To hear the media tell it, Barack Obama is the luckiest guy in the world. Of course, they never come out and say that; no, they use words like “compelling” and “destined,” to describe the improbable rise of a guy who seems to have not much but skin tone and personality going for him. Obviously, for a large segment of those lonely individuals around the country and the world, otherwise destined to the isolation of today’s solitary online…life, that is more than enough.
Consequently, today marks the day before the Most Historic of Historic Days when legions of normally Negro-averse people, male and female, inspired by a common Mandingo love fantasy fever of acceptable blackness, along with their formerly scary brethren and sistren of color, hoisted the object of their inexplicable affection upon their collective metaphorical shoulders and propelled him forward with a mighty thrust to the near-pinnacle (the Nobel Peace, Brother Prize being the top) of his destination to Plantation Overseer, the Presidency of the United States. The occasion is being duly marked with the release of HBO’s documentary, By The People, an inside look at the meteoric rise of Barack Obama for no apparent reason. Talk about failing upwards.
Now, if said documentary were but a Spinal Tap-esque, “what if?” spoof, it would hold far more interest and potentially intrinsic value. However, after reading more articles and reviews about the thing I have no intention of watching without anesthesia, than any human being not also being waterboarded for war crimes in conjunction should ever have to endure, I’m convinced that the parties involved are all deadly serious about their Holy Mission. I’m also left to scratch my head in puzzlement as to what it is about this guy, what has he done, who did he fuck to inspire such irrational devotion, and is there You Tube-ready film available I can post online since I’m sure most of us would like to study such awe-inspiring technique so that we, too, might exploit it similarly to our benefit. I mean, according to published reports that usually hail his mighty mind, he seems not to actually know dick about shit, and, according to most Americans, many of whom probably wouldn’t vote for him again, ain’t got a clue about a plan to fix nothin’:
The survey suggests that the president’s approval rating remains over 50 percent even though most Americans disapprove of how Obama is handling the economy, health care, Afghanistan, Iraq, unemployment, illegal immigration and the federal budget deficit.
And yet…through some quirk of fate, wave after wave of wealthy, influential movers and shakers just happen to cross his path, bearing alms, pledging to drink his bathwater in return for possession of his dirty drawers, and have done so since the beginning of his political career. What up wit’ dat, huh?
