Re: [Marxism] Sick to death of Oba-mania

[Debordagoria <phantasmagorias@xxxxxxxxx>]

Of course there was a good deal of excitement about Bill Clinton as well, 
including many comparisons to JFK. The idea you may recall was that he 
represented a "new generation" coming to power. 
Michael D.


--- On Wed, 1/21/09, Jay Moore <pieinsky@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Jay Moore <pieinsky@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Marxism] Sick to death of Oba-mania
> To: phantasmagorias@xxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 7:30 AM
> You're right, Rohan.  I was alive during the JFK years
> and this does go 
> way beyond it.  (Of course, the media mechanisms for
> manufacturing 
> celebrities are much more extensive and sophisticated
> today.  At that 
> time, TV was still in its infancy.)  JFK was actually
> widely hated for 
> being a Catholic and, in my part of the country (South),
> for being a 
> "nigger-lover" (although he really wasn't
> much of the latter).  I 
> frankly don't know what to make out of it all.  I went
> to a 
> post-inauguration party last night at a music and dance
> club in the 
> capital city of my state and there was an incredible amount
> of 
> enthusiasm for Obama taking charge and the change that that
> is supposed 
> to bring.  Certainly, the hatred that people now feel for
> the Bush 
> regime is part of it -- like the Munchkins dancing with joy
> at the fall 
> of the Wicked Witch of the West.  I can certainly relate to
> that.  But 
> the illusions about Obama, even for people who have been
> around and 
> should know better, are way beyond anything I've ever
> seen.
> 
> jay
> 
> >  
> > The fact that Yanks have a constitution that formally
> separates religion from politics is a hugh ironic joke
> because US citizens literally worship Obama right now.  He
> is adored in same way Christians adore Christ.  Although I
> wasn't alive at the time, I think this phenomenom goes
> way beyond JFK adoration.  As reported on NPR, Yanks have
> spent $200 million on Oba-memorabilia - $200 fucking
> million!!lman/options/marxism/pieinsky%40igc.org



      

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