The Unknown Messiah Fad Fade

Is the President-In-Training really the Obamessiah?  Or, just the black Obamessiah?  Are the people who believe that he is certifiable?  Is there any evidence that “Obamania” is finally, slowly, being played out?  That question is being asked in a myriad of ways in an interesting variety of sources.  Citing San Francisco Chronicle writer Mark Morford’s infamous “Lightworker” article as the height of Obama foolishness, Pajamas Media says the phenomenon they call “Obamamania” is “on the wane.”  While Morford was either clearly delusional, or clearly having fun at Obama’s expense, his over-the-top testament to Obamanipotence was not the only example of hero worship at the feet of The Precious by a long shot.

The Chicago Tribune cites many others, including websites that spoof ObamaLove, in their “Obama: Was He Sent To Save Us?”  article today.  I’m not sure, but I think they think that the answer to their headline question is “not.”

CNN asks, “Which Hero Do We Want Obama To Be?”  They limit their examination of Obama fascination to those who insist upon comparing the unproven, untested, some say unqualified, former junior senator with the short resume to former presidential greats like Kennedy, Lincoln, Roosevelt and Clinton, and conclude, basically, who the hell knows if he can be like any of them since nobody ever bothered to vet him in the first place?

While it is fun to lampoon the guy who invokes the “oceans to rise” and “lights to shine down” and the folks who bought into the “hopey dopey happy crappy” he spews, it’s even more fun to mock the “serious journalists” who are only now seeing the humor of the errors of their own ways.  And, though it is good to see that some of the sources of the worst forms of suckupitude are finally “seeing the light,” ya gotta wonder, what took those guys so long?  Maybe soon they’ll “wake up and get” the whole bogus “over-exploitation of the black half” national faux racial angst thing, as well as the “you’re likable enough, sweetie, so get over it” what sexism? thing too.

But hey, deprogramming a cult is a lot like overcoming addiction, right?

One step at a time.