I wouldn't say you've drunk the Obama Kool-Aid, though of course you are free to. When I mention people drinking the Kool-Aid I tend to mean the very people you're talking about.
Now I supported Edwards to start with, much to the disappointment of those people I know who think they're better liberals than I am (IE: They wanted a woman or a black man) because I felt he was actually experienced enough and skilled enough to pull things together and provide at least enough of a patch to get things moving (remember this was last year, before a lot of things happened and went completely to shit). In other words I felt he could help some things, perhaps give Hillary more experience as a VP and not really make anything any worse.
Then when he fell out I supported Clinton if only because I wasn't sure I trusted Obama's experience and the fact that a huge part of his following seemed to be a cult of personality made me nervous. I knew Clinton could be decisive but when I came to it she was a bulldog over most of the things I wanted her to be a bulldog over, and around these time Rev. Wright was coming out and that just made me a little wary.
When she dropped out I instantly threw my support behind Obama, not because I really like him that much but just because I agreed with him more than McCain and then, when Palin arrived, I became a far more avid supporter. Frankly it made me start looking for things about him I could argue for, as opposed to just again McCain. And honestly I found some and by election day was actually pro-Obama and not just anti-McCain/Palin. He sealed me when he chose Biden because, frankly, I like a little bit of the shifty eyed bastard looking out for my vote. You need someone with a little experience in political back-stabbing and sleazing.
In other words: Obama can be a decent individual holding his hope for change skyward while Biden cuts people's tendons while they aren't looking. It isn't nice, really, but I think it's a little necessary in our political machine.
Anyway. Obama's cult of personality, the crazies who support everything he says and think he is Jesus come again and everything is achievable through him...those are the people I call Kool-Aid drinkers. People who are not and never were willing to admit he has human faults, like being young or having poor judgment in, say, religious officials.
Anyway, I also wanted to note your Sourcing is really the reason I read your political rants when they pop up. It makes me happy when people aren't just pulling things out of their ass.
Or, at least, it makes me not want to kill them with razor blades and lemon juice.
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Now I supported Edwards to start with, much to the disappointment of those people I know who think they're better liberals than I am (IE: They wanted a woman or a black man) because I felt he was actually experienced enough and skilled enough to pull things together and provide at least enough of a patch to get things moving (remember this was last year, before a lot of things happened and went completely to shit). In other words I felt he could help some things, perhaps give Hillary more experience as a VP and not really make anything any worse.
Then when he fell out I supported Clinton if only because I wasn't sure I trusted Obama's experience and the fact that a huge part of his following seemed to be a cult of personality made me nervous. I knew Clinton could be decisive but when I came to it she was a bulldog over most of the things I wanted her to be a bulldog over, and around these time Rev. Wright was coming out and that just made me a little wary.
When she dropped out I instantly threw my support behind Obama, not because I really like him that much but just because I agreed with him more than McCain and then, when Palin arrived, I became a far more avid supporter. Frankly it made me start looking for things about him I could argue for, as opposed to just again McCain. And honestly I found some and by election day was actually pro-Obama and not just anti-McCain/Palin. He sealed me when he chose Biden because, frankly, I like a little bit of the shifty eyed bastard looking out for my vote. You need someone with a little experience in political back-stabbing and sleazing.
In other words: Obama can be a decent individual holding his hope for change skyward while Biden cuts people's tendons while they aren't looking. It isn't nice, really, but I think it's a little necessary in our political machine.
Anyway. Obama's cult of personality, the crazies who support everything he says and think he is Jesus come again and everything is achievable through him...those are the people I call Kool-Aid drinkers. People who are not and never were willing to admit he has human faults, like being young or having poor judgment in, say, religious officials.
Anyway, I also wanted to note your Sourcing is really the reason I read your political rants when they pop up. It makes me happy when people aren't just pulling things out of their ass.
Or, at least, it makes me not want to kill them with razor blades and lemon juice.