder rising]

23. The greatest flatulation, born from the greatest generation (AKA Boomers)

Brought us Korea, Vietnam and Iraq II.

[DeadElephant_ORG]

30. have you seen the post "This White House is MINE" ?

It gives the litany of "gifts" we've received from the "Me Generation".

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=5133741">"This White House is MINE"

[JoFerret]

41. More bringing together from the unity folks?

Who is to be excluded and dismissed next?

[Adelante]

15. We're back to being a cult again?

Okey-dokey :hi:

[Bicoastal]

17. When he's "unelectable," Hillary's beating him. When he's a "cult leader," he's beating Hillary.

I think I've cracked the code!

[Adelante]

18. Oh! So it's a good thing

:hug:

[DeadElephant_ORG]

21. I think you're on to something there... nt

[GarbagemanLB]

19. I liked the video. Gave it 5 stars. Go Obama!

[VolcanoJen]

20. That video's killin' 'em over at Michelle Malkin's site!

:eyes:

[GarbagemanLB]

24. I seriously like this video. Favorited. Go Obama!

[2rth2pwr]

25. I heard you the first time.

[GarbagemanLB]

26. Did I mention how much I liked it?

[DeadElephant_ORG]

27. This doesn't hit Obama - it's a hit on half the Democratic Party. It's disgusting propaganda.

[anonymous171]

29. Remember, the Clintons are the Democratic Party.

[populistdriven]

32. Its a hit on Populism

[jillan]

31. At least we now know where he learned it from.

[bhikkhu]

33. Not bad - Depeche Mode at its best.

[DeadElephant_ORG]

34. So... now you know what your parents felt during the 60's and 70's. Thanks to the "Me Generation".

[TacticalPeek]

35. Funny website where it was made.

"A quantum leap in American consciousness"

-- Deepak Chopra

http://obamamessiah.blogspot.com/


Corollary: grab your wallet.

[Straight Shooter]

36. It isn't much of a stretch to recognize that "some" supporters attribute Messiah aspects to Obama.

We witnessed the same thing with the bush worship. It's disturbing no matter who does it.

From Investors Business Daily, a version of Obama as Jesus, in their 3/24 Ramirez toon:

[LWolf]

37. "Disturbing" is a mild word.

:puke:

Theocracy Unbound.

[ZombieHorde]

38. People believing that Obama is Jesus is no worse

than people believing that Jesus is God.


edit to make an awkward sentence slightly less awkward.

[Pisces]

39. What's disturbing is the fool who made the video. Excitement for a candidate is a good thing

[2rth2pwr]

42. The video makes itself, just like the campaign ads the right

will use this Oct will write themselves if Barak is the nominee.