Are you members of a cult, like the latest spin from — oh take a wild guess — claims that you are? Have you become brainless Obama Zombies threatening to give up your last ounce of free will to a charismatic but unknown figure who you worship as almost a deity?
Well, not exactly (via Sara Robinson at Orcinus):
There is no evidence anywhere that Obama is running front groups, using his campaign to enrich himself, sexually manipulating his followers, censoring anyone, or insisting that people isolate themselves from the larger society. There are no draconian efforts at dropout control. Nobody’s arming up out of paranoia. And “grimness” is about the last word you’d use to describe an Obama event. […]
What’s going on is that we’ve finally got a Democratic candidate who understands exactly how the Republicans did it. As I pointed out my very first week on this blog, the GOP didn’t come to power by talking about plans and policies; they did it by using strongly emotional appeals that grabbed people by the gut and didn’t let them go. Theirs was never a movement based on reason. It was, from the very beginning, a movement of hearts and souls. And it was that deep, emotionally sustaining commitment that drew people in so deeply that they were willing to give 25 years of their lives to bringing about the New World Order their leaders promised them. We may hate what they’ve accomplished — but we’re never going to be able to do better until we can inspire that same kind of passion for change.
So don’t worry if you are enthusiastic about your candidate. It doesn’t mean you’re in need of re-programming. Really.
