Barackosis

In just five days, incredible tales of Obamamania have spread across the land like acne on a teenager’s back. A bakery conjures up Obama cupcakes, a British director – recovering from a bout of sobriety – produces a play about our luscious President – and a scientist has created “nanobamas” – likenesses of the Messiah on material a tiny fraction of the width of a human hair.

What we are seeing is not normal, friends – but reflections of a disease – what I call “Barackosis” and it’s worse than swine flu, bird flu and sleeping with David Geffen combined. Imagine a disorder that blends the earnestness of global warming theology with the compulsion of internet porn – creating a relentless need to remind yourself how great it was that you voted for Obama – over and over until your hands are blood-raw from patting yourself on the back. (more…)