Whenever I write about the horrible treatment Bill and Hillary receive from the media, some Obama supporters think that the media will never do the same to Barack. Let me make this point very clearly. The Villagers will turn on Obama in a heartbeat.
Case in point via our pal Will Bunch:
Jake Tapper (left) is an ambitious Philly-area kid who parleyed a date with Monica Lewinsky into early admission into the Gang — now he’s ABC’s chief political correspondent and when he sees the excitement generated by the Obama campaign, he can only think of it as one thing: A cult.
His alarmist blog post is actually called: “And Obama Wept“:
Inspiration is nice. But some folks seem to be getting out of hand.
It’s as if Tom Daschle descended from on high saying, “Be not afraid; for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people: for there is born to you this day in the city of Chicago a Savior, who is Barack the Lord.”…read on
Tapper has a hilarious update to his post:
Let me be clear: I’m not saying there shouldn’t be enthusiasm in politics. I’m merely touching on the fact that some Obama supporters’ exuberance seems to be getting a little out of hand.
In essence he’s telling you that exuberance for Obama is bad, Mmkay? If the CPACers were as excited for McCain—then exuberance would be good, Mmkay? No matter who you support for president, we can’t let this stand. I will focus on the media coverage for both Hillary and Obama until the Dems have a nominee and as a friendly reminder—-The Villagers love, just love John McCain.
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Let’s not forget the cult-like exuberance the GOP has had for President Bush these last 7 years. Now, when it’s not their guy it’s bad to be excited.
Mmkay Mr. Mackey.
Nice try, dickwad. But, it won’t work. The GOP ain’t gonna win. The Dems could run a sofa and win.
Thank you John.
They want Obama to be the nominee and will crush him.
All the corporate media, including rush and rest of talk radio will unite with McInsane and attack Obama daily.
Can he deal with it like the Clintons have for all these years?
Roll the dice and find out.
Are we having technical problems again? It took a few tries to get the C/L to open and then a couple more tries to get the comments to open.
The corporate media will do what ever it takes to get more eyeballs. The front runner must be attacked and the underdog must be lifted up. It doesn’t make any difference who is who.
In all fairness, even some Obama supporters are freaked out by the “irational exuberance” as it were. I think most objective and fair-minded people would agree that the die-hard Obama supporters are more reminiscent of a personality cult than a political campaign.
Maybe not *more* reminiscent but there’s some smoke…
Well, he is right actually in some ways.
Look at the way Obamanites react to anything slightly against him on this site.
Reminds you of an atheist posting on a freeper board.
Things we need to worry about with a political-presidential struggle between McCain and Hillary (and or) Obama.
►False Flag terror attack.
►Extreme Republican Slime machinery. (swift-boating).
►Moves within the present administration (outlandish bills) to make us take our eye off the ball.
Don’t count the Democratic eggs until they hatch. We are dealing with the most derisive, divisive, secretive, diabolical administration ever.
One could argue that if only a single person calmly voted for Bush, that would constitute a “cult”
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The media is becoming irrelevant. And thank goddess
I gave this to a friend of mine that is a Hillary supporter that always says the same thing, but it’s total bullshit. We love Obama because we want change. We want to talk to our enemies. We don’t want the mindset that got us into Iraq. We don’t want more of the same. Hillary should just give this up and let the party unite behind Obama.
The next few weeks will be big wins for Obama. We need to push Hillary to give it up and put her energy into the Senate.
I think this goes back to the press wanting to seem ‘with it’ and thus are willing to wink and nod at scumbags, but always get their panties in a bunch about someone who seems like a genuine idealist.
God forbid that people should abandon the politics of greed, cynicism, and fearmongering that has served America in such good stead over the past eight years, and embrace a candidate whose words and policies are something that they feel they can believe in.
getalife @ 4:
ya, clintons really dealt with it well….lost both houses after 2 years and bill got impeached
im curious, when these guys see the films of the crowds that surrounded bobby kennedy…what do they say to that?
and geez, aint nothing worse than the cult of reagan
Jeez, people who have been mad, disgusted and just plain sick of war and such for almost eight years, have a reason to be hopeful again. I guess there should be some law against things like that, huh? The very nerve of people to be exuberant over a candidate they like. I’m telling you, what next? Next thing you know they will be donating money to that candidate’s campaign and putting yard signs with the candidates name on them right in front of their houses. Yep, I see all the fingerprints here of a cult formation. Better nip it in the bud, as Barney Fife would say.
Testing
If you think Obama will get crushed you obviously haven’t been paying attention. Obama is generating a lot of buzz with republicans. Republicans will vote for Obama. There are some dems who will not vote for Hillary (one being me).
I believe Hillary is evil and after 8 years of evil in the whitehouse, we need something different.
The whole thing is just bad for The Party and the Republic Some of the supporters are so emotionally invested that I could easily see them not voting for Clinton come November if she is the nominee.
This is only a test. Had it been the real thing you would be instructed to bend over and kiss you hind section good-bye.
Are Obama people coming to kidnap me and take me somewhere where I can’t see my friends and family for a long time? Will he force me to believe his religion above all else?
No? Okay whew, I’m not in a cult. Plus, I hate cool aid.
Holy shit. You guys should read the comments section of that blog post. Those people are fucking crazy. Here is a choice one:
You Obama supporters just wont wake up until you destroy the USA, just like the German people did after being brainwashed by the Nazis. Obama is a Cult of Personality, Plain and Simple. Your weak minds are too close to the fire to see that you are being burned.
Posted by: dlbizzz | Feb 7, 2008 4:16:24 PM
Comments are on the fritz a bit, eh?
Anyway, I agree Obama-mania is odd, but I’m not the type to go gaa gaa over an authority figure. I want more answers from him on how he’ll get things done, and more balls in terms of prosecuting the Bush administration’s vast list of crimes. Are we a country that says every time we get a conservative president they can damn near ruin us? I guess so, with the democrats just wanting power and not wanting to make sure justice is served.
I’m an Obama supporter who will definitely vote for Hillary if she gets the nomination. Anyone who refuses to will be doing the country a big disfavor. To say I won’t vote because my candidate didn’t win the nomination is being childish and selfish. I hope we don’t have people like that today in our country.
pissed off patricia @ 25:
Let me be 100% clear on this. It is because the other choice is Hillary. If the other option was Edwards I would vote for him in a heartbeat. No more Clintons. No more Bushes.
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All this says is that the gop is evil and needs therapy.
Alright! Bring on the crazy. This will be the test to see if Obama’s campaign can handle the nut-o-sphere.
I’ll stick by the old saying, if you don’t vote, you can’t complain about the outcome. I’ll take Hillary any day rather than John McCain.
I really like Obama,
but I’m mostly anti Hillary
being in a solid blue state I’ll never have to vote for her..
redjb @ 31:
I’m mostly anti Repug.
In the spirit of bipartisanship…I am expressing my exuberance for Laura Ingraham’s buttocks.
But my exuberance is muted…I don’t want to be perceived as being part of a cult.
Buttocks to be beat, huh?
Bangkok Bob @ 9:
Don’t forget a pile of racism and or sexism…united we stand!
John, I hate to disagree with you, but I have spent a lot of time debating with Obama fans, and more than a few of them are exhibiting seriously cult-like behavior.
100% of criticism of him must and will be explained away.
The commitment to Obama’s infallibility on some of their parts is so extreme that on two separate occasions, I’ve heard Obamaites say not only is there not a cult around Obama, there never was such a thing as a cult. Better to deny the existence of cults like Jonestown than risk being compared to them, hyperbolically or not.
And in response to a post suggesting that Obama would be a better candidate if his supporters were willing to criticize him when his actions or statements are less-than-ideal, responses included:
Cultish? Yeah, in some ways, among some folks, I’d say “yes.”
“…and the Lord Reagan ascended into heaven upon a white steed.
But be of good cheer, for he will come again in the guise of a faux-conservative tough guy to judge the living and increase the numbers of the dead…”
Now THAT’S a cult.
I do NOT want Barak Obama to win the Democratic nomination. Right now the race hate is subtle and in codes (He’s too inexperienced, sounds like a preacher, attends an all black church, therefore he’s racist too). But if he is the nominee, the tsunami of pure racism will truly break this country socially. It’ll make what Jackie Robinson went through look like a UN picnic. Anyone who denies this is either a liar or stupid. I feel sad for the many honest and good people out there who don’t think race will be a major factor. Trust me, we black folk are waiting for the shit to start.
wtf? - Did anyone catch Hillary just now on MSNBC? She’s standing in front of a auditorium full of school children talking about the John McCain, the economy, and war and the children are being instructed to cheer on cue–out of cadence with what she’s saying.
Stinks of desperation.
A divided Democratic Party = A Republican President. Keep trashing Hillary and she will go away along with her supporters votes.
What is it with ABC? First they give us Halperin, now Jake Tapper has managed to pull off a deliberate misquote of Bill Clinton on global warming in addition to attacking Obama all within the past week and a half. Tapper looks and ‘reports’ like the male version of Nora O’Donnel (sp?).
ysbaddaden @ 35:
She’s a Republican…they’re into discipline.
I recently asked an Obama campaign volunteer what’s the difference between “Hope. Change we can believe in.” and “Change. Hope we can believe in.”
I would hope that someone who grasped a deep message could explain how randomly changing the position of abstract nouns in a slogan affects its meaning. I was just told that I didn’t understand what’s going on in the country as the person hurried away.
I voted for Clinton, which if you had told me a year ago that that’s what I’d do, I would have thought you insane. And I will enthusiastically vote AGAINST the Republican nominee in November no matter what.
I’ve been commenting on various blogs for quite a while now, but it wasn’t until I dared to say negative things about St. Barack that people responded with nasty, vicious personal attacks.
Criticize Hillary and people will disagree, but criticize Obama and they will call you names and insult you.
Simon White-Thatch Potentloins @ 3:
Run a sofa? Hmm.
Will the Greens then put on a spin dryer to bowl against the Dems’ green Chesterfield?
IdahoMoe @ 36:
Can I have that racism and sexism with a side of xenophobia to go please.
Oh…and a double Gitmo too.
pissed off patricia @ 25:
Thanks Pat, we think alike…..
I wholeheartedly support both Dem candidates, they are way better than any Repub candidates.
With Clinton, her legacy with Clinton (The President) is the downfall. Her stance in Iraq is troublesome. Her pragmatism, and compromising diplomatic attitude towards foreign neighbors and affairs is her winning key.
With Obama, the Hope is contagious, he is very audacious, brash, blunt and frank in foreign and domestic policy. However, I do see another President that also started with a lot of hope, and brashness, and now takes us too far Right in the direction (i.e. Bush). I hate to think Obama will not be like Bush, but I fear that it may just be, just in another opposite direction.
All I wanted is a candidate who will takes us into the dead center, right in the middle, not swing it too far Right or Left.
Who could that combo be? I just wish that Clinton and Obama got together on the same platform, not bicker and join hands together to bring this country back to the center, where we have always been, a Progressive American, not conservative, or liberal, just progressive, technologically and socially inspiring nation to the rest of this world.
Jake Tapper (left) is an ambitious Philly-area kid who parleyed a date with Monica Lewinsky into early admission into the Gang — now he’s ABC’s chief political correspondent and when he sees the excitement generated by the Obama campaign, he can only think of it as one thing: A cult.
So these retards hate. We all know that.
I’m in the Obama cult and damn proud. I’m an informed cultist who has studied him closely for a year. Saw him here a year ago. I’m an Obama cult member who sees right through Hillary’s tears and Bills jeers. I’m a cult member whose sick of deeply entrenched political special interests and lobby efforts. I’m a cult member who liked Hillary up until the day she voted for the war. I remember that day. The day Hillary sold us to China by trusting George Bush. The way she trusted Bill? At the very least she’s a bad judge of character. she will not excite or assure the future of the Dems the way he would. People will disengage as soon as superdelegates override the will of the people. And the war will go on. She will lose to McCain. I hope you leftie blogger experts know what you’re doing when you try to suppress pure inspiration and hope and back a power machine who has you falsely convinced that hers are good hands to put our country in. They are not. She took us to war. She is incompetent.