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Originally Posted by dubman
i made up my mind by the time the cali primary rolled around, but, and this is weird, recently i just dont fucking know. it's... too good. i saw a t-shirt for sale using the obama type saying "prepare to be disappointed", the sidebar reading, the sooner we accept that he isnt jesus then we can see that even the most inspiring politician is still a politician."
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Yeah. I feel there is a danger in that he is being put on a pedestal as "Saviour of Mankind" in much the same way Blair was in 1997. That is not to say that people shouldn't vote him in for all that, because as far as I can tell from this side of the Pond, he is the new broom that really does need to sweep clean. But if people idolise him too much, they will be sorely disappointed when he turns out to be human after all.
Where things started to go wrong for Blair was when he stopped listening to public opinion and did what he wanted to do anyway. Because of his immense majority in the House of Commons, he
could effectively do whatever he wanted with impunity. He started to betray the core values of the people that voted him in and moved further and further in the direction of Big Business and Control. Had he stayed on his manifesto message, I have no doubt he would still be in power today and still be a popular leader.
I kind of hope that Obama gets in, but by the skin of his teeth, so that there isn't an overwhelming majority in the Senate (or Congress). That would keep him sharp and focussed, instead of enabling him to believe his own publicity that he is the New Messiah for the US.