A Win For The Obama Worshippers

When John F. Kennedy was elected president, I did not believe it was possible to top the Kennedy cult fantasy craziness summed up by violinist Isaac Stern when he visited the White House:

I felt as though I were inside a golden coach drawn by four pure-bred white horses into the glitter of mythic Camelot.

I was wrong. Obama-mania has it all beat.

Now, while I acknowledge that Obama’s ascendancy (he is “The One,” after all) to the White House shows Americans have rejected racism, his demigod anointment by the masses indicates way too many Americans have not eschewed the allures of the personality cult. Here is LA LA Land, some of our most highly educated and creative have seen fit to use their children to praise “The One:” Sing for Change: Barack Kids Serenade Dear Leader Obama. Somewhere else, children have been put in military uniforms and made to give special solutes in pledge to Obama: Obama Youth – Junior Fraternity Regiment. If “Obama Youth” and massed cherubic child voices of praise for “The One” remind you of Kim Jun Il worship or Mao worship or others that came to a bad end, you probably have not overcome your racism and are in need of reeducation. (more…)